diff --git a/bls/BLSPrivateKeyShare.cpp b/bls/BLSPrivateKeyShare.cpp
index 517fd835..ee4b6297 100644
--- a/bls/BLSPrivateKeyShare.cpp
+++ b/bls/BLSPrivateKeyShare.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ BLSPrivateKeyShare::generateSampleKeys( size_t _requiredSigners, size_t _totalSi
     std::vector< libff::alt_bn128_Fr > skeys = dkg_obj.SecretKeyContribution( pol );
 
     libff::alt_bn128_Fr common_skey = pol.at( 0 );
-    std::shared_ptr< BLSPublicKey > pkey_ptr = std::make_shared< BLSPublicKey >( common_skey );
+    std::shared_ptr< BLSPublicKey > pkey_ptr = std::make_shared< BLSPublicKey >(
+        common_skey,
+        _requiredSigners,
+        _totalSigners
+        );
 
     for ( size_t i = 0; i < _totalSigners; ++i ) {
         std::string key_str = libBLS::ThresholdUtils::fieldElementToString( skeys.at( i ) );
diff --git a/bls/BLSPublicKey.cpp b/bls/BLSPublicKey.cpp
index cd5c39f3..1c078de5 100644
--- a/bls/BLSPublicKey.cpp
+++ b/bls/BLSPublicKey.cpp
@@ -50,16 +50,24 @@ BLSPublicKey::BLSPublicKey( const std::shared_ptr< std::vector< std::string > >
     }
 }
 
-BLSPublicKey::BLSPublicKey( const libff::alt_bn128_G2& pkey ) {
+BLSPublicKey::BLSPublicKey( const libff::alt_bn128_G2& pkey, size_t t, size_t n )
+    : t( t ), n( n ) {
     libBLS::ThresholdUtils::initCurve();
 
+    // do not check signers for compatibility
+    // libBLS::ThresholdUtils::checkSigners( t, n );
+
     libffPublicKey = std::make_shared< libff::alt_bn128_G2 >( pkey );
     if ( libffPublicKey->is_zero() ) {
         throw libBLS::ThresholdUtils::IsNotWellFormed( "Zero BLS Public Key" );
     }
 }
 
-BLSPublicKey::BLSPublicKey( const libff::alt_bn128_Fr& skey ) {
+BLSPublicKey::BLSPublicKey(const libff::alt_bn128_Fr& skey, size_t t, size_t n )
+    : t( t ), n( n ) {
+    // do not check signers for compatibility
+    // libBLS::ThresholdUtils::checkSigners( t, n );
+
     libffPublicKey = std::make_shared< libff::alt_bn128_G2 >( skey * libff::alt_bn128_G2::one() );
     if ( libffPublicKey->is_zero() ) {
         throw libBLS::ThresholdUtils::IsNotWellFormed( "Public Key is equal to zero or corrupt" );
diff --git a/bls/BLSPublicKey.h b/bls/BLSPublicKey.h
index 04e9c389..18d32599 100644
--- a/bls/BLSPublicKey.h
+++ b/bls/BLSPublicKey.h
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ class BLSPublicKey {
 
 public:
     BLSPublicKey( const std::shared_ptr< std::vector< std::string > > );
-    BLSPublicKey( const libff::alt_bn128_Fr& skey );
-    BLSPublicKey( const libff::alt_bn128_G2& skey );
+    // default value set to 0 for compatibility
+    BLSPublicKey( const libff::alt_bn128_Fr& skey, size_t t = 0, size_t n = 0 );
+    // default value set to 0 for compatibility
+    BLSPublicKey( const libff::alt_bn128_G2& skey, size_t t = 0, size_t n = 0 );
 
     BLSPublicKey(
         std::shared_ptr< std::map< size_t, std::shared_ptr< BLSPublicKeyShare > > > map_pkeys_koefs,