diff --git a/ethdb/database.go b/ethdb/database.go
index a597820475..19aa83466e 100644
--- a/ethdb/database.go
+++ b/ethdb/database.go
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ func (self *LDBDatabase) Get(key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	if self.comp {
-		//fmt.Println("get", dat)
 		return rle.Decompress(dat)
 	}
 
diff --git a/state/dump.go b/state/dump.go
index de356f476c..a7057b445f 100644
--- a/state/dump.go
+++ b/state/dump.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 type Account struct {
 	Balance  string            `json:"balance"`
 	Nonce    uint64            `json:"nonce"`
+	Root     string            `json:"root"`
 	CodeHash string            `json:"codeHash"`
 	Storage  map[string]string `json:"storage"`
 }
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ func (self *State) Dump() []byte {
 	self.Trie.NewIterator().Each(func(key string, value *ethutil.Value) {
 		stateObject := NewStateObjectFromBytes([]byte(key), value.Bytes())
 
-		account := Account{Balance: stateObject.balance.String(), Nonce: stateObject.Nonce, CodeHash: ethutil.Bytes2Hex(stateObject.codeHash)}
+		account := Account{Balance: stateObject.balance.String(), Nonce: stateObject.Nonce, Root: ethutil.Bytes2Hex(stateObject.Root()), CodeHash: ethutil.Bytes2Hex(stateObject.codeHash)}
 		account.Storage = make(map[string]string)
 
 		stateObject.EachStorage(func(key string, value *ethutil.Value) {
diff --git a/state/state_object.go b/state/state_object.go
index 472aa83898..70a1766cea 100644
--- a/state/state_object.go
+++ b/state/state_object.go
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ func (self *StateObject) Object() *StateObject {
 	return self
 }
 
+func (self *StateObject) Root() []byte {
+	return self.State.Trie.GetRoot()
+}
+
 // Debug stuff
 func (self *StateObject) CreateOutputForDiff() {
 	fmt.Printf("%x %x %x %x\n", self.Address(), self.State.Root(), self.balance.Bytes(), self.Nonce)
@@ -297,6 +301,7 @@ func (self *StateObject) CreateOutputForDiff() {
 
 // State object encoding methods
 func (c *StateObject) RlpEncode() []byte {
+	fmt.Printf("%x %x\n", c.State.Trie.Root, c.CodeHash())
 	return ethutil.Encode([]interface{}{c.Nonce, c.balance, c.State.Trie.Root, c.CodeHash()})
 }
 
diff --git a/trie/trie.go b/trie/trie.go
index b442abfe36..d5ab2035a8 100644
--- a/trie/trie.go
+++ b/trie/trie.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func (self *Trie) setRoot(root interface{}) {
 	switch t := root.(type) {
 	case string:
 		if t == "" {
-			root = crypto.Sha3([]byte(""))
+			root = crypto.Sha3(ethutil.Encode(""))
 		}
 		self.Root = root
 	case []byte: