diff --git a/ui/commands/common.js b/ui/commands/common.js
index 69ae30f7..0134b3e5 100644
--- a/ui/commands/common.js
+++ b/ui/commands/common.js
@@ -242,14 +242,13 @@ export function parseIPv4(d) {
  *
  * @param {string} d IP address
  *
- * @returns {Uint16Array} Parsed IPv6 Address
+ * @returns {Uint8Array} Parsed IPv6 Address
  *
  * @throws {Exception} When the given ip address was not an IPv6 addr
  *
  */
 export function parseIPv6(d) {
   const addrSeg = 8;
-
   let s = d.split(":");
 
   if (s.length > addrSeg || s.length <= 1) {
@@ -258,41 +257,33 @@ export function parseIPv6(d) {
 
   if (s[0].charAt(0) === "[") {
     s[0] = s[0].substring(1, s[0].length);
-
     let end = s.length - 1;
-
     if (s[end].charAt(s[end].length - 1) !== "]") {
       throw new Exception("Invalid address");
     }
-
     s[end] = s[end].substring(0, s[end].length - 1);
   }
 
-  let r = new Uint16Array(addrSeg),
+  let r = new Uint8Array(addrSeg * 2),
     rIndexShift = 0;
-
   for (let i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
     if (s[i].length <= 0) {
       rIndexShift = addrSeg - s.length;
-
       continue;
     }
-
     if (!isHex(s[i])) {
       throw new Exception("Invalid address");
     }
-
     let ii = parseInt(s[i], 16); // Only support hex
-
     if (isNaN(ii)) {
       throw new Exception("Invalid address");
     }
-
     if (ii > 0xffff) {
       throw new Exception("Invalid address");
     }
-
-    r[rIndexShift + i] = ii;
+    let j = (rIndexShift + i) * 2;
+    r[j] = ii >> 8;
+    r[j + 1] = ii & 0xff;
   }
 
   return r;
diff --git a/ui/commands/common_test.js b/ui/commands/common_test.js
index 916f2f7e..e96162fc 100644
--- a/ui/commands/common_test.js
+++ b/ui/commands/common_test.js
@@ -77,46 +77,65 @@ describe("Common", () => {
       {
         sample: "2001:db8:1f70:0:999:de8:7648:6e8",
         expectingFailure: false,
-        expected: new Uint16Array([
-          0x2001, 0xdb8, 0x1f70, 0x0, 0x999, 0xde8, 0x7648, 0x6e8,
+        expected: new Uint8Array([
+          0x20, 0x01, 0xd, 0xb8, 0x1f, 0x70, 0x0, 0x0, 0x9, 0x99, 0xd, 0xe8,
+          0x76, 0x48, 0x6, 0xe8,
         ]),
       },
       {
         sample: "2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334",
         expectingFailure: false,
-        expected: new Uint16Array([
-          0x2001, 0xdb8, 0x85a3, 0x0, 0x0, 0x8a2e, 0x370, 0x7334,
+        expected: new Uint8Array([
+          0x20, 0x01, 0xd, 0xb8, 0x85, 0xa3, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x8a, 0x2e,
+          0x3, 0x70, 0x73, 0x34,
+        ]),
+      },
+      {
+        sample: "fdef:90fb:4138::8ca",
+        expectingFailure: false,
+        expected: new Uint8Array([
+          0xfd, 0xef, 0x90, 0xfb, 0x41, 0x38, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0,
+          0x0, 0x8, 0xca,
         ]),
       },
       {
         sample: "::1",
         expectingFailure: false,
-        expected: new Uint16Array([0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x01]),
+        expected: new Uint8Array([
+          0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0,
+          0x0, 0x1,
+        ]),
       },
       {
         sample: "::",
         expectingFailure: false,
-        expected: new Uint16Array([0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x00]),
+        expected: new Uint8Array([
+          0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0,
+          0x0, 0x0,
+        ]),
       },
       {
         sample: "2001:db8:1f70::999:de8:7648:6e8",
         expectingFailure: false,
-        expected: new Uint16Array([
-          0x2001, 0xdb8, 0x1f70, 0x0, 0x999, 0xde8, 0x7648, 0x6e8,
+        expected: new Uint8Array([
+          0x20, 0x01, 0xd, 0xb8, 0x1f, 0x70, 0x0, 0x0, 0x9, 0x99, 0xd, 0xe8,
+          0x76, 0x48, 0x6, 0xe8,
         ]),
       },
       {
         sample: "2001:0db8:ac10:fe01::",
         expectingFailure: false,
-        expected: new Uint16Array([
-          0x2001, 0x0db8, 0xac10, 0xfe01, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0,
+        expected: new Uint8Array([
+          0x20, 0x01, 0x0d, 0xb8, 0xac, 0x10, 0xfe, 0x01, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0,
+          0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0,
         ]),
       },
       {
         sample: "::7f00:1",
         expectingFailure: false,
-        expected: new Uint16Array([
-          0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x7f00, 0x0001,
+        expected: new Uint8Array([
+          0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x7f,
+          0x00, 0x00, 0x01,
         ]),
       },
       {
@@ -199,21 +218,19 @@ describe("Common", () => {
       {
         sample: "2001:db8:1f70::999:de8:7648:6e8",
         expectedType: "IPv6",
-        expectedAddr: new Uint8Array(
-          new Uint16Array([
-            0x2001, 0xdb8, 0x1f70, 0x0, 0x999, 0xde8, 0x7648, 0x6e8,
-          ]).buffer
-        ),
+        expectedAddr: new Uint8Array([
+          0x20, 0x01, 0xd, 0xb8, 0x1f, 0x70, 0x0, 0x0, 0x9, 0x99, 0xd, 0xe8,
+          0x76, 0x48, 0x6, 0xe8,
+        ]),
         expectedPort: 22,
       },
       {
         sample: "[2001:db8:1f70::999:de8:7648:6e8]:100",
         expectedType: "IPv6",
-        expectedAddr: new Uint8Array(
-          new Uint16Array([
-            0x2001, 0xdb8, 0x1f70, 0x0, 0x999, 0xde8, 0x7648, 0x6e8,
-          ]).buffer
-        ),
+        expectedAddr: new Uint8Array([
+          0x20, 0x01, 0xd, 0xb8, 0x1f, 0x70, 0x0, 0x0, 0x9, 0x99, 0xd, 0xe8,
+          0x76, 0x48, 0x6, 0xe8,
+        ]),
         expectedPort: 100,
       },
     ];