diff --git a/src/flow.ts b/src/flow.ts
index d154996a..4b85570c 100644
--- a/src/flow.ts
+++ b/src/flow.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import {
   BindingNamespace,
   ParserType,
   wording,
-  MessageSignatureOrder,
   StatusCode
 } from './urn';
 
@@ -225,6 +224,7 @@ async function postFlow(options): Promise<FlowResult> {
       // Encrypted Assertion, the assertion is signed
       const result = await libsaml.decryptAssertion(self, samlContent);
       const decryptedDoc = result[0];
+      samlContent = decryptedDoc;
       const [decryptedDocVerified, verifiedDecryptedAssertion] = libsaml.verifySignature(decryptedDoc, verificationOptions);
       if (decryptedDocVerified) {
         // extractor depends on signed content
diff --git a/src/libsaml.ts b/src/libsaml.ts
index bdb48356..932dfd01 100644
--- a/src/libsaml.ts
+++ b/src/libsaml.ts
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ const libSaml = () => {
       const { dom } = getContext();
       const doc = dom.parseFromString(xml);
 
-      const docParser = new DOMParser();
       // In order to avoid the wrapping attack, we have changed to use absolute xpath instead of naively fetching the signature element
       // message signature (logout response / saml response)
       const messageSignatureXpath = "/*[contains(local-name(), 'Response') or contains(local-name(), 'Request')]/*[local-name(.)='Signature']";
@@ -455,8 +454,7 @@ const libSaml = () => {
         }
 
         sig.loadSignature(signatureNode);
-
-        verified = sig.checkSignature(doc.toString());
+        verified = sig.checkSignature(xml);
 
         // immediately throw error when any one of the signature is failed to get verified
         if (!verified) {
@@ -468,7 +466,7 @@ const libSaml = () => {
           throw new Error('NO_SIGNATURE_REFERENCES')
         }
         const signedVerifiedXML = sig.getSignedReferences()[0];
-        const rootNode = docParser.parseFromString(signedVerifiedXML, 'text/xml').documentElement;
+        const rootNode = dom.parseFromString(signedVerifiedXML, 'text/xml').documentElement;
         // process the verified signature:
         // case 1, rootSignedDoc is a response:
         if (rootNode.localName === 'Response') {
diff --git a/test/flow.ts b/test/flow.ts
index 3764fa97..f37fd5b5 100644
--- a/test/flow.ts
+++ b/test/flow.ts
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ test('send response with signed assertion and parse it', async () => {
   expect(typeof id).toBe('string');
   expect(samlContent.startsWith('<samlp:Response')).toBe(true);
   expect(samlContent.endsWith('/samlp:Response>')).toBe(true);
+  expect(samlContent).toContain('>user@esaml2.com</saml:NameID>')
   expect(extract.nameID).toBe('user@esaml2.com');
   expect(extract.response.inResponseTo).toBe('request_id');
 });
@@ -930,6 +931,7 @@ test('send login response with encrypted non-signed assertion and parse it', asy
   expect(typeof id).toBe('string');
   expect(samlContent.startsWith('<samlp:Response')).toBe(true);
   expect(samlContent.endsWith('/samlp:Response>')).toBe(true);
+  expect(samlContent).toContain('>user@esaml2.com</saml:NameID>')
   expect(extract.nameID).toBe('user@esaml2.com');
   expect(extract.response.inResponseTo).toBe('request_id');
 });
@@ -1102,6 +1104,7 @@ test('send login response with encrypted non-signed assertion with EncryptThenSi
   expect(typeof id).toBe('string');
   expect(samlContent.startsWith('<samlp:Response')).toBe(true);
   expect(samlContent.endsWith('/samlp:Response>')).toBe(true);
+  expect(samlContent).toContain('>user@esaml2.com</saml:NameID>')
   expect(extract.nameID).toBe('user@esaml2.com');
 });