diff --git a/scripts/create-multisig-deployment-plan.ts b/scripts/create-multisig-deployment-plan.ts
index 0e7d356..dd185aa 100755
--- a/scripts/create-multisig-deployment-plan.ts
+++ b/scripts/create-multisig-deployment-plan.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ async function deployPlan(): Promise<PlanItem[]> {
 	return plan;
 }
 
+// adding fields on the unsigned tx makes it easier to manage
+function addPubkeyFields(tx: StacksTransaction, pubKeys: StacksPublicKey[]) {
+	for (const pk of pubKeys)
+		tx.appendPubkey(pk);
+	return tx;
+}
+
 async function createMultisigDeployTransaction(
 	contractName: string,
 	codeBody: string,
@@ -161,7 +168,7 @@ function findStxBootstrapAmountAtom(items: any[]) {
 
 deployPlan()
 	.then(plan => Promise.all(plan.map(item => createMultisigDeployTransaction(item.contractName, item.codeBody, feeMultiplier, nonce++, pubKeys.length, pubKeys, network, address))))
-	.then(plan => plan.map(transaction => bytesToHex(transaction.serialize())))
+	.then(plan => plan.map(transaction => bytesToHex(addPubkeyFields(transaction, pubKeys).serialize())))
 	.then(async (plan) => {
 		const bootstrapStxAmount = await findStxBootstrapAmount();
 		if (bootstrapStxAmount === null)
@@ -181,7 +188,7 @@ deployPlan()
 			address,
 			bootstrapStxAmount
 		);
-		plan.push(bytesToHex(tx.serialize()));
+		plan.push(bytesToHex(addPubkeyFields(tx, pubKeys).serialize()));
 		return plan;
 	})
 	.then(plan => {
diff --git a/scripts/sign-multisig-deployment-plan.ts b/scripts/sign-multisig-deployment-plan.ts
index 4858de9..af51418 100644
--- a/scripts/sign-multisig-deployment-plan.ts
+++ b/scripts/sign-multisig-deployment-plan.ts
@@ -8,28 +8,59 @@ import {
 	StacksPrivateKey,
 	StacksPublicKey,
 	Address,
+	// broadcastTransaction,
+	StacksMessageType,
 } from "@stacks/transactions";
 import { bytesToHex } from '@stacks/common';
 import fs from "fs";
 import { getStacksAddress, getStacksPrivateKeys, getStacksPubkeys } from "./config.ts";
-import { assertSigner, equalPubKeys } from "./utils.ts";
+import { assertSigner, equalByteArrays, verboseLog } from "./utils.ts";
 
 const planFile = "plan.json";
 
 const privateKeys = getStacksPrivateKeys();
 const address = getStacksAddress();
 const pubKeys = getStacksPubkeys();
+const pubKeysFromPrivate = privateKeys.map(sk => compressPublicKey(pubKeyfromPrivKey(sk.data).data));
 
 function signTx(tx: StacksTransaction, privateKeys: StacksPrivateKey[], pubKeys: StacksPublicKey[], checkSigner: Address) {
-	const signer = new TransactionSigner(tx);
-	let unusedPubkeys = pubKeys.slice();
-	for (const sk of privateKeys) {
-		const pk = compressPublicKey(pubKeyfromPrivKey(sk.data).data);
-		unusedPubkeys = unusedPubkeys.filter(epk => !equalPubKeys(epk, pk));
-		signer.signOrigin(sk);
+	const spendingCondition = tx.auth.spendingCondition as MultiSigSpendingCondition;
+
+	const signatureCount = spendingCondition.fields.reduce((sum, field) => sum + (field.contents.type === StacksMessageType.MessageSignature ? 1 : 0), 0);
+	if (signatureCount === spendingCondition.signaturesRequired) {
+		verboseLog(`Tried to sign tx ${tx.txid()} but it is already fully signed`);
+		return tx;
+	}
+
+	const signer = new TransactionSigner(tx);
+	const fields = spendingCondition.fields;
+	let signatures = 0;
+
+	for (let index = 0; index < fields.length; ++index) {
+		const field = fields[index];
+		if (field.contents.type !== StacksMessageType.PublicKey) {
+			++signatures;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		const firstPubKey = field.contents.data as Uint8Array;
+
+		const matchingPubKeyIndex = pubKeysFromPrivate.findIndex(pubkey => equalByteArrays(pubkey.data, firstPubKey));
+		if (matchingPubKeyIndex === -1) {
+			verboseLog(`Next pubkey to sign tx ${tx.txid()} is ${bytesToHex(firstPubKey)}, but no private key is available for it. It is someone else's turn to sign.`);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		verboseLog(`Signing sighash ${tx.txid()} with key ${bytesToHex(pubKeysFromPrivate[matchingPubKeyIndex].data)}`);
+
+		// fields are always added to the end, so we have to remove it and manually move it to the right index
+		// we have to remove the old field first, otherwise signOrigin might fail if it gets more signatures than expected
+		fields.splice(index, 1);
+		signer.signOrigin(privateKeys[matchingPubKeyIndex]);
+		const newField = fields.pop()!;
+		fields.splice(index, 0, newField);
+		++signatures;
 	}
-	for (const pk of unusedPubkeys)
-		signer.appendOrigin(pk);
 
 	const fieldCount = (tx.auth.spendingCondition as MultiSigSpendingCondition).fields.length;
 
@@ -38,6 +69,9 @@ function signTx(tx: StacksTransaction, privateKeys: StacksPrivateKey[], pubKeys:
 
 	assertSigner(tx.auth.spendingCondition, checkSigner);
 
+	if (signatures === spendingCondition.signaturesRequired)
+		verboseLog(`tx ${tx.txid()} is now fully signed`);
+
 	// try {
 	// 	const result = tx.verifyOrigin();
 	// 	console.log("verify origin", result);
@@ -65,6 +99,9 @@ readPlan()
 	.then(plan => plan.map(tx => deserializeTransaction(tx)))
 	.then(plan => plan.map(tx => signTx(tx, privateKeys, pubKeys, address)))
 	.then(plan => {
+		// const testTx = plan.shift()!;
+		// broadcastTransaction(testTx, "mainnet").then(console.log);
+
 		fs.writeFileSync(planFile, JSON.stringify(plan.map(tx => bytesToHex(tx.serialize()))), "utf-8");
 		console.log(`Signed deploy plan written to ${planFile}`);
 	});
diff --git a/scripts/utils.ts b/scripts/utils.ts
index db57c19..3d428e8 100644
--- a/scripts/utils.ts
+++ b/scripts/utils.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@ export function verboseLog(...args: any[]) {
 }
 
 export function equalPubKeys(a: StacksPublicKey, b: StacksPublicKey) {
-	if (a.type !== b.type || a.data.byteLength !== b.data.byteLength)
+	if (a.type !== b.type)
 		return false;
-	for (let i = 0; i < a.data.byteLength; ++i)
-		if (a.data[i] !== b.data[i])
+	return equalByteArrays(a.data, b.data);
+}
+
+export function equalByteArrays(a: Uint8Array, b: Uint8Array) {
+	if (a.byteLength !== b.byteLength)
+		return false;
+	for (let i = 0; i < a.byteLength; ++i)
+		if (a[i] !== b[i])
 			return false;
 	return true;
 }