# Unable to sign identity

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/unable-to-sign-identity/2665>\
**Category:** troubleshooting\
**Tags:** storagenode\
**Created:** [November 18, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/unable-to-sign-identity/2665 "2019-11-18T15:54:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Chrisputer](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/chrisputer/32/68_2.png) [@Chrisputer](https://forum.storj.io/u/Chrisputer)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/unable-to-sign-identity/2665/1 "2019-11-18T15:54:34Z")

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I’m trying to get my first node setup but I cannot get it to authorize my identity. Here is the error…

```
FATAL Unrecoverable error {"error": "error occurred while signing certificate: rpc error: code = Internal desc = certificates peer error\n(identity files were still generated and saved, if you try again existing files will be loaded)", "errorVerbose": "error occurred while signing certificate: rpc error: code = Internal desc = certificates peer error\n(identity files were still generated and saved, if you try again existing files will be loaded)\n\tmain.cmdAuthorize:213\n\tstorj.io/storj/pkg/process.cleanup.func1.2:278\n\tstorj.io/storj/pkg/process.cleanup.func1:296\n\tgithub.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute:826\n\tgithub.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC:914\n\tgithub.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute:864\n\tstorj.io/storj/pkg/process.Exec:74\n\tmain.main:84\n\truntime.main:203"}
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**Author:** ![Vadim](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/vadim/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Vadim](https://forum.storj.io/u/Vadim)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/unable-to-sign-identity/2665/2 "2019-11-18T17:37:29Z")

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Try to Sync your time.

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**Author:** ![Enzo](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/enzo/32/60_2.png) [@Enzo](https://forum.storj.io/u/Enzo)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/unable-to-sign-identity/2665/3 "2019-11-18T17:48:39Z")

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Could you please copy and paste the whole error you are getting? And as @Vadim said try to sync your time. You can do this by using the program “Net Time”.

[http://www.timesynctool.com/](http://www.timesynctool.com/)

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**Author:** ![Chrisputer](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/chrisputer/32/68_2.png) [@Chrisputer](https://forum.storj.io/u/Chrisputer)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/unable-to-sign-identity/2665/4 "2019-11-18T18:03:57Z")

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Support responded and it appears that I already used that token some how. Time is synced though. TY for the quick response you guys!