From 93f3e3a500d9ec6a46e498e56e2df5113b1d2c2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rsercano <ozdemirsercan27@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:58:45 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: openchannel assertion error for string amount (#1643)

---
 lib/cli/commands/openchannel.ts | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/cli/commands/openchannel.ts b/lib/cli/commands/openchannel.ts
index 2f37652ee..d51f52dfe 100644
--- a/lib/cli/commands/openchannel.ts
+++ b/lib/cli/commands/openchannel.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ export const builder = (argv: Argv) => argv
   .example('$0 openchannel ETH 0.5', 'deposit 0.5 into an ETH Connext channel without specifying a remote node');
 
 export const handler = async (argv: Arguments<any>) => {
+  if (isNaN(argv.amount)) {
+    throw 'amount must be a number';
+  }
+
   const request = new OpenChannelRequest();
   if (argv.node_identifier) {
     request.setNodeIdentifier(argv.node_identifier);