diff --git a/lib/bitcoind.js b/lib/bitcoind.js
index 1d0b3c26..ffef12bd 100644
--- a/lib/bitcoind.js
+++ b/lib/bitcoind.js
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ Bitcoin.prototype.getBlock = function(hash, callback) {
 };
 
 Bitcoin.prototype.getTx = function(hash, blockHash, callback) {
+  if (hash[1] === 'x') hash = hash.slice(2);
+  if (blockHash[1] === 'x') blockHash = blockHash.slice(2);
+  // hash = utils.revHex(hash);
+  // blockHash = utils.revHex(blockHash);
   return bitcoindjs.getTx(hash, blockHash, callback);
 };
 
@@ -181,6 +185,20 @@ Bitcoin.prototype.close = function(callback) {
   });
 };
 
+/**
+ * Utils
+ */
+
+var utils = {};
+
+utils.revHex = function revHex(s) {
+  var r = '';
+  for (var i = 0; i < s.length; i += 2) {
+    r = s.slice(i, i + 2) + r;
+  }
+  return r;
+};
+
 /**
  * Expose
  */
@@ -188,3 +206,4 @@ Bitcoin.prototype.close = function(callback) {
 module.exports = exports = Bitcoin;
 exports.Bitcoin = Bitcoin;
 exports.native = bitcoindjs;
+exports.utils = utils;
diff --git a/src/bitcoindjs.cc b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
index 3275fec4..1210a716 100644
--- a/src/bitcoindjs.cc
+++ b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
@@ -904,8 +904,8 @@ NAN_METHOD(GetTx) {
     blockHash = "0x" + blockHash;
   }
 
-  printf("tx: %s\n", txHash);
-  printf("block: %s\n", blockHash);
+  printf("tx: %s\n", txHash.c_str());
+  printf("block: %s\n", blockHash.c_str());
 
   uint256 hash(txHash);
   uint256 hashBlock(blockHash);