diff --git a/packages/react-qr/src/constants.ts b/packages/react-qr/src/constants.ts
index c30df852..f56efcb8 100644
--- a/packages/react-qr/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/react-qr/src/constants.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 const DEFAULT_IMG_SIZE = 300;
 const ADDRESS_PREFIX = 'substrate:';
-const FRAME_SIZE = 1716;
+const FRAME_SIZE = 2048;
 const SUBSTRATE_ID = new Uint8Array([0x53]);
 const CRYPTO_SR25519 = new Uint8Array([0x01]);
 const CMD_SIGN_TX = new Uint8Array([0x00]);
diff --git a/packages/react-qr/src/util.spec.ts b/packages/react-qr/src/util.spec.ts
index be5aafb6..18d3d0ad 100644
--- a/packages/react-qr/src/util.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/react-qr/src/util.spec.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,36 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
-import { u8aToHex, u8aToString } from '@polkadot/util';
+import { u8aConcat, u8aToHex, u8aToString } from '@polkadot/util';
 
-import { createAddressPayload, createSignPayload, createFrames, encodeNumber, encodeString } from './util';
+import { createAddressPayload, createSignPayload, createFrames, decodeString, encodeNumber, encodeString } from './util';
+import { randomAsU8a } from '@polkadot/util-crypto';
 
 describe('util', (): void => {
+  describe('Uint8Array <-> string', (): void => {
+    let u8a: Uint8Array;
+    let str: string;
+
+    beforeEach((): void => {
+      u8a = new Uint8Array(256);
+
+      for (let i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+        u8a[i] = i;
+      }
+
+      u8a = u8aConcat(u8a, randomAsU8a(4096));
+      str = decodeString(u8a);
+    });
+
+    it('decodes into string', (): void => {
+      expect(str).toHaveLength(u8a.length);
+    });
+
+    it('have encode <-> decode', (): void => {
+      expect(encodeString(str)).toEqual(u8a);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('encodeNumber', (): void => {
     it('encodes 1 correctly', (): void => {
       expect(
@@ -20,6 +45,7 @@ describe('util', (): void => {
       ).toEqual(new Uint8Array([1, 1]));
     });
   });
+
   describe('createAddressPayload', (): void => {
     it('encodes an address properly', (): void => {
       expect(