diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/tx-gas-utils.js b/app/scripts/lib/tx-gas-utils.js
index 0fa9dd8d4..4be7738b0 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/tx-gas-utils.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/tx-gas-utils.js
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ module.exports = class TxGasUtil {
   }
 
   async validateTxParams (txParams) {
+    this.validateFrom(txParams)
     this.validateRecipient(txParams)
     if ('value' in txParams) {
       const value = txParams.value.toString()
@@ -112,6 +113,12 @@ module.exports = class TxGasUtil {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  validateFrom (txParams) {
+    if ( !(typeof txParams.from === 'string') ) throw new Error(`Invalid from address ${txParams.from} not a string`)
+    if (!isValidAddress(txParams.from)) throw new Error('Invalid from address')
+  }
+
   validateRecipient (txParams) {
     if (txParams.to === '0x' || txParams.to === null ) {
       if (txParams.data) {
@@ -124,4 +131,4 @@ module.exports = class TxGasUtil {
     }
     return txParams
   }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/test/unit/tx-gas-util-test.js b/test/unit/tx-gas-util-test.js
index d9a12d1c3..15d412c72 100644
--- a/test/unit/tx-gas-util-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/tx-gas-util-test.js
@@ -29,4 +29,28 @@ describe('Tx Gas Util', function () {
     }
     assert.throws(() => { txGasUtil.validateRecipient(zeroRecipientTxParams) }, Error, 'Invalid recipient address')
   })
+
+  it('should error when from is not a hex string', function () {
+
+    // where from is undefined
+    const txParams = {}
+    assert.throws(() => { txGasUtil.validateFrom(txParams) }, Error, `Invalid from address ${txParams.from} not a string`)
+
+    // where from is array
+    txParams.from = []
+    assert.throws(() => { txGasUtil.validateFrom(txParams) }, Error, `Invalid from address ${txParams.from} not a string`)
+
+    // where from is a object
+    txParams.from = {}
+    assert.throws(() => { txGasUtil.validateFrom(txParams) }, Error, `Invalid from address ${txParams.from} not a string`)
+
+    // where from is a invalid address
+    txParams.from = 'im going to fail'
+    assert.throws(() => { txGasUtil.validateFrom(txParams) }, Error, `Invalid from address`)
+
+    // should run
+    txParams.from ='0x1678a085c290ebd122dc42cba69373b5953b831d'
+    txGasUtil.validateFrom(txParams)
+    })
+
 })