diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
index 19d136fe09..7abb81db84 100644
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
@@ -87,16 +87,15 @@ QFont fixedPitchFont()
 #endif
 }
 
-// Just some dummy data to generate a convincing random-looking (but consistent) address
-static const uint8_t dummydata[33] = {3};
-
 // Generate a dummy address with invalid CRC, starting with the network prefix.
 static std::string DummyAddress(const CChainParams &params)
 {
+    std::vector<unsigned char> dummydata = ParseHex("02217226f8114ad5807e90402a534ff3311a44f498ce5c0f1f56ccd9e60383d01e");
     std::vector<unsigned char> sourcedata;
-    CPubKey dummy_key(&dummydata[0], &dummydata[33]);
+    CPubKey dummy_key(dummydata);
     ScriptHash script_dest(uint160(), dummy_key);
-    DecodeBase58(EncodeDestination(script_dest), sourcedata);
+    std::string dest_str = EncodeDestination(script_dest);
+    DecodeBase58(dest_str, sourcedata);
     for(int i=0; i<256; ++i) { // Try every trailing byte
         std::string s = EncodeBase58(sourcedata.data(), sourcedata.data() + sourcedata.size());
         if (!IsValidDestinationString(s)) {