diff --git a/client/keys/add.go b/client/keys/add.go
index 216f84c2ac..4d4dee0b9c 100644
--- a/client/keys/add.go
+++ b/client/keys/add.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
-	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -162,12 +161,6 @@ type NewKeyBody struct {
 	Password string `json:"password"`
 }
 
-// new key response REST body
-type NewKeyResponse struct {
-	Address  string `json:"address"`
-	Mnemonic string `json:"mnemonic"`
-}
-
 // add new key REST handler
 func AddNewKeyRequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var kb keys.Keybase
@@ -216,22 +209,18 @@ func AddNewKeyRequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
 		return
 	}
-	bech32Account, err := sdk.Bech32ifyAcc(sdk.Address(info.GetPubKey().Address().Bytes()))
+
+	keyOutput, err := Bech32KeyOutput(info)
+	keyOutput.Seed = mnemonic
+
+	output, err := json.MarshalIndent(keyOutput, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
 		return
 	}
-	bz, err := json.Marshal(NewKeyResponse{
-		Address:  bech32Account,
-		Mnemonic: mnemonic,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
-		return
-	}
-	w.Write(bz)
+
+	w.Write(output)
 }
 
 // function to just a new seed to display in the UI before actually persisting it in the keybase
diff --git a/client/lcd/lcd_test.go b/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
index bb2a205a96..234ed57b01 100644
--- a/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
+++ b/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func TestKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	res, body = Request(t, port, "POST", "/keys", jsonStr)
 
 	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode, body)
-	var resp keys.NewKeyResponse
+	var resp keys.KeyOutput
 	err = wire.Cdc.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(body), &resp)
 	require.Nil(t, err, body)