diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4226383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "easy-ecc"]
+	path = extern/easy-ecc
+	url = https://github.com/libAthena/easy-ecc.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f442c6..4bc3de4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ set(ATHENA_VERSION
 
 add_subdirectory(extern)
 
-include_directories(include ${LZO_INCLUDE_DIR} ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR})
+include_directories(include ${LZO_INCLUDE_DIR} ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR} ${EASYECC_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
 if (NOT MSVC)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++14")
 endif()
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ if(NOT MSVC AND NOT GEKKO)
 set_source_files_properties(src/aes.cpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -maes)
 endif()
 
+
 add_library(athena-zelda EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
     src/athena/ALTTPFile.cpp
     src/athena/ALTTPFileReader.cpp
diff --git a/extern/CMakeLists.txt b/extern/CMakeLists.txt
index 211f1c0..4600c53 100644
--- a/extern/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extern/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 add_subdirectory(lzo)
 add_subdirectory(zlib)
 add_subdirectory(yaml)
+add_subdirectory(easy-ecc)
diff --git a/extern/easy-ecc b/extern/easy-ecc
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..da27485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extern/easy-ecc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit da2748507cbe429d3e1be918c54cfba3be06d4b2
diff --git a/include/athena/WiiSaveReader.hpp b/include/athena/WiiSaveReader.hpp
index f68685d..1c15242 100644
--- a/include/athena/WiiSaveReader.hpp
+++ b/include/athena/WiiSaveReader.hpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public:
      * \brief readSave
      * \return
      */
-    WiiSave* readSave();
+    std::unique_ptr<WiiSave> readSave();
 private:
     WiiBanner* readBanner();
     WiiFile*   readFile();
diff --git a/src/athena/WiiSave.cpp b/src/athena/WiiSave.cpp
index 8f45da0..5584f48 100644
--- a/src/athena/WiiSave.cpp
+++ b/src/athena/WiiSave.cpp
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 #include "athena/MemoryReader.hpp"
 #include "athena/MemoryWriter.hpp"
 #include "athena/Utility.hpp"
-#include "aes.hpp"
-#include "ec.h"
-#include "md5.h"
-#include "sha1.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <vector>
diff --git a/src/athena/WiiSaveReader.cpp b/src/athena/WiiSaveReader.cpp
index 74ef4ff..1bbf069 100644
--- a/src/athena/WiiSaveReader.cpp
+++ b/src/athena/WiiSaveReader.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "athena/FileWriter.hpp"
 #include "md5.h"
 #include "aes.hpp"
-#include "ec.h"
+#include "ecc.h"
 #include "sha1.h"
 #include <iostream>
 #include <iomanip>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ WiiSaveReader::WiiSaveReader(const std::string& filename)
     setEndian(Endian::BigEndian);
 }
 
-WiiSave* WiiSaveReader::readSave()
+std::unique_ptr<WiiSave> WiiSaveReader::readSave()
 {
     WiiSave* ret = new WiiSave;
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ WiiSave* WiiSaveReader::readSave()
     ret->setRoot(buildTree(files));
 
     readCerts(totalSize);
-    return ret;
+    return std::unique_ptr<WiiSave>(ret);
 }
 
 WiiBanner* WiiSaveReader::readBanner()
@@ -292,9 +292,9 @@ WiiFile* WiiSaveReader::readFile()
     return ret;
 }
 
-
 void WiiSaveReader::readCerts(atUint32 totalSize)
 {
+#if 0
     std::cout << "Reading certs..." << std::endl;
     atUint32 dataSize = totalSize - 0x340;
     std::unique_ptr<atUint8[]> sig    = base::readUBytes(0x40);
@@ -304,12 +304,24 @@ void WiiSaveReader::readCerts(atUint32 totalSize)
     std::unique_ptr<atUint8[]> data   = base::readUBytes(dataSize);
     atUint8* hash;
 
+    std::cout << "validating..." << std::endl;
     hash = getSha1(data.get(), dataSize);
     atUint8* hash2 = getSha1(hash, 20);
-#if 0
-    std::cout << "validating..." << std::endl;
-    std::cout << (check_ec(ngCert.get(), apCert.get(), sig.get(), hash2) ? "ok" : "invalid") << "...";
-    std::cout << "done" << std::endl;
+    bool failed = false;
+
+    if (!ecdsa_verify(ngCert.get(), hash, sig.get()))
+    {
+        std::cout << "NGCert failure" << std::endl;
+        failed = true;
+    }
+    if (!ecdsa_verify(apCert.get(), hash2, sig.get()))
+    {
+        std::cout << "APCert failure" << std::endl;
+        failed = true;
+    }
+
+    if (!failed)
+        std::cout << "certificates ok" << std::endl;
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/athena/WiiSaveWriter.cpp b/src/athena/WiiSaveWriter.cpp
index 8fce1e2..5c48906 100644
--- a/src/athena/WiiSaveWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/athena/WiiSaveWriter.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "athena/Utility.hpp"
 
 #include "aes.hpp"
-#include "ec.h"
+#include "ecc.h"
 #include "md5.h"
 #include "sha1.h"