diff --git a/docs/websocket.rst b/docs/websocket.rst
index a1f0ce7d647a13c1e7c67941f1b3dd457c88aef6..8279f1a0cad8c27cb865d8459c1024790e4ec307 100644
--- a/docs/websocket.rst
+++ b/docs/websocket.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ node.
     from steempyapi.websocket import SteemWebsocket
 
     ws = SteemWebsocket(
-        "wss://testnet.steem.vc,
+        "wss://testnet.steem.vc",
         accounts=["test"],
         # on_market=pprint,
         on_account=print,
diff --git a/steempy/steem.py b/steempy/steem.py
index 65f01c68b4e7bb8cd2f76f15b662ac442eac1cc7..2333822ca3c6079b0ccccc40e71073c29daddb86 100644
--- a/steempy/steem.py
+++ b/steempy/steem.py
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ class Steem(object):
             # Append tot he default buffer
             self.txbuffer.appendOps(ops)
 
-        assert permission in account, "Could not access %s of account %s"%(permission+account["name"])
         # Add signing information, signer, sign and optionally broadcast
         if self.unsigned:
             # In case we don't want to sign anything
diff --git a/steempy/transactionbuilder.py b/steempy/transactionbuilder.py
index ed081bee764996230bd2e55f285893fb80d38906..e450b72e3780344574d4a8c7a3a678860292a021 100644
--- a/steempy/transactionbuilder.py
+++ b/steempy/transactionbuilder.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class TransactionBuilder(dict):
         """
         assert permission in ["active", "owner", "posting"], "Invalid permission"
         account = Account(account, steem_instance=self.steem)
-        assert permission in account, "Could not access %s of account %s"%(permission+account["name"])
+        assert permission in account, "Could not access permission"
         
         required_treshold = account[permission]["weight_threshold"]
 
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ class TransactionBuilder(dict):
                     )
                 )
             else:
-                account = Account(account, steem_instance=self.steem)
+                if isinstance(account, str):
+                    account = Account(account, steem_instance=self.steem)
+                assert permission in account, "Could not access permission"
                 required_treshold = account[permission]["weight_threshold"]
                 keys = fetchkeys(account, permission)
                 if permission != "owner":
diff --git a/tests/test_steem_testnet.py b/tests/test_steem_testnet.py
index 9fb736cd77d8f09ae4028d986c90aa4453f0f27a..9b41051e5e0dbf1c827bd9af804ab4b38daafe26 100644
--- a/tests/test_steem_testnet.py
+++ b/tests/test_steem_testnet.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Testcases(unittest.TestCase):
         self.bts = Steem(
             "wss://testnet.steem.vc",
             nobroadcast=True,
-            unsigned = True,
+            # unsigned = True,
             keys={"active": wif, "owner": wif, "memo": wif},
         )
         # from getpass import getpass