diff --git a/core/src.ts/drivers/common.ts b/core/src.ts/drivers/common.ts
index 3585510..a349242 100644
--- a/core/src.ts/drivers/common.ts
+++ b/core/src.ts/drivers/common.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import {
     HaloResponseObject
 } from "../types.js";
 import {Buffer} from 'buffer/index.js';
+import {arr2hex, isWebDebugEnabled} from "../halo/util.js";
 
 async function execHaloCmd(command: HaloCommandObject, options: ExecHaloCmdOptions): Promise<HaloResponseObject> {
     command = Object.assign({}, command);
@@ -103,12 +104,19 @@ async function execHaloCmd(command: HaloCommandObject, options: ExecHaloCmdOptio
 }
 
 function checkErrors(res: Buffer) {
+    const webDebug = isWebDebugEnabled();
+
     if (res.length === 2 && res[0] === 0xE1) {
+        if (webDebug) {
+            console.log('[libhalo] execCredential() command fail:', arr2hex(res));
+        }
+
         if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(ERROR_CODES, res[1])) {
             const err = ERROR_CODES[res[1]];
-            throw new HaloTagError(err[0], "Tag responded with error: [" + err[0] + "] " + err[1]);
+            throw new HaloTagError(err[0], err[1]);
         } else {
-            throw new HaloLogicError("Tag responded with unknown error: " + res.toString('hex'));
+            const errCode = arr2hex([res[1]]);
+            throw new HaloTagError("ERROR_CODE_" + errCode, "Command returned an unknown error: " + arr2hex(res));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/src.ts/drivers/credential.ts b/core/src.ts/drivers/credential.ts
index 3cb5d79..b98fa32 100644
--- a/core/src.ts/drivers/credential.ts
+++ b/core/src.ts/drivers/credential.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
  * License: MIT
  */
 
-import {HaloTagError, NFCOperationError, NFCMethodNotSupported} from "../halo/exceptions.js";
-import {ERROR_CODES} from "../halo/errors.js";
+import {NFCOperationError, NFCMethodNotSupported} from "../halo/exceptions.js";
 import {arr2hex, isWebDebugEnabled} from "../halo/util.js";
 import {ExecOptions, ExecReturnStruct} from "../types.js";
 import {Buffer} from 'buffer/index.js';
+import {checkErrors} from "./common.js";
 
 async function execCredential(request: Buffer, options: ExecOptions): Promise<ExecReturnStruct> {
     const webDebug = isWebDebugEnabled();
@@ -87,19 +87,7 @@ async function execCredential(request: Buffer, options: ExecOptions): Promise<Ex
     const res = (u2fRes.response as AuthenticatorAssertionResponse).signature;
     const resBuf = new Uint8Array(res);
 
-    if (resBuf.length === 2 && resBuf[0] === 0xE1) {
-        if (webDebug) {
-            console.log('[libhalo] execCredential() command fail:', arr2hex(resBuf));
-        }
-
-        if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(ERROR_CODES, resBuf[1])) {
-            const err = ERROR_CODES[resBuf[1]];
-            throw new HaloTagError(err[0], err[1]);
-        } else {
-            const errCode = arr2hex([resBuf[1]]);
-            throw new HaloTagError("ERROR_CODE_" + errCode, "Command returned an unknown error: " + arr2hex(resBuf));
-        }
-    }
+    checkErrors(Buffer.from(resBuf));
 
     if (webDebug) {
         console.log('[libhalo] execCredential() command result:', arr2hex(resBuf));
diff --git a/core/src.ts/drivers/nfc_manager.ts b/core/src.ts/drivers/nfc_manager.ts
index 8639208..8078668 100644
--- a/core/src.ts/drivers/nfc_manager.ts
+++ b/core/src.ts/drivers/nfc_manager.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ async function execCoreCommandRN(nfcManager: RNNFCManager, command: Buffer) {
     ]);
 
     const res = Buffer.from(await nfcManager.isoDepHandler.transceive([...cmdBuf]));
-    checkErrors(res);
+    checkErrors(res.slice(0, -2));
 
     return {
         result: res.slice(0, -2).toString('hex'),
diff --git a/core/src.ts/halo/command_types.ts b/core/src.ts/halo/command_types.ts
index 2c865ac..830dbc1 100644
--- a/core/src.ts/halo/command_types.ts
+++ b/core/src.ts/halo/command_types.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export interface BaseHaloCmdSign {
     keyNo: KeySlotNo
     format?: "text" | "hex"
     password?: ASCIIString
+    rawPwdDigest?: ASCIIString
 
     legacySignCommand?: boolean
 }
diff --git a/core/src.ts/halo/commands.ts b/core/src.ts/halo/commands.ts
index d62526d..c67e349 100644
--- a/core/src.ts/halo/commands.ts
+++ b/core/src.ts/halo/commands.ts
@@ -194,7 +194,19 @@ async function cmdSign(options: ExecHaloCmdOptions, args: HaloCmdSign): Promise<
     let payload;
     let pwdHash = null;
 
-    if (args.password) {
+    if (args.rawPwdDigest && args.password) {
+        throw new HaloLogicError("Arguments authDigest and password are mutually exclusive.")
+    }
+
+    if (args.rawPwdDigest) {
+        pwdHash = Buffer.from(sha256(Buffer.concat([
+            Buffer.from([0x19]),
+            Buffer.from("Password authentication:\n"),
+            Buffer.from([args.keyNo]),
+            digestBuf,
+            Buffer.from(args.rawPwdDigest, "hex")
+        ])), "hex");
+    } else if (args.password) {
         const derivedKey = pbkdf2.pbkdf2Sync(args.password, 'HaLoChipSalt', 5000, 16, 'sha512');
 
         pwdHash = Buffer.from(sha256(Buffer.concat([