diff --git a/Sources/TorusUtils/Convenience/Data+Extension.swift b/Sources/TorusUtils/Convenience/Data+Extension.swift
index 4d8acae6..a9feddc6 100755
--- a/Sources/TorusUtils/Convenience/Data+Extension.swift
+++ b/Sources/TorusUtils/Convenience/Data+Extension.swift
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
 import Foundation
 
 public extension Data {
-    
-    init<T>(fromArray values: [T]) {
-        var values = values
-        self.init(buffer: UnsafeBufferPointer(start: &values, count: values.count))
+        
+    static func fromArray<T>(values: [T]) -> Data {
+        return values.withUnsafeBufferPointer{
+            return Data(buffer: $0)
+        }
     }
     
     func toArray<T>(type: T.Type) throws -> [T] {
diff --git a/Sources/TorusUtils/Convenience/SECP256k1.swift b/Sources/TorusUtils/Convenience/SECP256k1.swift
index 70989184..76432c59 100755
--- a/Sources/TorusUtils/Convenience/SECP256k1.swift
+++ b/Sources/TorusUtils/Convenience/SECP256k1.swift
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ extension SECP256K1 {
         let result = privateKey.withUnsafeBytes { (pkRawBufferPointer: UnsafeRawBufferPointer) -> Int32? in
             if let pkRawPointer = pkRawBufferPointer.baseAddress, pkRawBufferPointer.count > 0 {
                 let privateKeyPointer = pkRawPointer.assumingMemoryBound(to: UInt8.self)
-                let res = secp256k1_ec_pubkey_create(context!, UnsafeMutablePointer<secp256k1_pubkey>(&publicKey), privateKeyPointer)
+                let res = withUnsafeMutablePointer(to: &publicKey){
+                    secp256k1_ec_pubkey_create(context!, $0, privateKeyPointer)
+                }
                 return res
             } else {
                 return nil
@@ -157,7 +159,11 @@ extension SECP256K1 {
         let result = serializedKey.withUnsafeBytes { (serializedKeyRawBufferPointer: UnsafeRawBufferPointer) -> Int32? in
             if let serializedKeyRawPointer = serializedKeyRawBufferPointer.baseAddress, serializedKeyRawBufferPointer.count > 0 {
                 let serializedKeyPointer = serializedKeyRawPointer.assumingMemoryBound(to: UInt8.self)
-                let res = secp256k1_ec_pubkey_parse(context!, UnsafeMutablePointer<secp256k1_pubkey>(&publicKey), serializedKeyPointer, keyLen)
+                
+                let res = withUnsafeMutablePointer(to: &publicKey){
+                    secp256k1_ec_pubkey_parse(context!, $0, serializedKeyPointer, keyLen)
+                }
+
                 return res
             } else {
                 return nil
diff --git a/Sources/TorusUtils/Extensions/TorusUtils+extension.swift b/Sources/TorusUtils/Extensions/TorusUtils+extension.swift
index 3d665ead..06e071b7 100644
--- a/Sources/TorusUtils/Extensions/TorusUtils+extension.swift
+++ b/Sources/TorusUtils/Extensions/TorusUtils+extension.swift
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ extension TorusUtils {
         let result = privateKey.withUnsafeBytes { (a: UnsafeRawBufferPointer) -> Int32? in
             if let pkRawPointer = a.baseAddress, let ctx = TorusUtils.context, a.count > 0 {
                 let privateKeyPointer = pkRawPointer.assumingMemoryBound(to: UInt8.self)
-                let res = secp256k1_ec_pubkey_tweak_mul(
-                    ctx, UnsafeMutablePointer<secp256k1_pubkey>(&localPubkey), privateKeyPointer)
+                let res = withUnsafeMutablePointer(to: &localPubkey){
+                    secp256k1_ec_pubkey_tweak_mul(ctx, $0, privateKeyPointer)
+                }
                 return res
             } else {
                 return nil
@@ -105,12 +106,12 @@ extension TorusUtils {
             return promise
         }
         
-        guard let encoded = encoded else {
+        guard let encodedUnwrapped = encoded else {
             seal.reject(TorusError.runtime("Unable to serialize dictionary into JSON."))
             return promise
         }
         let request = try! self.makeUrlRequest(url: "https://metadata.tor.us/get")
-        let task = URLSession.shared.uploadTask(.promise, with: request, from: encoded)
+        let task = URLSession.shared.uploadTask(.promise, with: request, from: encodedUnwrapped)
         task.compactMap {
             try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: $0.data) as? [String: Any]
         }.done{ data in
diff --git a/Sources/TorusUtils/Helpers/JSONRPCRequest.swift b/Sources/TorusUtils/Helpers/JSONRPCRequest.swift
index 7ce1a0ff..0929025d 100644
--- a/Sources/TorusUtils/Helpers/JSONRPCRequest.swift
+++ b/Sources/TorusUtils/Helpers/JSONRPCRequest.swift
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public struct JSONRPCrequest: Encodable {
 public struct JSONRPCresponse: Codable{
     public var id: Int
     public var jsonrpc = "2.0"
-    public var result: Any
+    public var result: Any?
     public var error: ErrorMessage?
     public var message: String?