diff --git a/src/views/NewEditProjectView.vue b/src/views/NewEditProjectView.vue
index 543ab0fc..623753c0 100644
--- a/src/views/NewEditProjectView.vue
+++ b/src/views/NewEditProjectView.vue
@@ -229,18 +229,10 @@
 import "leaflet/dist/leaflet.css";
 import { AxiosError, AxiosRequestHeaders } from "axios";
 import { DateTime } from "luxon";
-import { hexToBytes } from "@noble/hashes/utils";
-// these core imports could also be included as "import type ..."
-import {
-  EventTemplate,
-  UnsignedEvent,
-  VerifiedEvent,
-} from "nostr-tools/lib/types/core";
-import {
-  accountFromExtendedKey,
-  extendedKeysFromSeedWords,
-} from "nostr-tools/lib/types/nip06";
 import { finalizeEvent, serializeEvent } from "nostr-tools";
+// these core imports could also be included as "import type ..."
+import { EventTemplate, UnsignedEvent, VerifiedEvent } from "nostr-tools/core";
+import * as nip06 from "nostr-tools/nip06";
 import { Component, Vue } from "vue-facing-decorator";
 import { LMap, LMarker, LTileLayer } from "@vue-leaflet/vue-leaflet";
 import { RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded, Router } from "vue-router";
@@ -668,15 +660,15 @@ export default class NewEditProjectView extends Vue {
     // remove any trailing '
     const finalDerNumNoApostrophe = finalDerNum?.replace(/'/g, "");
     const accountNum = Number(finalDerNumNoApostrophe || 0);
-    const extPubPri = extendedKeysFromSeedWords(
+    const extPubPri = nip06.extendedKeysFromSeedWords(
       account?.mnemonic as string,
       "",
       accountNum,
     );
     const publicExtendedKey: string = extPubPri?.publicExtendedKey;
     const privateExtendedKey = extPubPri?.privateExtendedKey;
-    const privateKey = accountFromExtendedKey(privateExtendedKey).privateKey;
-    const privateBytes = hexToBytes(privateKey);
+    const privateBytes: Uint8Array =
+      nip06.accountFromExtendedKey(privateExtendedKey).privateKey;
     // No real content is necessary, we just want something signed,
     // so we might as well use nostr libs for nostr functions.
     // Besides: someday we may create real content that we can relay.
@@ -710,7 +702,8 @@ export default class NewEditProjectView extends Vue {
       const endorserPartnerUrl = partnerServer + "/api/partner/link";
       const timeSafariUrl = window.location.origin + "/claim/" + jwtId;
       const content = this.fullClaim.name + " - see " + timeSafariUrl;
-      const publicKeyHex = accountFromExtendedKey(publicExtendedKey).publicKey;
+      const publicKeyHex =
+        nip06.accountFromExtendedKey(publicExtendedKey).publicKey;
       const unsignedPayload: UnsignedEvent = {
         // why doesn't "...signedPayload" work?
         kind: signedPayload.kind,