diff --git a/src/main/java/jota/utils/TrytesConverter.java b/src/main/java/jota/utils/TrytesConverter.java
index c1c2ac0..e144545 100644
--- a/src/main/java/jota/utils/TrytesConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/jota/utils/TrytesConverter.java
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ public class TrytesConverter {
      */
     public static String toString(String inputTrytes) {
 
+        // If input length is odd, return null
+        if (inputTrytes.length() % 2 != 0)
+            return null;
+
         StringBuilder string = new StringBuilder();
 
         for (int i = 0; i < inputTrytes.length(); i += 2) {