diff --git a/assets/js/app.js b/assets/js/app.js
index a301a5e8bc..7b7eb75598 100644
--- a/assets/js/app.js
+++ b/assets/js/app.js
@@ -672,6 +672,10 @@
 					vm: executionContext === 'vm',
 					removable: false,
 					getAddress: function(){ return $('#txorigin').val(); },
+					getValue: function(){
+						var comp = $('#value').val().split(' ');
+						return web3.toWei(comp[0], comp.slice(1).join(' '));
+					},
 					removable_instances: true,
 					renderOutputModifier: function(contractName, $contractOutput) {
 						var contract = data.contracts[contractName];
diff --git a/assets/js/universal-dapp.js b/assets/js/universal-dapp.js
index 13d6263717..beba5064a3 100644
--- a/assets/js/universal-dapp.js
+++ b/assets/js/universal-dapp.js
@@ -431,7 +431,15 @@ UniversalDApp.prototype.runTx = function( data, args, cb) {
         data = '0x' + data;
 
     var gas = self.options.getGas ? self.options.getGas : 1000000;
-    var value = self.options.getValue ? self.options.getValue : 0;
+
+    var value = 0;
+    if (self.options.getValue) {
+        try {
+            value = self.options.getValue();
+        } catch (e) {
+            return cb(e);
+        }
+    }
     
     if (!this.vm) {
         var tx = {
@@ -459,7 +467,7 @@ UniversalDApp.prototype.runTx = function( data, args, cb) {
                 gasPrice: 1,
                 gasLimit: 3000000000, //plenty
                 to: to,
-                value: value,
+                value: new this.BN(value, 10),
                 data: new Buffer(data.slice(2), 'hex')
             });
             tx.sign(account.privateKey);
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 3a6c15da6b..c5adc79b45 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
 						<div class="row hide">
 							<label for="gasPrice"><input type="number" id="gasPrice" value="0"> Gas Price</label>
 						</div>
-						<div class="row hide">
-							<label for="value"><input type="number" id="value" value="0"> Value</label>
+						<div class="row">
+							<label for="value"><input type="text" id="value" value="0"> Value (e.g. .7 ether or 5 wei, defaults to ether)</label>
 						</div>
 					</div>
 					<div id="settingsView">