diff --git a/lib/utils/ipfs.js b/lib/utils/ipfs.js
index e0aecb6..3c53ce0 100644
--- a/lib/utils/ipfs.js
+++ b/lib/utils/ipfs.js
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ class IPFS {
       return data;
     }
     // merge ipfsHash (encoded from hashDigest, hashSize, hashFunction)
-    data.ipfsHash = this.encodeHash(data);
+    data.ipfsHash = multihashes.toB58String(this.encodeHash(data));
 
-    return this.cat(data)
+    return this.cat(data.ipfsHash)
       .then(deserialize)
       .then((attributes) => {
         return Object.assign({}, data, attributes);