diff --git a/lib/bcoin/input.js b/lib/bcoin/input.js
index aa81c8eb..0d7e4974 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/input.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/input.js
@@ -263,9 +263,7 @@ Input.prototype.toJSON = function toJSON() {
     },
     output: this.output ? this.output.toJSON() : null,
     script: utils.toHex(bcoin.script.encode(this.script)),
-    witness: this.witness.map(function(chunk) {
-      return utils.toHex(chunk);
-    }),
+    witness: utils.toHex(bcoin.protocol.framer.witness(this.witness)),
     sequence: this.sequence
   };
 };
@@ -278,9 +276,7 @@ Input._fromJSON = function _fromJSON(json) {
     },
     output: json.output ? bcoin.coin._fromJSON(json.output) : null,
     script: bcoin.script.decode(new Buffer(json.script, 'hex')),
-    witness: json.witness.map(function(chunk) {
-      return new Buffer(chunk, 'hex');
-    }),
+    witness: bcoin.protocol.parser.parseWitness(new Buffer(json.witness, 'hex')),
     sequence: json.sequence
   };
 };