diff --git a/src/trust_is_risk.js b/src/trust_is_risk.js
index 07d79c8..367bbee 100644
--- a/src/trust_is_risk.js
+++ b/src/trust_is_risk.js
@@ -228,17 +228,18 @@ class TrustIsRisk {
     return nextTrust;
   }
   
-  // Looks for direct trust outputs that originate from a sender in an array of bitcoin outputs.
-  // Returns a list of the corresponding DirectTrust objects.
+  // Looks for direct trust outputs that originate from a sender in a transaction.
+  // Returns an array of the corresponding DirectTrust objects.
   // If the recipient parameter is set, it will limit the results only to the outputs being sent to
   // the recipient.
   searchForDirectTrustOutputs(tx : bcoin$TX, origin : Entity, recipient : ?Entity) : DirectTrust[] {
     var directTrusts = tx.outputs.map((output, outputIndex) =>
       this.parseOutputAsDirectTrust(tx, outputIndex, origin)
-    ).filter(Boolean);
+    ).filter(Boolean); // filter out nulls
 
     if (recipient) {
-      directTrusts.filter((trust) => trust.dest === recipient);
+      directTrusts = directTrusts.filter((trust) =>
+          helpers.pubKeyToEntity(trust.dest) === recipient);
     }
     
     return directTrusts;
diff --git a/test/trust_is_risk.js b/test/trust_is_risk.js
index a4085fa..2040784 100644
--- a/test/trust_is_risk.js
+++ b/test/trust_is_risk.js
@@ -150,6 +150,16 @@ describe("TrustIsRisk", () => {
         tir.getDirectTrust(alice, bob).should.equal(20 * COIN);
       });
 
+      it("decreases trust to zero for trust decreasing transactions with a wrong recipient", () => {
+        // By changing the trust recipient from bob to charlie, we make the transaction a
+        // nullifying trust transaction.
+        trustDecreasingMTX.outputs[0] =
+            testHelpers.getOneOfTwoMultisigOutput(addr.alice.pubKey, addr.charlie.pubKey, 20 * COIN);
+
+        tir.addTX(trustDecreasingMTX.toTX());
+        tir.getDirectTrust(alice, bob).should.equal(0);
+      });
+
       it("which has a second input decreases trust to zero", () => {
         trustDecreasingMTX.inputs.push(testHelpers.getP2PKHInput(addr.alice.pubKey));
         tir.addTX(trustDecreasingMTX.toTX());