diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c2dd17b83..277d650ba 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5393,6 +5393,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "frame-election-provider-support",
  "frame-support",
  "frame-system",
+ "hex",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
  "log",
  "pallet-balances",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3c6f0a53e..95bd4e0f9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.31", default-features = false }
 clap = { version = "4.2.5", features = ["derive"] }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.1.5", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 futures = { version = "0.3.21" }
+hex = { version = "0.4.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 hex-literal = { version = "^0.3.1", default-features = false }
 jsonrpsee = { version = "0.16.2", default-features = false, features = ["server"] }
 lazy_static = { version = "1.4.0", default-features = false }
diff --git a/pallets/ddc-verification/Cargo.toml b/pallets/ddc-verification/Cargo.toml
index fc97bc559..514802392 100644
--- a/pallets/ddc-verification/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pallets/ddc-verification/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ frame-benchmarking = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 frame-election-provider-support = { workspace = true }
 frame-support = { workspace = true }
 frame-system = { workspace = true }
+hex = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 polkadot-ckb-merkle-mountain-range = { workspace = true }
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ sp-keystore = { workspace = true }
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
+  "hex/std",
   "polkadot-ckb-merkle-mountain-range/std",
   "codec/std",
   "frame-benchmarking?/std",
diff --git a/pallets/ddc-verification/src/lib.rs b/pallets/ddc-verification/src/lib.rs
index e09cd51d3..d3f6be656 100644
--- a/pallets/ddc-verification/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pallets/ddc-verification/src/lib.rs
@@ -1431,9 +1431,11 @@ pub mod pallet {
 						payers: customers_activity_batched[i]
 							.iter()
 							.map(|activity| {
-								let customer_id = activity.clone().customer_id.into_bytes();
-								let account_id =
-									T::AccountId::decode(&mut &customer_id[..]).unwrap(); // todo! Remove Unwrap
+								let binding = activity.clone();
+								let customer_id = binding.customer_id.as_str();
+								let key = customer_id.trim_start_matches("0x");
+								let h_key = hex::decode(key).unwrap();
+								let account_id = T::AccountId::decode(&mut &h_key[..]).unwrap(); // todo! Remove Unwrap
 								let customer_usage = CustomerUsage {
 									transferred_bytes: activity.transferred_bytes,
 									stored_bytes: activity.stored_bytes,
diff --git a/runtime/cere-dev/src/lib.rs b/runtime/cere-dev/src/lib.rs
index 78b7a4015..41251e123 100644
--- a/runtime/cere-dev/src/lib.rs
+++ b/runtime/cere-dev/src/lib.rs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ pub const VERSION: RuntimeVersion = RuntimeVersion {
 	// and set impl_version to 0. If only runtime
 	// implementation changes and behavior does not, then leave spec_version as
 	// is and increment impl_version.
-	spec_version: 54108,
+	spec_version: 54109,
 	impl_version: 0,
 	apis: RUNTIME_API_VERSIONS,
 	transaction_version: 19,