diff --git a/src/komodo_utils.h b/src/komodo_utils.h
index 556152f76..908e0fcb3 100644
--- a/src/komodo_utils.h
+++ b/src/komodo_utils.h
@@ -1881,7 +1881,9 @@ void komodo_args(char *argv0)
             }
             if ( ASSETCHAINS_SCRIPTPUB.size() > 1 )
             {
-                extralen += iguana_rwnum(1,&extraptr[extralen],(int32_t)ASSETCHAINS_SCRIPTPUB.size(),(void *)ASSETCHAINS_SCRIPTPUB.c_str());
+                decode_hex(&extraptr[extralen],ASSETCHAINS_SCRIPTPUB.size()/2,(char *)ASSETCHAINS_SCRIPTPUB.c_str());
+                extralen += ASSETCHAINS_SCRIPTPUB.size()/2;
+                //extralen += iguana_rwnum(1,&extraptr[extralen],(int32_t)ASSETCHAINS_SCRIPTPUB.size(),(void *)ASSETCHAINS_SCRIPTPUB.c_str());
                 fprintf(stderr,"append ac_script %s\n",ASSETCHAINS_SCRIPTPUB.c_str());
             }
         }