diff --git a/pkg/compiler/codegen.go b/pkg/compiler/codegen.go
index afddd8bff..3872be99b 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/codegen.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/codegen.go
@@ -716,6 +716,7 @@ func (c *codegen) Visit(node ast.Node) ast.Visitor {
 			// For now we will assume that there are only byte slice conversions.
 			// E.g. []byte("foobar") or []byte(scriptHash).
 			ast.Walk(c, n.Args[0])
+			c.emitConvert(vm.BufferT)
 			return nil
 		}
 
@@ -1096,7 +1097,7 @@ func (c *codegen) convertBuiltin(expr *ast.CallExpr) {
 		case "ToBool":
 			typ = vm.BooleanT
 		}
-		emit.Instruction(c.prog.BinWriter, opcode.CONVERT, []byte{byte(typ)})
+		c.emitConvert(typ)
 	case "SHA256":
 		emit.Syscall(c.prog.BinWriter, "Neo.Crypto.SHA256")
 	case "AppCall":
@@ -1121,6 +1122,7 @@ func (c *codegen) convertBuiltin(expr *ast.CallExpr) {
 		}
 		bytes := uint160.BytesBE()
 		emit.Bytes(c.prog.BinWriter, bytes)
+		c.emitConvert(vm.BufferT)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1146,6 +1148,11 @@ func transformArgs(fun ast.Expr, args []ast.Expr) []ast.Expr {
 	return args
 }
 
+// emitConvert converts top stack item to the specified type.
+func (c *codegen) emitConvert(typ vm.StackItemType) {
+	emit.Instruction(c.prog.BinWriter, opcode.CONVERT, []byte{byte(typ)})
+}
+
 func (c *codegen) convertByteArray(lit *ast.CompositeLit) {
 	buf := make([]byte, len(lit.Elts))
 	for i := 0; i < len(lit.Elts); i++ {
@@ -1154,6 +1161,7 @@ func (c *codegen) convertByteArray(lit *ast.CompositeLit) {
 		buf[i] = byte(val)
 	}
 	emit.Bytes(c.prog.BinWriter, buf)
+	c.emitConvert(vm.BufferT)
 }
 
 func (c *codegen) convertMap(lit *ast.CompositeLit) {
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/convert_test.go b/pkg/compiler/convert_test.go
index 0bcd8eace..379d7ce39 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/convert_test.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/convert_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ func TestConvert(t *testing.T) {
 		{"bool", "12", true},
 		{"bool", "0", false},
 		{"bool", "[]byte{0, 1, 0}", true},
-		{"bool", "[]byte{0}", false},
+		{"bool", "[]byte{0}", true},
+		{"bool", `""`, false},
 		{"int64", "true", big.NewInt(1)},
 		{"int64", "false", big.NewInt(0)},
 		{"int64", "12", big.NewInt(12)},
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/slice_test.go b/pkg/compiler/slice_test.go
index 629b1b52d..d6829925b 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/slice_test.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/slice_test.go
@@ -180,6 +180,27 @@ var sliceTestCases = []testCase{
 			vm.NewByteArrayItem([]byte("b")),
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		"byte-slice assignment",
+		`package foo
+		func Main() []byte {
+			a := []byte{0, 1, 2}
+			a[1] = 42
+			return a
+		}`,
+		[]byte{0, 42, 2},
+	},
+	{
+		"byte-slice assignment after string conversion",
+		`package foo
+		func Main() []byte {
+			a := "abc"
+			b := []byte(a)
+			b[1] = 42
+			return []byte(a)
+		}`,
+		[]byte{0x61, 0x62, 0x63},
+	},
 }
 
 func TestSliceOperations(t *testing.T) {