diff --git a/integration_test/geth_blockchain_test.go b/integration_test/geth_blockchain_test.go
index c970c799..69b15a82 100644
--- a/integration_test/geth_blockchain_test.go
+++ b/integration_test/geth_blockchain_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package integration_test
 
 import (
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethclient"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -85,6 +86,41 @@ var _ = Describe("Reading from the Geth blockchain", func() {
 		close(done)
 	}, 15)
 
+	It("retrieves transaction", func() {
+		// actual transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x44d462f2a19ad267e276b234a62c542fc91c974d2e4754a325ca405f95440255
+		txHash := common.HexToHash("0x44d462f2a19ad267e276b234a62c542fc91c974d2e4754a325ca405f95440255")
+		transactions, err := blockChain.GetTransactions([]common.Hash{txHash})
+
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(len(transactions)).To(Equal(1))
+		expectedData := []byte{149, 227, 197, 11, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			1, 160, 85, 105, 13, 157, 184, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7,
+			241, 202, 218, 90, 30, 178, 234, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 92, 155, 193, 43}
+		expectedRaw := []byte{248, 201, 9, 132, 59, 154, 202, 0, 131, 1, 102, 93, 148, 44, 75, 208, 100, 185, 152, 131,
+			128, 118, 250, 52, 26, 131, 208, 7, 252, 47, 165, 9, 87, 128, 184, 100, 149, 227, 197, 11, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 160, 85, 105, 13, 157, 184, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 241, 202, 218, 90, 30, 178, 234, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 92, 155, 193, 43, 37, 160, 237, 184, 236, 248, 23, 152,
+			53, 238, 44, 215, 181, 234, 229, 157, 246, 212, 178, 88, 25, 116, 134, 163, 124, 64, 2, 66, 25, 118, 1, 253, 27,
+			101, 160, 36, 226, 116, 43, 147, 236, 124, 76, 227, 250, 228, 168, 22, 19, 248, 155, 248, 151, 219, 14, 1, 186,
+			159, 35, 154, 22, 222, 123, 254, 147, 63, 221}
+		expectedModel := core.TransactionModel{
+			Data:     expectedData,
+			From:     "0x3b08b99441086edd66f36f9f9aee733280698378",
+			GasLimit: 91741,
+			GasPrice: 1000000000,
+			Hash:     "0x44d462f2a19ad267e276b234a62c542fc91c974d2e4754a325ca405f95440255",
+			Nonce:    9,
+			Raw:      expectedRaw,
+			Receipt:  core.Receipt{},
+			To:       "0x2c4bd064b998838076fa341a83d007fc2fa50957",
+			TxIndex:  30,
+			Value:    "0",
+		}
+		Expect(transactions[0]).To(Equal(expectedModel))
+	})
+
 	//Benchmarking test: remove skip to test performance of block retrieval
 	XMeasure("retrieving n blocks", func(b Benchmarker) {
 		b.Time("runtime", func() {
diff --git a/pkg/core/transaction.go b/pkg/core/transaction.go
index f9c0515b..c5198cf7 100644
--- a/pkg/core/transaction.go
+++ b/pkg/core/transaction.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type RpcTransaction struct {
 	GasLimit         string `json:"gas"`
 	Recipient        string `json:"to"`
 	Amount           string `json:"value"`
-	Payload          []byte `json:"input"`
+	Payload          string `json:"input"`
 	V                string `json:"v"`
 	R                string `json:"r"`
 	S                string `json:"s"`
diff --git a/pkg/geth/converters/rpc/transaction_converter.go b/pkg/geth/converters/rpc/transaction_converter.go
index 1c06ac87..7906ec41 100644
--- a/pkg/geth/converters/rpc/transaction_converter.go
+++ b/pkg/geth/converters/rpc/transaction_converter.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"log"
 	"math/big"
 	"strings"
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ func (converter *RpcTransactionConverter) ConvertRpcTransactionsToModels(transac
 			return nil, txIndexErr
 		}
 		transactionModel := core.TransactionModel{
-			Data:     transaction.Payload,
+			Data:     txData.Payload,
 			From:     transaction.From,
 			GasLimit: txData.GasLimit,
 			GasPrice: txData.Price.Int64(),
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ func getTransactionData(transaction core.RpcTransaction) (transactionData, error
 		GasLimit:     gasLimit.Uint64(),
 		Recipient:    &recipient,
 		Amount:       amount,
-		Payload:      transaction.Payload,
+		Payload:      hexutil.MustDecode(transaction.Payload),
 		V:            v,
 		R:            r,
 		S:            s,
diff --git a/pkg/geth/converters/rpc/transaction_converter_test.go b/pkg/geth/converters/rpc/transaction_converter_test.go
index 705e0572..21047c92 100644
--- a/pkg/geth/converters/rpc/transaction_converter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/geth/converters/rpc/transaction_converter_test.go
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("RPC transaction converter", func() {
+	var converter rpc.RpcTransactionConverter
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		converter = rpc.RpcTransactionConverter{}
+	})
+
 	It("converts hex fields to integers", func() {
-		converter := rpc.RpcTransactionConverter{}
 		rpcTransaction := getFakeRpcTransaction("0x1")
 
 		transactionModels, err := converter.ConvertRpcTransactionsToModels([]core.RpcTransaction{rpcTransaction})
@@ -25,7 +30,6 @@ var _ = Describe("RPC transaction converter", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("returns error if invalid hex cannot be converted", func() {
-		converter := rpc.RpcTransactionConverter{}
 		invalidTransaction := getFakeRpcTransaction("invalid")
 
 		_, err := converter.ConvertRpcTransactionsToModels([]core.RpcTransaction{invalidTransaction})
@@ -34,7 +38,6 @@ var _ = Describe("RPC transaction converter", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("copies RPC transaction hash, from, and to values to model", func() {
-		converter := rpc.RpcTransactionConverter{}
 		rpcTransaction := getFakeRpcTransaction("0x1")
 
 		transactionModels, err := converter.ConvertRpcTransactionsToModels([]core.RpcTransaction{rpcTransaction})
@@ -46,14 +49,37 @@ var _ = Describe("RPC transaction converter", func() {
 		Expect(transactionModels[0].To).To(Equal(rpcTransaction.Recipient))
 	})
 
-	XIt("derives transaction RLP", func() {
-		// actual transaction: https://kovan.etherscan.io/tx/0x73aefdf70fc5650e0dd82affbb59d107f12dfabc50a78625b434ea68b7a69ee6
-		// actual RLP hex: 0x2926af093b6b72e3f10089bde6da0f99b0d4e13354f6f37c8334efc9d7e99a47
+	It("derives transaction RLP", func() {
+		// actual transaction: https://kovan.etherscan.io/tx/0x3b29ef265425d304069c57e5145cd1c7558568b06d231775f50a693bee1aad4f
+		rpcTransaction := core.RpcTransaction{
+			Nonce:            "0x7aa9",
+			GasPrice:         "0x3b9aca00",
+			GasLimit:         "0x7a120",
+			Recipient:        "0xf88bbdc1e2718f8857f30a180076ec38d53cf296",
+			Amount:           "0x0",
+			Payload:          "0x18178358",
+			V:                "0x78",
+			R:                "0x79f6a78ababfdb37b87a4d52795a49b08b5b5171443d1f2fb8f373431e77439c",
+			S:                "0x3f1a210dd3b59d161735a314b88568fa91552dfe207c00a2fdbcd52ccb081409",
+			Hash:             "0x3b29ef265425d304069c57e5145cd1c7558568b06d231775f50a693bee1aad4f",
+			From:             "0x694032e172d9b0ee6aff5d36749bad4947a36e4e",
+			TransactionIndex: "0xa",
+		}
 
+		transactionModels, err := converter.ConvertRpcTransactionsToModels([]core.RpcTransaction{rpcTransaction})
+
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(len(transactionModels)).To(Equal(1))
+		model := transactionModels[0]
+		expectedRLP := []byte{248, 106, 130, 122, 169, 132, 59, 154, 202, 0, 131, 7, 161, 32, 148, 248, 139, 189, 193,
+			226, 113, 143, 136, 87, 243, 10, 24, 0, 118, 236, 56, 213, 60, 242, 150, 128, 132, 24, 23, 131, 88, 120, 160,
+			121, 246, 167, 138, 186, 191, 219, 55, 184, 122, 77, 82, 121, 90, 73, 176, 139, 91, 81, 113, 68, 61, 31, 47,
+			184, 243, 115, 67, 30, 119, 67, 156, 160, 63, 26, 33, 13, 211, 181, 157, 22, 23, 53, 163, 20, 184, 133, 104,
+			250, 145, 85, 45, 254, 32, 124, 0, 162, 253, 188, 213, 44, 203, 8, 20, 9}
+		Expect(model.Raw).To(Equal(expectedRLP))
 	})
 
 	It("does not include transaction receipt", func() {
-		converter := rpc.RpcTransactionConverter{}
 		rpcTransaction := getFakeRpcTransaction("0x1")
 
 		transactionModels, err := converter.ConvertRpcTransactionsToModels([]core.RpcTransaction{rpcTransaction})
@@ -76,7 +102,7 @@ func getFakeRpcTransaction(hex string) core.RpcTransaction {
 		V:                "0x2",
 		R:                "0x2",
 		S:                "0x2",
-		Payload:          nil,
+		Payload:          "0x12",
 		TransactionIndex: hex,
 	}
 }