diff --git a/convex-core/src/main/java/convex/core/crypto/BIP39.java b/convex-core/src/main/java/convex/core/crypto/BIP39.java
index fb2c3c658..a85598557 100644
--- a/convex-core/src/main/java/convex/core/crypto/BIP39.java
+++ b/convex-core/src/main/java/convex/core/crypto/BIP39.java
@@ -225,13 +225,24 @@ public static Blob getSeed(List<String> words, String passphrase) throws NoSuchA
 		joined=Normalizer.normalize(joined, Normalizer.Form.NFKD);		
 		char[] pass= joined.toCharArray(); 
 		
+		return getSeedInternal(pass,passphrase);
+	}
+	
+	public static Blob getSeed(String mnemonic, String passphrase) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeySpecException {
+		mnemonic=mnemonic.trim().replaceAll("\\s+"," ");
+		mnemonic=Normalizer.normalize(mnemonic, Normalizer.Form.NFKD);		
+		char[] normalisedMnemonic= mnemonic.toCharArray(); 
+		return getSeedInternal(normalisedMnemonic,passphrase);
+	}
+	
+	private static Blob getSeedInternal(char[] normalisedMnemonic, String passphrase) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeySpecException {
 		// Normalise passphrase and convert to byte array
 		passphrase=Normalizer.normalize(passphrase, Normalizer.Form.NFKD);	
 		byte[] salt = ("mnemonic"+passphrase).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 		
 		// Generate seed
 		SecretKeyFactory factory = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance("PBKDF2WithHmacSHA512");
-		KeySpec keyspec = new PBEKeySpec(pass, salt, 2048, SEED_LENGTH * 8);
+		KeySpec keyspec = new PBEKeySpec(normalisedMnemonic, salt, 2048, SEED_LENGTH * 8);
 	    Key key = factory.generateSecret(keyspec);
 	    
 	    // Wrap result as Blob
@@ -239,6 +250,8 @@ public static Blob getSeed(List<String> words, String passphrase) throws NoSuchA
 	    return Blob.wrap(bs);
 	}
 
+
+
 	public static String createSecureRandom() {
 		return createSecureRandom(12);
 	}
diff --git a/convex-core/src/test/java/convex/core/crypto/BIP39Test.java b/convex-core/src/test/java/convex/core/crypto/BIP39Test.java
index 6d3447dc1..766127da7 100644
--- a/convex-core/src/test/java/convex/core/crypto/BIP39Test.java
+++ b/convex-core/src/test/java/convex/core/crypto/BIP39Test.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package convex.core.crypto;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotEquals;
 
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.security.spec.InvalidKeySpecException;
@@ -20,4 +21,21 @@ public void testSeed() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeySpecException
 		String exSeed="8212cc694344bbc4ae70505948c58194c16cd10599b2e93f0f7f638aaa108009a5707f9274fc6bdeb23bf30783d0c2c7bb556a7aa7b9064dab6df9b8c469e39c";
 		assertEquals(exSeed,BIP39.getSeed(tw1,"").toHexString());
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Test vector from https://iancoleman.io/bip39/
+	 * @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
+	 * @throws InvalidKeySpecException
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void testExample15() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, InvalidKeySpecException {
+		String s1="slush blind shaft return gentle isolate notice busy silent toast joy again almost perfect century";
+		List<String> tw1=List.of(s1.split(" "));
+		String exSeed="8ac1d802490b34488eb265d72b3de8aa4cbe4ad0c674ccc083463a3cb9466ab11933f6251aec5b6b2260442435bd2f5257aa3fc219745f642295d8b6e401fe3f";
+		assertEquals(exSeed,BIP39.getSeed(tw1,"").toHexString());
+		
+		String s2=s1.replaceAll(" " , "  ");
+		assertNotEquals(s1,s2);
+		assertEquals(exSeed,BIP39.getSeed(s2,"").toHexString());
+	}
 }