diff --git a/lib/bcoin/script.js b/lib/bcoin/script.js
index 876ade68..b4407eff 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/script.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/script.js
@@ -3605,14 +3605,14 @@ Script.fromString = function fromString(code) {
         code[i] = op;
         continue;
       }
-      if (op[0] === '[')
-        op = op.slice(1, -1);
       if (/^-?\d+$/.test(op)) {
         op = new bn(op, 10);
         op = Script.array(op);
         code[i] = op;
         continue;
       }
+      if (op[0] === '[')
+        op = op.slice(1, -1);
       if (op.indexOf('0x') === 0)
         op = op.slice(2);
       assert(utils.isHex(op), 'Unknown opcode.');
diff --git a/test/data/alertTests.raw b/test/data/alertTests.raw
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01f50680
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/data/alertTests.raw differ
diff --git a/test/protocol-test.js b/test/protocol-test.js
index 2857f7ce..66fb3256 100644
--- a/test/protocol-test.js
+++ b/test/protocol-test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 var assert = require('assert');
 var bcoin = require('../')();
 var constants = bcoin.protocol.constants;
+var network = bcoin.protocol.network;
 var utils = bcoin.utils;
+var fs = require('fs');
+var alertData = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/data/alertTests.raw');
 
 describe('Protocol', function() {
   var version = require('../package.json').version;
@@ -181,6 +184,23 @@ describe('Protocol', function() {
       'de5c0500000017a9141d9ca71efa36d814424ea6ca1437e67287aebe348' +
       '700000000', 'hex');
     var tx = bcoin.protocol.parser.parseTX(rawTwoTxs);
+    delete tx._raw;
     assert.deepEqual(bcoin.protocol.framer.tx(tx), rawFirstTx);
   });
+
+  it('should parse, reserialize, and verify alert packets', function() {
+    var p = new bcoin.reader(alertData);
+    p.start();
+    while (p.left()) {
+      var details = bcoin.protocol.parser.parseAlert(p);
+      var hash = utils.dsha256(details.payload);
+      var signature = details.signature;
+      assert(bcoin.ec.verify(hash, signature, network.alertKey));
+      delete details.payload;
+      var data = bcoin.protocol.framer.alert(details);
+      details = bcoin.protocol.parser.parseAlert(data);
+      assert(bcoin.ec.verify(hash, signature, network.alertKey));
+    }
+    p.end();
+  });
 });