diff --git a/pluginmgr/webapi/plugins.go b/pluginmgr/webapi/plugins.go
index 6299901d87e3547c2acd8be3306522e91ad87ec6..76f1df7589bc908190e084fceba4688fd826e047 100644
--- a/pluginmgr/webapi/plugins.go
+++ b/pluginmgr/webapi/plugins.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/plugins/webapi/autopeering"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/plugins/webapi/data"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/plugins/webapi/drng"
+	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/plugins/webapi/info"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/plugins/webapi/message"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/plugins/webapi/spammer"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/plugins/webauth"
@@ -19,4 +20,5 @@ var PLUGINS = node.Plugins(
 	drng.PLUGIN,
 	message.PLUGIN,
 	autopeering.PLUGIN,
+	info.PLUGIN,
 )
diff --git a/plugins/drng/drng.go b/plugins/drng/drng.go
index 1f4385d3f477ee9e8a714c1ab91478807cd32658..1af625823414239ed0d43a0e0bfe240f29833660 100644
--- a/plugins/drng/drng.go
+++ b/plugins/drng/drng.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package drng
 
 import (
-	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func parseCommitteeMembers() (result []ed25519.PublicKey, err error) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		pubKey, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(committeeMember)
+		pubKey, err := hex.DecodeString(committeeMember)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: invalid public key: %s", ErrParsingCommitteeMember, err)
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/webapi/info/plugin.go b/plugins/webapi/info/plugin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..13eaf5e11059bdd540000722b7ca18620d589db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/webapi/info/plugin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package info
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/plugins/autopeering/local"
+	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/plugins/webapi"
+	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/node"
+	"github.com/labstack/echo"
+)
+
+var PLUGIN = node.NewPlugin("WebAPI info Endpoint", node.Enabled, configure)
+
+func configure(plugin *node.Plugin) {
+	webapi.Server.GET("info", getInfo)
+}
+
+// getInfo returns the info of the node
+func getInfo(c echo.Context) error {
+	return c.JSON(http.StatusOK, Response{PublicKey: hex.EncodeToString(local.GetInstance().PublicKey().Bytes())})
+}
+
+type Response struct {
+	PublicKey string `json:"publickey,omitempty"`
+	Error     string `json:"error,omitempty"`
+}