diff --git a/shyftRingWalletConn/app.go b/shyftRingWalletConn/app.go
index 26f0cbee32..58e79622ad 100644
--- a/shyftRingWalletConn/app.go
+++ b/shyftRingWalletConn/app.go
@@ -148,4 +148,13 @@ func handleRequest(conn net.Conn) {
 
 	// Close the connection when you're done with it.
 	//conn.Close()
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+func intArrToByteArr(foo []int) []byte {
+
+	ret := []byte{}
+	for _, value := range foo {
+		ret = append(ret, byte(value))
+	}
+	return ret
+}