diff --git a/jsoncmd.go b/jsoncmd.go
index 41a8b831..dda08fd5 100644
--- a/jsoncmd.go
+++ b/jsoncmd.go
@@ -1453,9 +1453,7 @@ func (cmd *GetBalanceCmd) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 		Jsonrpc: "1.0",
 		Method:  "getbalance",
 		Id:      cmd.id,
-		Params: []interface{}{
-			cmd.Account,
-		},
+		Params:  []interface{}{},
 	}
 
 	if cmd.Account != "" || cmd.Minconf != 1 {
@@ -1493,7 +1491,7 @@ func (cmd *GetBalanceCmd) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	if len(r.Params) > 1 {
 		minconf, ok := r.Params[1].(float64)
 		if !ok {
-			return errors.New("first optional parameter minconf must be a number")
+			return errors.New("second optional parameter minconf must be a number")
 		}
 		optArgs = append(optArgs, int(minconf))
 	}
diff --git a/jsoncmd_test.go b/jsoncmd_test.go
index 27dd40c6..41ed52a9 100644
--- a/jsoncmd_test.go
+++ b/jsoncmd_test.go
@@ -222,6 +222,59 @@ var jsoncmdtests = []struct {
 			Node: "thisisanode",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		name: "basic getaddressesbyaccount",
+		f: func() (Cmd, error) {
+			return NewGetAddressesByAccountCmd(float64(1),
+				"account")
+		},
+		result: &GetAddressesByAccountCmd{
+			id:      float64(1),
+			Account: "account",
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		name: "basic getbalance",
+		f: func() (Cmd, error) {
+			return NewGetBalanceCmd(float64(1))
+		},
+		result: &GetBalanceCmd{
+			id:      float64(1),
+			Minconf: 1, // the default
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		name: "basic getbalance + account",
+		f: func() (Cmd, error) {
+			return NewGetBalanceCmd(float64(1), "account")
+		},
+		result: &GetBalanceCmd{
+			id:      float64(1),
+			Account: "account",
+			Minconf: 1, // the default
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		name: "basic getbalance + minconf",
+		f: func() (Cmd, error) {
+			return NewGetBalanceCmd(float64(1), "", 2)
+		},
+		result: &GetBalanceCmd{
+			id:      float64(1),
+			Minconf: 2,
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		name: "basic getbalance + account + minconf",
+		f: func() (Cmd, error) {
+			return NewGetBalanceCmd(float64(1), "account", 2)
+		},
+		result: &GetBalanceCmd{
+			id:      float64(1),
+			Account: "account",
+			Minconf: 2,
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		name: "basic ping",
 		f: func() (Cmd, error) {