diff --git a/src/komodo_nSPV_wallet.h b/src/komodo_nSPV_wallet.h
index cfd450f14..fc7a293fd 100644
--- a/src/komodo_nSPV_wallet.h
+++ b/src/komodo_nSPV_wallet.h
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ std::string NSPV_signtx(int64_t &rewardsum,int64_t &interestsum,UniValue &retcod
 
 UniValue NSPV_spend(char *srcaddr,char *destaddr,int64_t satoshis) // what its all about!
 {
-    UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ),retcodes(UniValue::VARR); std::vector<uint8_t> data;  CScript scriptPubKey; uint8_t rmd160[128]; int64_t txfee = 10000;
+    UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ),retcodes(UniValue::VARR); CScript scriptPubKey; uint8_t *data,rmd160[128]; int32_t len; int64_t txfee = 10000;
     if ( NSPV_logintime == 0 || time(NULL) > NSPV_logintime+NSPV_AUTOLOGOUT )
     {
         result.push_back(Pair("result","error"));
@@ -315,8 +315,13 @@ UniValue NSPV_spend(char *srcaddr,char *destaddr,int64_t satoshis) // what its a
     }
     else if ( bitcoin_base58decode(rmd160,destaddr) != 25 )
     {
-        if ( is_hexstr(destaddr,0) > 0 )
-            scriptPubKey = CScript() << ParseHex(destaddr);
+        if ( (len= is_hexstr(destaddr,0)) > 0 )
+        {
+            len >>= 1;
+            scriptPubKey.resize(len);
+            data = (uint8_t *)scriptPubKey.begin();
+            decode_hex(data,len,destaddr);
+        }
         else
         {
             result.push_back(Pair("result","error"));
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 8f0225f27..d2b16b2a6 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -2224,7 +2224,6 @@ bool myGetTransaction(const uint256 &hash, CTransaction &txOut, uint256 &hashBlo
     {
         int64_t rewardsum = 0; int32_t retval,vout = 0;
         retval = NSPV_gettransaction(1,vout,hash,0,txOut,0,0,rewardsum);
-        fprintf(stderr,"myGetTransaction retval.%d\n",retval);
         return(retval == 0);
     }
     // need a GetTransaction without lock so the validation code for assets can run without deadlock