diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 1ea46f643..aab999fa2 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ LIBZEROCASH_H = \
   zcash/Address.hpp \
   zcash/JoinSplit.hpp \
   zcash/Note.hpp \
-  zcash/prf.h
+  zcash/prf.h \
+  zcash/util.h
 
 .PHONY: FORCE
 # bitcoin core #
@@ -411,7 +412,8 @@ libzerocash_a_SOURCES = \
   zcash/Address.cpp \
   zcash/JoinSplit.cpp \
   zcash/Note.cpp \
-  zcash/prf.cpp
+  zcash/prf.cpp \
+  zcash/util.cpp
 
 libzerocash_a_CPPFLAGS = -fPIC -DCURVE_ALT_BN128 -DBOOST_SPIRIT_THREADSAFE -DHAVE_BUILD_INFO -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -std=c++11 -pipe -O2 -O0 -g -Wstack-protector -fstack-protector-all -fPIE -fvisibility=hidden -DSTATIC $(BITCOIN_INCLUDES)
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.gtest.include b/src/Makefile.gtest.include
index 2bd780608..81e3f5744 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.gtest.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.gtest.include
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ zcash_gtest_SOURCES = \
 	gtest/test_checktransaction.cpp \
 	gtest/test_joinsplit.cpp \
 	gtest/test_noteencryption.cpp \
-	gtest/test_merkletree.cpp
+	gtest/test_merkletree.cpp \
+	gtest/test_circuit.cpp
 
 zcash_gtest_LDADD = -lgtest $(LIBBITCOIN_SERVER) $(LIBBITCOIN_CLI) $(LIBBITCOIN_COMMON) $(LIBBITCOIN_UTIL) $(LIBBITCOIN_CRYPTO) $(LIBBITCOIN_UNIVALUE) $(LIBLEVELDB) $(LIBMEMENV) \
   $(BOOST_LIBS) $(BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB) $(LIBSECP256K1)
diff --git a/src/gtest/test_circuit.cpp b/src/gtest/test_circuit.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26004e045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gtest/test_circuit.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include "uint256.h"
+
+#include "zerocash/utils/util.h"
+#include "zcash/util.h"
+
+#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
+#include <boost/format.hpp>
+#include <boost/optional.hpp>
+
+#include "libsnark/common/default_types/r1cs_ppzksnark_pp.hpp"
+#include "libsnark/zk_proof_systems/ppzksnark/r1cs_ppzksnark/r1cs_ppzksnark.hpp"
+#include "libsnark/gadgetlib1/gadgets/hashes/sha256/sha256_gadget.hpp"
+#include "libsnark/gadgetlib1/gadgets/merkle_tree/merkle_tree_check_read_gadget.hpp"
+
+using namespace libsnark;
+using namespace libzerocash;
+
+#include "zcash/circuit/utils.tcc"
+
+template<typename FieldT>
+void test_value_equals(uint64_t i) {
+    protoboard<FieldT> pb;
+    pb_variable_array<FieldT> num;
+    num.allocate(pb, 64, "");
+    num.fill_with_bits(pb, uint64_to_bool_vector(i));
+    pb.add_r1cs_constraint(r1cs_constraint<FieldT>(
+        packed_addition(num),
+        FieldT::one(),
+        FieldT::one() * i
+    ), "");
+    ASSERT_TRUE(pb.is_satisfied());
+}
+
+TEST(circuit, values)
+{
+    default_r1cs_ppzksnark_pp::init_public_params();
+    typedef Fr<default_r1cs_ppzksnark_pp> FieldT;
+    test_value_equals<FieldT>(0);
+    test_value_equals<FieldT>(1);
+    test_value_equals<FieldT>(3);
+    test_value_equals<FieldT>(5391);
+    test_value_equals<FieldT>(883128374);
+    test_value_equals<FieldT>(173419028459);
+    test_value_equals<FieldT>(2205843009213693953);
+}
+
+TEST(circuit, endianness)
+{
+    std::vector<unsigned char> before = {
+         0,  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,
+         8,  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
+        16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,
+        24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
+        32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
+        40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,
+        48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55,
+        56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63
+    };
+    auto result = swap_endianness_u64(before);
+
+    std::vector<unsigned char> after = {
+        56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63,
+        48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55,
+        40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,
+        32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
+        24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
+        16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,
+         8,  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
+         0,  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7
+    };
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(after, result);
+
+    std::vector<unsigned char> bad = {0, 1, 2, 3};
+
+    ASSERT_THROW(swap_endianness_u64(bad), std::length_error);
+}
diff --git a/src/zcash/JoinSplit.cpp b/src/zcash/JoinSplit.cpp
index 9422e6215..05da1e87a 100644
--- a/src/zcash/JoinSplit.cpp
+++ b/src/zcash/JoinSplit.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "sodium.h"
 
 #include "zerocash/utils/util.h"
+#include "zcash/util.h"
 
 #include <memory>
 
diff --git a/src/zcash/Note.cpp b/src/zcash/Note.cpp
index b17a2fb40..afef81458 100644
--- a/src/zcash/Note.cpp
+++ b/src/zcash/Note.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #include "Note.hpp"
 #include "prf.h"
 #include "crypto/sha256.h"
-#include "zerocash/utils/util.h"
 
 #include "version.h"
 #include "streams.h"
 
+#include "zcash/util.h"
+
 namespace libzcash {
 
 Note::Note() {
@@ -22,8 +23,7 @@ uint256 Note::cm() const {
     hasher.Write(&discriminant, 1);
     hasher.Write(a_pk.begin(), 32);
 
-    std::vector<unsigned char> value_vec(sizeof(value), 0);
-    libzerocash::convertIntToBytesVector(value, value_vec);
+    auto value_vec = convertIntToVectorLE(value);
 
     hasher.Write(&value_vec[0], value_vec.size());
     hasher.Write(rho.begin(), 32);
diff --git a/src/zcash/circuit/utils.tcc b/src/zcash/circuit/utils.tcc
index efde63bc2..24ffe1b94 100644
--- a/src/zcash/circuit/utils.tcc
+++ b/src/zcash/circuit/utils.tcc
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ std::vector<bool> uint256_to_bool_vector(uint256 input) {
 }
 
 std::vector<bool> uint64_to_bool_vector(uint64_t input) {
-    std::vector<unsigned char> num_bv(8, 0);
-    libzerocash::convertIntToBytesVector(input, num_bv);
+    auto num_bv = convertIntToVectorLE(input);
     std::vector<bool> num_v(64, 0);
     libzerocash::convertBytesVectorToVector(num_bv, num_v);
 
@@ -47,9 +46,26 @@ void insert_uint64(std::vector<bool>& into, uint64_t from) {
     into.insert(into.end(), num.begin(), num.end());
 }
 
+template<typename T>
+T swap_endianness_u64(T v) {
+    if (v.size() != 64) {
+        throw std::length_error("invalid bit length for 64-bit unsigned integer");
+    }
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        for (size_t j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
+            std::swap(v[i*8 + j], v[((7-i)*8)+j]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return v;
+}
+
 template<typename FieldT>
-linear_combination<FieldT> packed_addition(pb_variable_array<FieldT>& input) {
+linear_combination<FieldT> packed_addition(pb_variable_array<FieldT> input) {
+    auto input_swapped = swap_endianness_u64(input);
+
     return pb_packing_sum<FieldT>(pb_variable_array<FieldT>(
-        input.rbegin(), input.rend()
+        input_swapped.rbegin(), input_swapped.rend()
     ));
 }
diff --git a/src/zcash/util.cpp b/src/zcash/util.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4f33d774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/zcash/util.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include "zcash/util.h"
+#include <algorithm>
+
+std::vector<unsigned char> convertIntToVectorLE(const uint64_t val_int) {
+    std::vector<unsigned char> bytes;
+
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+        bytes.push_back(val_int >> (i * 8));
+    }
+
+    return bytes;
+}
diff --git a/src/zcash/util.h b/src/zcash/util.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94aed3c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/zcash/util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef __ZCASH_UTIL_H
+#define __ZCASH_UTIL_H
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <cstdint>
+
+std::vector<unsigned char> convertIntToVectorLE(const uint64_t val_int);
+
+#endif // __ZCASH_UTIL_H