From 15c28f90e439613be08a680b9f76a0816d1ab719 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaco Greeff <jacogr@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 21:10:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Always pass hex to signRaw

---
 packages/app-toolbox/src/Sign.tsx | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/app-toolbox/src/Sign.tsx b/packages/app-toolbox/src/Sign.tsx
index 08969e6e516c..f95a0e82bcda 100644
--- a/packages/app-toolbox/src/Sign.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-toolbox/src/Sign.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import styled from 'styled-components';
 import { web3FromSource } from '@polkadot/extension-dapp';
 import { Button, Input, InputAddress, Output, Static } from '@polkadot/react-components';
 import keyring from '@polkadot/ui-keyring';
-import { hexToU8a, isFunction, isHex, stringToU8a, u8aToHex } from '@polkadot/util';
+import { hexToU8a, isFunction, isHex, stringToHex, stringToU8a, u8aToHex } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import translate from './translate';
 import Unlock from './Unlock';
@@ -83,7 +83,13 @@ function Sign ({ className, t }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
       setSignature('');
 
       signer
-        .signRaw({ address: currentPair.address, data, type: 'bytes' })
+        .signRaw({
+          address: currentPair.address,
+          data: isHexData
+            ? data
+            : stringToHex(data),
+          type: 'bytes'
+        })
         .then(({ signature }): void => setSignature(signature));
     } else {
       setSignature(u8aToHex(