diff --git a/lib/explorer.js b/lib/explorer.js
index 56908e2..b5a4f41 100644
--- a/lib/explorer.js
+++ b/lib/explorer.js
@@ -284,7 +284,14 @@ module.exports = {
     module.exports.syncLoop(vout.length, function (loop) {
       var i = loop.iteration();
       // make sure vout has an address
-      if (vout[i].scriptPubKey.type != 'nonstandard' && vout[i].scriptPubKey.type != 'nulldata') { 
+      /* - PATCH FOR ERRORS IN TX INDEX -
+      rbtgit commented on Feb 24, 2018
+      I've had this issue and fixed it by changing the following line in explorer.js:
+      if (vout[i].scriptPubKey.type != 'nonstandard' && vout[i].scriptPubKey.type != 'nulldata') {
+      to
+      if (vout[i].scriptPubKey.type != 'nonstandard' && vout[i].scriptPubKey.type != 'nulldata' && vout[i].scriptPubKey.hasOwnProperty("addresses")) {
+      */
+      if (vout[i].scriptPubKey.type != 'nonstandard' && vout[i].scriptPubKey.type != 'nulldata' && vout[i].scriptPubKey.hasOwnProperty("addresses")) { 
         // check if vout address is unique, if so add it array, if not add its amount to existing index
         //console.log('vout:' + i + ':' + txid);
         module.exports.is_unique(arr_vout, vout[i].scriptPubKey.addresses[0], function(unique, index) {