diff --git a/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py b/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
index 3c3d772..0cb87d1 100644
--- a/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
+++ b/async_substrate_interface/sync_substrate.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     GenericCall,
     GenericExtrinsic,
     GenericRuntimeCallDefinition,
-    ss58_decode,
+    ss58_encode,
 )
 from scalecodec.base import RuntimeConfigurationObject, ScaleBytes, ScaleType
 from websockets.sync.client import connect
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ def decode_scale(
         else:
             if type_string == "scale_info::0":  # Is an AccountId
                 # Decode AccountId bytes to SS58 address
-                return bytes.fromhex(ss58_decode(scale_bytes, SS58_FORMAT))
+                return ss58_encode(scale_bytes, SS58_FORMAT)
             else:
                 obj = decode_by_type_string(type_string, self.registry, scale_bytes)
         if return_scale_obj: