diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2c39e1f..b957b91 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -84,14 +84,13 @@ module.exports.RavenBlockTemplate = function(rpcData, poolAddress) {
       txCoinbase.addOutput(new Buffer(rpcData.default_witness_commitment, 'hex'), 0);
     }
   }
-  const merkleRoot = new Buffer('DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD', 'hex'); // 32 bytes
 
   let header = new Buffer(80);
   { let position = 0;
     header.writeUInt32BE(rpcData.height, position, 4);                  // height         42-46
     header.write(rpcData.bits, position += 4, 4, 'hex');                // bits           47-50
     header.writeUInt32BE(rpcData.curtime, position += 4, 4, 'hex');     // nTime          51-54
-    header.write(merkleRoot, position += 4, 32, 'hex');                 // merkelRoot     55-87
+    header.write('DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD', position += 4, 32, 'hex');                 // merkelRoot     55-87
     header.write(rpcData.previousblockhash, position += 32, 32, 'hex'); // prevblockhash  88-120
     header.writeUInt32BE(rpcData.version, position += 32, 4);           // version        121-153
     header = reverseBuffer(header);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4eda270..0e20f9f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cryptoforknote-util",
-  "version": "9.0.11",
+  "version": "9.0.12",
   "main": "cryptoforknote-util",
   "author": {
     "name": "LucasJones",