diff --git a/rai/qt/qt.cpp b/rai/qt/qt.cpp
index 1bd57def..4fb0c3f6 100644
--- a/rai/qt/qt.cpp
+++ b/rai/qt/qt.cpp
@@ -783,19 +783,19 @@ void rai_qt::block_creation::activate_change ()
 void rai_qt::block_creation::create_send ()
 {
     rai::account account_l;
-    auto error (account_l.decode_hex (account->text ().toStdString ()));
+    auto error (account_l.decode_base58check (account->text ().toStdString ()));
     if (!error)
     {
         rai::amount amount_l;
-        error = account_l.decode_hex (amount->text ().toStdString ());
+        error = amount_l.decode_hex (amount->text ().toStdString ());
         if (!error)
         {
             rai::account destination_l;
-            error = destination_l.decode_hex (destination->text ().toStdString ());
+            error = destination_l.decode_base58check (destination->text ().toStdString ());
             if (!error)
             {
                 rai::private_key key;
-                if (client.client_m.wallet.fetch (account_l, key))
+                if (!client.client_m.wallet.fetch (account_l, key))
                 {
                     auto balance (client.client_m.ledger.account_balance (account_l));
                     if (amount_l.number () <= balance)
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ void rai_qt::block_creation::create_change ()
     if (!error)
     {
         rai::account representative_l;
-        error = representative_l.decode_hex (representative->text ().toStdString ());
+        error = representative_l.decode_base58check (representative->text ().toStdString ());
         if (!error)
         {
             rai::frontier frontier;
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ void rai_qt::block_creation::create_open ()
     if (!error)
     {
         rai::account representative_l;
-        error = representative_l.decode_hex (representative->text ().toStdString ());
+        error = representative_l.decode_base58check (representative->text ().toStdString ());
         if (!error)
         {
             rai::account source;
diff --git a/rai/qt_test/qt.cpp b/rai/qt_test/qt.cpp
index 6af0802b..ccd098d8 100644
--- a/rai/qt_test/qt.cpp
+++ b/rai/qt_test/qt.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#include <boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp>
+
 #include <rai/qt/qt.hpp>
 #include <thread>
 #include <QTest>
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ TEST (client, process_block)
     send.work = system.clients [0]->ledger.create_work (send);
     rai::sign_message (rai::test_genesis_key.prv, rai::test_genesis_key.pub, send.hash (), send.signature);
     std::string destination;
-    send.hashables.destination.encode_hex (destination);
+    send.hashables.destination.encode_base58check (destination);
     std::string previous;
     send.hashables.previous.encode_hex (previous);
     std::string balance;
@@ -172,4 +174,35 @@ TEST (client, process_block)
     ASSERT_EQ (send.hash (), system.clients [0]->ledger.latest (rai::genesis_account));
     QTest::mouseClick(client.block_entry.back, Qt::LeftButton);
     ASSERT_EQ (client.advanced.window, client.main_stack->currentWidget ());
+}
+
+TEST (client, create_send)
+{
+	rai::keypair key;
+	rai::system system (24000, 1);
+	system.clients [0]->wallet.insert (rai::test_genesis_key.prv);
+	system.clients [0]->wallet.insert (key.prv);
+	int argc (0);
+	QApplication application (argc, nullptr);
+	rai_qt::client client (application, *system.clients [0]);
+	QTest::mouseClick (client.show_advanced, Qt::LeftButton);
+	QTest::mouseClick (client.advanced.create_block, Qt::LeftButton);
+	QTest::mouseClick (client.block_creation.send, Qt::LeftButton);
+	std::string account;
+	rai::test_genesis_key.pub.encode_base58check (account);
+	QTest::keyClicks (client.block_creation.account, account.c_str ());
+	QTest::keyClicks (client.block_creation.amount, "56bc75e2d63100000");
+	std::string destination;
+	key.pub.encode_base58check (destination);
+	QTest::keyClicks (client.block_creation.destination, destination.c_str ());
+	QTest::mouseClick (client.block_creation.create, Qt::LeftButton);
+	std::string json (client.block_creation.block->toPlainText ().toStdString ());
+	ASSERT_FALSE (json.empty ());
+	rai::send_block send;
+	boost::property_tree::ptree tree1;
+	std::stringstream istream (json);
+	boost::property_tree::read_json (istream, tree1);
+	ASSERT_FALSE (send.deserialize_json (tree1));
+	ASSERT_EQ (rai::process_result::progress, system.clients [0]->ledger.process (send));
+	ASSERT_EQ (rai::process_result::old, system.clients [0]->ledger.process (send));
 }
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diff --git a/rai/secure.cpp b/rai/secure.cpp
index cf96b2e7..2d79efb0 100644
--- a/rai/secure.cpp
+++ b/rai/secure.cpp
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ void rai::send_block::serialize_json (std::string & string_a) const
     boost::property_tree::ptree tree;
     tree.put ("type", "send");
     std::string destination;
-    hashables.destination.encode_hex (destination);
+    hashables.destination.encode_base58check (destination);
     tree.put ("destination", destination);
     std::string previous;
     hashables.previous.encode_hex (previous);
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ bool rai::send_block::deserialize_json (boost::property_tree::ptree const & tree
         auto balance_l (tree_a.get <std::string> ("balance"));
         auto work_l (tree_a.get <std::string> ("work"));
         auto signature_l (tree_a.get <std::string> ("signature"));
-        result = hashables.destination.decode_hex (destination_l);
+        result = hashables.destination.decode_base58check (destination_l);
         if (!result)
         {
             result = hashables.previous.decode_hex (previous_l);