diff --git a/src/services/service.ts b/src/services/service.ts
index ffe23e8..02ac50d 100755
--- a/src/services/service.ts
+++ b/src/services/service.ts
@@ -311,6 +311,9 @@ export default class Services {
     const relayAddress = this.getAllRelays()[0]['spAddress'];
     const feeRate = 1;
 
+    const encodedPrivateData = this.sdkClient.encode_pcd(privateData);
+    const encodedPublicData = this.sdkClient.encode_pcd(publicData);
+
     let members: Set<Member> = new Set();
     for (const role of Object.values(roles!)) {
       for (const member of role.members) {
@@ -324,9 +327,9 @@ export default class Services {
     await this.checkConnections([...members]);
 
     const result = this.sdkClient.create_new_process (
-        privateData, 
+        encodedPrivateData, 
         roles,
-        publicData,
+        encodedPublicData,
         relayAddress, 
         feeRate,
         this.getAllMembers()