diff --git a/jsonerr.go b/jsonerr.go
index 3ebd7f8b..87c07f1e 100644
--- a/jsonerr.go
+++ b/jsonerr.go
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ var (
 		Code:    -5,
 		Message: "No information about newest block",
 	}
+	ErrInvalidTxVout = Error{
+		Code:    -5,
+		Message: "Ouput index number (vout) does not exist for transaction.",
+	}
 	ErrRawTxString = Error{
 		Code:    -32602,
 		Message: "Raw tx is not a string",
diff --git a/jsonresults.go b/jsonresults.go
index f39f6e3a..e5f41046 100644
--- a/jsonresults.go
+++ b/jsonresults.go
@@ -607,11 +607,11 @@ func ReadResultCmd(cmd string, message []byte) (Reply, error) {
 	case "gettxout":
 		var res *GetTxOutResult
 		err = json.Unmarshal(objmap["result"], &res)
-		if err == nil {
+		if res != nil && err == nil {
 			if res.ScriptPubKey.Addresses == nil {
 				res.ScriptPubKey.Addresses = []string{}
 			}
-			result.Result = true
+			result.Result = res
 		}
 	case "getwork":
 		// getwork can either return a JSON object or a boolean