diff --git a/packages/react-identicon/package.json b/packages/react-identicon/package.json
index 6d565ce0..360a5bb3 100644
--- a/packages/react-identicon/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-identicon/package.json
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
     "react": "*"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@polkadot/keyring": "^0.95.0-beta.2",
-    "@polkadot/util-crypto": "^0.95.0-beta.2",
+    "@polkadot/keyring": "^0.95.0-beta.3",
+    "@polkadot/util-crypto": "^0.95.0-beta.3",
     "xmlserializer": "^0.6.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-qr/src/Display.tsx b/packages/react-qr/src/Display.tsx
index 96f584f1..1a1a6ad9 100644
--- a/packages/react-qr/src/Display.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-qr/src/Display.tsx
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 import { BaseProps } from './types';
 
 import React from 'react';
-import qrcode from 'qrcode-generator';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
 import { xxhashAsHex } from '@polkadot/util-crypto';
 
-import { createFrames, createImgSize, decodeString } from './util';
+import qrcode from './qrcode';
+import { createFrames, createImgSize } from './util';
 
 interface Props extends BaseProps {
   size?: number;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ interface Props extends BaseProps {
 }
 
 interface State {
-  frames: string[];
+  frames: Uint8Array[];
   frameIdx: number;
   image: string | null;
   timerId: number | null;
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ interface State {
 
 const FRAME_DELAY = 2100;
 
-function getDataUrl (value: string): string {
+function getDataUrl (value: Uint8Array): string {
   const qr = qrcode(0, 'M');
 
+  // HACK See out qrcode stringToBytes override as used internally. This
+  // will only work for the case where we actuall pass `Bytes` in here
+  // @ts-ignore
   qr.addData(value, 'Byte');
   qr.make();
 
@@ -52,10 +55,11 @@ class Display extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
       return null;
     }
 
-    const frames: string[] = skipEncoding
-      ? [decodeString(value)]
+    const frames: Uint8Array[] = skipEncoding
+      ? [value]
       : createFrames(value);
 
+    // encode on demand
     return {
       frames,
       frameIdx: 0,
@@ -112,6 +116,9 @@ class Display extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
       ? 0
       : frameIdx + 1;
 
+    // only encode the frames on demand, not above as part of the
+    // state derivation - in the case of large payloads, this should
+    // be slightly more responsive on initial load
     this.setState({
       frameIdx: nextIdx,
       image: getDataUrl(frames[nextIdx])
diff --git a/packages/react-qr/src/qrcode.ts b/packages/react-qr/src/qrcode.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbf4d634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-qr/src/qrcode.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2019 @polkadot/react-qr authors & contributors
+// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+// of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+import qrcode from 'qrcode-generator';
+
+// HACK The default function take string -> number[], the Uint8array is compatible
+// with that signature and the use thereof
+// @ts-ignore
+qrcode.stringToBytes = (data: Uint8Array): Uint8Array =>
+  data;
+
+export default qrcode;
diff --git a/packages/react-qr/src/util.spec.ts b/packages/react-qr/src/util.spec.ts
index 18d3d0ad..a82156d6 100644
--- a/packages/react-qr/src/util.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/react-qr/src/util.spec.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe('util', (): void => {
       expect(
         createFrames(
           createSignPayload('5HbgaJEuVN5qGbkhgtuDQANivSWwHXWsC2erP1SQUXgciTVq', '0x12345678')
-        ).map((str): string => u8aToHex(encodeString(str)))
+        ).map((u8a): string => u8aToHex(u8a))
       ).toEqual([
         '0x' +
         '00' + // multipart
diff --git a/packages/react-qr/src/util.ts b/packages/react-qr/src/util.ts
index 72693731..7c2405db 100644
--- a/packages/react-qr/src/util.ts
+++ b/packages/react-qr/src/util.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function createSignPayload (address: string, payload: string | Uint8Array
   );
 }
 
-export function createFrames (input: Uint8Array): string[] {
+export function createFrames (input: Uint8Array): Uint8Array[] {
   const frames = [];
   let idx = 0;
 
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ export function createFrames (input: Uint8Array): string[] {
     idx += FRAME_SIZE;
   }
 
-  return frames.map((frame, index: number): string =>
-    decodeString(u8aConcat(
+  return frames.map((frame, index: number): Uint8Array =>
+    u8aConcat(
       MULTIPART,
       encodeNumber(frames.length),
       encodeNumber(index),
       frame
-    ))
+    )
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/ui-keyring/package.json b/packages/ui-keyring/package.json
index 03f961cc..2da332c2 100644
--- a/packages/ui-keyring/package.json
+++ b/packages/ui-keyring/package.json
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
     "styled-components": "^4.3.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@polkadot/keyring": "^0.95.0-beta.2",
-    "@polkadot/types": "^0.90.0-beta.1",
-    "@polkadot/util": "^0.95.0-beta.2"
+    "@polkadot/keyring": "^0.95.0-beta.3",
+    "@polkadot/types": "^0.90.0-beta.8",
+    "@polkadot/util": "^0.95.0-beta.3"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@polkadot/keyring": "*",
diff --git a/packages/ui-settings/package.json b/packages/ui-settings/package.json
index a3bc8f05..6972c102 100644
--- a/packages/ui-settings/package.json
+++ b/packages/ui-settings/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "store": "^2.0.12"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@polkadot/util": "^0.95.0-beta.2"
+    "@polkadot/util": "^0.95.0-beta.3"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@polkadot/util": "*"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 70496aa7..f90a2cda 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1948,14 +1948,14 @@
     typescript "^3.5.3"
     vuepress "^1.0.2"
 
-"@polkadot/keyring@^0.95.0-beta.2":
-  version "0.95.0-beta.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@polkadot/keyring/-/keyring-0.95.0-beta.2.tgz#fc3dde2bb45fabb0ee992c060c7c692ee27436da"
-  integrity sha512-EeDIE4XeWGCviRwLBVJ1EvQvwzNvDh9PZrk0Ed0TRERTg+x3tC8s7pkSqKXzElmQqliXMJmpkTKcH/YEnyTN0Q==
+"@polkadot/keyring@^0.95.0-beta.3":
+  version "0.95.0-beta.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@polkadot/keyring/-/keyring-0.95.0-beta.3.tgz#fef0032284986d93879d7933220ca74dcba80afd"
+  integrity sha512-5Uj063fVrF3AlM2VDFOVxnNTyibzI8FOZhgsWNfihheypo1kkXdcMQgaHRtCXQlftITr8Siod8RdI5Yj4BOBow==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.5.5"
-    "@polkadot/util" "^0.95.0-beta.2"
-    "@polkadot/util-crypto" "^0.95.0-beta.2"
+    "@polkadot/util" "^0.95.0-beta.3"
+    "@polkadot/util-crypto" "^0.95.0-beta.3"
 
 "@polkadot/ts@^0.1.62":
   version "0.1.62"
@@ -1964,24 +1964,24 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/chrome" "^0.0.86"
 
-"@polkadot/types@^0.90.0-beta.1":
-  version "0.90.0-beta.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@polkadot/types/-/types-0.90.0-beta.1.tgz#7d70e07c34e04d6be4ef9aaee706df29d05f9576"
-  integrity sha512-0XipN9z21KXgg79HyCCF0APOPvx4MhD0DkGN4zUZJi/ZaGNH/aEcjMDqnWNZZyXVSb80srQNPa/HosDR8qxmKA==
+"@polkadot/types@^0.90.0-beta.8":
+  version "0.90.0-beta.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@polkadot/types/-/types-0.90.0-beta.8.tgz#18388d9a2d23d1264917251075475afa9ce07841"
+  integrity sha512-74EfKjEbRFAy1ODoxVwuOMRKfi+CyWp/u1+EEW8ce6/ApXiVPYVfRWpBkTlsbKys9t/6U6Hq1xO5TW65tyYaUQ==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.5.5"
-    "@polkadot/util" "^0.95.0-beta.2"
-    "@polkadot/util-crypto" "^0.95.0-beta.2"
+    "@polkadot/util" "^0.95.0-beta.3"
+    "@polkadot/util-crypto" "^0.95.0-beta.3"
     "@types/memoizee" "^0.4.2"
     memoizee "^0.4.14"
 
-"@polkadot/util-crypto@^0.95.0-beta.2":
-  version "0.95.0-beta.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@polkadot/util-crypto/-/util-crypto-0.95.0-beta.2.tgz#74ce062bf9ad6325b7fa0f2bc1bfd6759044036f"
-  integrity sha512-P7Q0fCwhxJGUfISjUs2C2Cfz6zDjbGWfwOIOTXrvcDkuT+NXrfCxMpm70N5H4Rsu1WNEwlJegDyzg1HFL9cWVQ==
+"@polkadot/util-crypto@^0.95.0-beta.3":
+  version "0.95.0-beta.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@polkadot/util-crypto/-/util-crypto-0.95.0-beta.3.tgz#3532fcaa21964856b7c1667e87ea68b88731fbf4"
+  integrity sha512-4WUuQwFzM6Ze0t2ZuMrfu2/jmujrkuvTwZKU5eRgX6ce3cAiRbNyToJ66tQjhECVuaJwht5pp/mYZLO38ihOAQ==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.5.5"
-    "@polkadot/util" "^0.95.0-beta.2"
+    "@polkadot/util" "^0.95.0-beta.3"
     "@polkadot/wasm-crypto" "^0.13.1"
     "@types/bip39" "^2.4.2"
     "@types/bs58" "^4.0.0"
@@ -1997,10 +1997,10 @@
     tweetnacl "^1.0.1"
     xxhashjs "^0.2.2"
 
-"@polkadot/util@^0.95.0-beta.2":
-  version "0.95.0-beta.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@polkadot/util/-/util-0.95.0-beta.2.tgz#50b56475206e9d1fdb641dd609f5ccbae21b08ab"
-  integrity sha512-yw4hERjg7O0Rm33MbVrlIyBmpmNuzc+tJ9t8cEUXfZO1Q0AQFVa2zd6KnKDWFJ2BkQJQTRWgYuUvUgGhFGr1nw==
+"@polkadot/util@^0.95.0-beta.3":
+  version "0.95.0-beta.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@polkadot/util/-/util-0.95.0-beta.3.tgz#80354da564f9b17c0257f55809feebc14a0f338d"
+  integrity sha512-zM1lBvMXNdfWTDG546cnKJkE9dTE1woDN0pKhEEJsHh4wwas+hxePQbJRNpXrQOYeTXpYRdr0EdRMzDL5PyA0g==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/runtime" "^7.5.5"
     "@types/bn.js" "^4.11.5"