diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 1610d2b..4811c43 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ var addressToPubKeyHash = exports.addressToPubKeyHash = function (address) {
   }
 
   // Decode
-  var buffer = decodeBase58(address);
+  var buffer = new Buffer(decodeBase58(address));
 
   // Parse
   var parser = Binary.parse(buffer);