diff --git a/src/services/lnd/addInvoiceReq.ts b/src/services/lnd/addInvoiceReq.ts
index cd350b4a..e271154d 100644
--- a/src/services/lnd/addInvoiceReq.ts
+++ b/src/services/lnd/addInvoiceReq.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import { OpenChannelRequest, Invoice } from "../../../proto/lnd/lightning";
 
-export const AddInvoiceReq = (value: number, memo = "", expiry = 60 * 60, privateHints = false): Invoice => ({
+export const AddInvoiceReq = (value: number, descriptionHash = Buffer.alloc(0), expiry = 60 * 60, privateHints = false): Invoice => ({
     expiry: BigInt(expiry),
-    memo: memo,
+    memo: "",
     private: privateHints,
     value: BigInt(value),
 
     fallbackAddr: "",
     cltvExpiry: 0n,
-    descriptionHash: Buffer.alloc(0),
+    descriptionHash,
     features: {},
     isAmp: false,
     rPreimage: Buffer.alloc(0),
diff --git a/src/services/lnd/lnd.ts b/src/services/lnd/lnd.ts
index fd3c4d27..7087e3ab 100644
--- a/src/services/lnd/lnd.ts
+++ b/src/services/lnd/lnd.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 //const grpc = require('@grpc/grpc-js');
+import crypto from 'crypto'
 import { credentials, Metadata } from '@grpc/grpc-js'
 import { GrpcTransport } from "@protobuf-ts/grpc-transport";
 import fs from 'fs'
@@ -136,7 +137,10 @@ export default class {
 
     async NewInvoice(value: number, memo: string, expiry: number): Promise<Invoice> {
         this.checkReady()
-        const res = await this.lightning.addInvoice(AddInvoiceReq(value, memo, expiry), DeadLineMetadata())
+        const encoder = new TextEncoder()
+        const ecoded = encoder.encode(memo)
+        const hashed = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(ecoded).digest();
+        const res = await this.lightning.addInvoice(AddInvoiceReq(value, hashed, expiry), DeadLineMetadata())
         return { payRequest: res.response.paymentRequest }
     }