diff --git a/api/worker.go b/api/worker.go
index 42f881b3..e1802cca 100644
--- a/api/worker.go
+++ b/api/worker.go
@@ -652,7 +652,12 @@ func (w *Worker) txFromTxid(txid string, bestheight uint32, option AccountDetail
 func (w *Worker) getAddrDescAndNormalizeAddress(address string) (bchain.AddressDescriptor, string, error) {
 	addrDesc, err := w.chainParser.GetAddrDescFromAddress(address)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, "", NewAPIError(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid address, %v", err), true)
+		var errAd error
+		// try if the address is not address descriptor converted to string
+		addrDesc, errAd = bchain.AddressDescriptorFromString(address)
+		if errAd != nil {
+			return nil, "", NewAPIError(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid address, %v", err), true)
+		}
 	}
 	// convert the address to the format defined by the parser
 	addresses, _, err := w.chainParser.GetAddressesFromAddrDesc(addrDesc)
diff --git a/bchain/types.go b/bchain/types.go
index cad6b465..05523bf5 100644
--- a/bchain/types.go
+++ b/bchain/types.go
@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ func (ad AddressDescriptor) String() string {
 	return "ad:" + hex.EncodeToString(ad)
 }
 
+// AddressDescriptorFromString converts string created by AddressDescriptor.String to AddressDescriptor
+func AddressDescriptorFromString(s string) (AddressDescriptor, error) {
+	if len(s) > 3 && s[0:3] == "ad:" {
+		return hex.DecodeString(s[3:])
+	}
+	return nil, errors.New("Not AddressDescriptor")
+}
+
 // EthereumType specific
 
 // Erc20Contract contains info about ERC20 contract