diff --git a/remix-lib/src/helpers/txResultHelper.js b/remix-lib/src/helpers/txResultHelper.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf0332af69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remix-lib/src/helpers/txResultHelper.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+'use strict'
+const { bufferToHex, isHexString } = require('ethereumjs-util')
+
+function convertToPrefixedHex (input) {
+  if (input === undefined || input === null || isHexString(input)) {
+    return input
+  } else if (Buffer.isBuffer(input)) {
+    return bufferToHex(input)
+  }
+  return '0x' + input.toString(16)
+}
+
+/*
+ txResult.result can be 3 different things:
+ - VM call or tx: ethereumjs-vm result object
+ - Node transaction: object returned from eth.getTransactionReceipt()
+ - Node call: return value from function call (not an object)
+
+ Also, VM results use BN and Buffers, Node results use hex strings/ints,
+ So we need to normalize the values to prefixed hex strings
+*/
+function resultToRemixTx (txResult) {
+  const { result, transactionHash } = txResult
+  const { status, vm, gasUsed, createdAddress, contractAddress } = result
+  let returnValue, errorMessage
+
+  if (isHexString(result)) {
+    returnValue = result
+  } else if (vm !== undefined) {
+    returnValue = vm.return
+    errorMessage = vm.exceptionError
+  }
+
+  return {
+    transactionHash,
+    status,
+    gasUsed: convertToPrefixedHex(gasUsed),
+    error: errorMessage,
+    return: convertToPrefixedHex(returnValue),
+    createdAddress: convertToPrefixedHex(createdAddress || contractAddress)
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  resultToRemixTx
+}
diff --git a/remix-lib/src/universalDapp.js b/remix-lib/src/universalDapp.js
index 03960f430c..c34e832f1d 100644
--- a/remix-lib/src/universalDapp.js
+++ b/remix-lib/src/universalDapp.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const TxRunner = require('./execution/txRunner')
 const txHelper = require('./execution/txHelper')
 const EventManager = require('./eventManager')
 const executionContext = require('./execution/execution-context')
+const { resultToRemixTx } = require('./helpers/txResultHelper')
 
 module.exports = class UniversalDApp {
 
@@ -271,14 +272,11 @@ module.exports = class UniversalDApp {
         }
         this.silentRunTx(tx, (error, result) => {
           if (error) return reject(error)
-          resolve({
-            transactionHash: result.transactionHash,
-            status: result.result.status,
-            gasUsed: '0x' + result.result.gasUsed.toString('hex'),
-            error: result.result.vm.exceptionError,
-            return: result.result.vm.return ? '0x' + result.result.vm.return.toString('hex') : '0x',
-            createdAddress: result.result.createdAddress ? '0x' + result.result.createdAddress.toString('hex') : undefined
-          })
+          try {
+            resolve(resultToRemixTx(result))
+          } catch (e) {
+            reject(e)
+          }
         })
       })
     })
diff --git a/remix-lib/test/tests.js b/remix-lib/test/tests.js
index 0528c2cf1a..21afbd9e75 100644
--- a/remix-lib/test/tests.js
+++ b/remix-lib/test/tests.js
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ require('./txHelper.js')
 require('./traceManager.js')
 require('./codeManager.js')
 require('./disassembler.js')
+require('./txResultHelper.js')
diff --git a/remix-lib/test/txResultHelper.js b/remix-lib/test/txResultHelper.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0690235a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remix-lib/test/txResultHelper.js
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const tape = require('tape')
+const { BN, toBuffer } = require('ethereumjs-util')
+
+const { resultToRemixTx } = require('../src/helpers/txResultHelper')
+
+const TRANSACTION_HASH = '0x538ad944d09c2df403f064c1e4556fae877fe3f1b600c567622e330c2bdbbe2e'
+const CONTRACT_ADDRESS_HEX = '0x692a70d2e424a56d2c6c27aa97d1a86395877b3a'
+const CONTRACT_ADDRESS_BUFFER = toBuffer(
+  [105, 42, 112, 210, 228, 36, 165, 109, 44, 108, 39, 170, 151, 209, 168,
+    99, 149, 135, 123, 58])
+const RETURN_VALUE_HEX = '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001'
+const RETURN_VALUE_BUFFER = toBuffer(
+  [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1])
+const STATUS_OK = '0x1'
+const GAS_USED_INT = 75427
+const GAS_USED_HEX = '0x126a3'
+
+const NODE_CALL_RESULT = {
+  result: RETURN_VALUE_HEX,
+  transactionHash: undefined
+}
+
+const NODE_TX_RESULT = {
+  result: {
+    blockHash: '0x380485a4e6372a42e36489783c7f7cb66257612133cd245859c206fd476e9c44',
+    blockNumber: 5994,
+    contractAddress: CONTRACT_ADDRESS_HEX,
+    cumulativeGasUsed: GAS_USED_INT,
+    from: '0xed9d02e382b34818e88b88a309c7fe71e65f419d',
+    gasUsed: GAS_USED_INT,
+    status: STATUS_OK,
+    to: null,
+    transactionHash: TRANSACTION_HASH,
+    transactionIndex: 0
+  },
+  transactionHash: TRANSACTION_HASH
+}
+
+const VM_RESULT = {
+  result: {
+    amountSpent: new BN(1),
+    createdAddress: CONTRACT_ADDRESS_BUFFER,
+    gasRefund: new BN(0),
+    gasUsed: new BN(GAS_USED_INT),
+    status: STATUS_OK,
+    vm: {
+      exception: 1,
+      exceptionError: null,
+      gasRefund: new BN(0),
+      gasUsed: new BN(GAS_USED_INT),
+      return: RETURN_VALUE_BUFFER
+    }
+  },
+  transactionHash: TRANSACTION_HASH
+}
+
+tape('converts node transaction result to RemixTx', function (t) {
+  // contract creation
+  let txResult = { ...NODE_TX_RESULT }
+  let remixTx = resultToRemixTx(txResult)
+
+  t.equal(remixTx.transactionHash, TRANSACTION_HASH)
+  t.equal(remixTx.createdAddress, CONTRACT_ADDRESS_HEX)
+  t.equal(remixTx.status, STATUS_OK)
+  t.equal(remixTx.gasUsed, GAS_USED_HEX)
+  t.equal(remixTx.return, undefined)
+  t.equal(remixTx.error, undefined)
+
+  // contract method tx
+  txResult.result.contractAddress = null
+  remixTx = resultToRemixTx(txResult)
+  t.equal(remixTx.createdAddress, null)
+
+  t.end()
+})
+
+tape('converts node call result to RemixTx', function (t) {
+  let txResult = { ...NODE_CALL_RESULT }
+  let remixTx = resultToRemixTx(txResult)
+
+  t.equal(remixTx.transactionHash, undefined)
+  t.equal(remixTx.createdAddress, undefined)
+  t.equal(remixTx.status, undefined)
+  t.equal(remixTx.gasUsed, undefined)
+  t.equal(remixTx.return, RETURN_VALUE_HEX)
+  t.equal(remixTx.error, undefined)
+
+  t.end()
+})
+
+tape('converts VM result to RemixTx', function (t) {
+  let txResult = { ...VM_RESULT }
+  let remixTx = resultToRemixTx(txResult)
+
+  t.equal(remixTx.transactionHash,
+    TRANSACTION_HASH)
+  t.equal(remixTx.createdAddress, CONTRACT_ADDRESS_HEX)
+  t.equal(remixTx.status, STATUS_OK)
+  t.equal(remixTx.gasUsed, GAS_USED_HEX)
+  t.equal(remixTx.return, RETURN_VALUE_HEX)
+  t.equal(remixTx.error, null)
+
+  txResult.result.vm.exception = 0
+  txResult.result.vm.exceptionError = 'this is an error'
+  remixTx = resultToRemixTx(txResult)
+  t.equal(remixTx.error, 'this is an error')
+
+  t.end()
+})