diff --git a/integration/regtest.js b/integration/regtest.js
index 0b693d7c..bf5c7ac5 100644
--- a/integration/regtest.js
+++ b/integration/regtest.js
@@ -275,6 +275,17 @@ describe('Daemon Binding Functionality', function() {
       hash.should.equal(tx.hash);
     });
 
+    it('will throw an error if an unsigned transaction is sent', function() {
+
+      var tx = bitcore.Transaction();
+      tx.from(utxos[1]);
+      tx.change(privateKey.toAddress());
+      tx.to(destKey.toAddress(), utxos[1].amount * 1e8 - 1000);
+      (function() {
+        bitcoind.sendTransaction(tx.uncheckedSerialize());
+      }).should.throw('\x10: mandatory-script-verify-flag-failed (Operation not valid with the current stack size)');
+    });
+
   });
 
   describe('fee estimation', function() {
diff --git a/src/libbitcoind.cc b/src/libbitcoind.cc
index b3e0fd6d..0c3b8758 100644
--- a/src/libbitcoind.cc
+++ b/src/libbitcoind.cc
@@ -1478,10 +1478,7 @@ NAN_METHOD(SendTransaction) {
     // Attempt to add the transaction to the mempool
     if (!AcceptToMemoryPool(mempool, state, tx, false, &fMissingInputs, !allowAbsurdFees)) {
       if (state.IsInvalid()) {
-      // TODO: use boost::lexical_cast or C++11 std::to_string
-        char errorMessage [1024];
-        sprintf(errorMessage, "%i: %s", state.GetRejectCode(), state.GetRejectReason().c_str());
-        return NanThrowError(errorMessage);
+        return NanThrowError((boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(state.GetRejectCode()) + ": " + state.GetRejectReason()).c_str());
       } else {
         if (fMissingInputs) {
           return NanThrowError("Missing inputs");
diff --git a/src/libbitcoind.h b/src/libbitcoind.h
index 12bdc7b5..2d05341f 100644
--- a/src/libbitcoind.h
+++ b/src/libbitcoind.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "txdb.h"
 #include <boost/thread.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 #include "nan.h"
 #include "scheduler.h"
 #include "core_io.h"