diff --git a/bchain/coins/eth/ethparser.go b/bchain/coins/eth/ethparser.go
index 4cd78551..f7dc7bfb 100644
--- a/bchain/coins/eth/ethparser.go
+++ b/bchain/coins/eth/ethparser.go
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ package eth
 
 import (
 	"blockbook/bchain"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
-
-	ethcommon "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 )
 
 type EthParser struct {
@@ -18,8 +17,21 @@ func (p *EthParser) GetAddrIDFromVout(output *bchain.Vout) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func (p *EthParser) GetAddrIDFromAddress(address string) ([]byte, error) {
-	a := ethcommon.HexToAddress(address)
-	return a.Bytes(), nil
+	// github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common.HexToAddress does not handle address errors, using own decoding
+	if len(address) > 1 {
+		if address[0:2] == "0x" || address[0:2] == "0X" {
+			address = address[2:]
+		}
+	} else {
+		if len(address) == 0 {
+			return nil, bchain.ErrAddressMissing
+		}
+		return nil, errors.New("Invalid address")
+	}
+	if len(address)&1 == 1 {
+		address = "0" + address
+	}
+	return hex.DecodeString(address)
 }
 
 func (p *EthParser) AddressToOutputScript(address string) ([]byte, error) {
diff --git a/bchain/coins/eth/ethparser_test.go b/bchain/coins/eth/ethparser_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15dfb832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bchain/coins/eth/ethparser_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package eth
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestEthParser_GetAddrIDFromAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		address string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		args    args
+		want    string
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "with 0x prefix",
+			args: args{address: "0x81b7e08f65bdf5648606c89998a9cc8164397647"},
+			want: "81b7e08f65bdf5648606c89998a9cc8164397647",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "without 0x prefix",
+			args: args{address: "47526228d673e9f079630d6cdaff5a2ed13e0e60"},
+			want: "47526228d673e9f079630d6cdaff5a2ed13e0e60",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "odd address",
+			args: args{address: "7526228d673e9f079630d6cdaff5a2ed13e0e60"},
+			want: "07526228d673e9f079630d6cdaff5a2ed13e0e60",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "ErrAddressMissing",
+			args:    args{address: ""},
+			want:    "",
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "error - not eth address",
+			args:    args{address: "1JKgN43B9SyLuZH19H5ECvr4KcfrbVHzZ6"},
+			want:    "",
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			p := &EthParser{}
+			got, err := p.GetAddrIDFromAddress(tt.args.address)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("EthParser.GetAddrIDFromAddress() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			h := hex.EncodeToString(got)
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(h, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("EthParser.GetAddrIDFromAddress() = %v, want %v", h, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/bchain/types.go b/bchain/types.go
index 2df1baf7..5fa9712b 100644
--- a/bchain/types.go
+++ b/bchain/types.go
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ var (
 	// either unknown hash or too high height
 	// can be returned from GetBlockHash, GetBlockHeader, GetBlock
 	ErrBlockNotFound = errors.New("Block not found")
+	// ErrAddressMissing is returned if address is not specified
+	// for example To address in ethereum can be missing in case of contract transaction
+	ErrAddressMissing = errors.New("Address missing")
 )
 
 type ScriptSig struct {
diff --git a/db/rocksdb.go b/db/rocksdb.go
index 759f3f6b..ac84e00d 100644
--- a/db/rocksdb.go
+++ b/db/rocksdb.go
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ func (d *RocksDB) GetTransactions(address string, lower uint32, higher uint32, f
 		glog.Infof("rocksdb: address get %s %d-%d ", address, lower, higher)
 	}
 	addrID, err := d.chainParser.GetAddrIDFromAddress(address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	kstart, err := packOutputKey(addrID, lower)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -283,7 +286,10 @@ func (d *RocksDB) writeOutputs(wb *gorocksdb.WriteBatch, block *bchain.Block, op
 		for _, output := range tx.Vout {
 			addrID, err := d.chainParser.GetAddrIDFromVout(&output)
 			if err != nil {
-				glog.Warningf("rocksdb: addrID: %v - %d %s", err, block.Height, addrID)
+				// do not log ErrAddressMissing, transactions can be without to address (for example eth contracts)
+				if err != bchain.ErrAddressMissing {
+					glog.Warningf("rocksdb: addrID: %v - height %d, tx %v, output %v", err, block.Height, tx.Txid, output)
+				}
 				continue
 			}
 			err = d.addAddrIDToRecords(op, wb, records, addrID, tx.Txid, int32(output.N), block.Height)