2 files changed, 26 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/trie/trie.go b/trie/trie.go
index d5ab2035a..139e3d286 100644
--- a/trie/trie.go
+++ b/trie/trie.go
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ func ParanoiaCheck(t1 *Trie) (bool, *Trie) {
 		t2.Update(key, v.Str())
 	})
 
-	a := ethutil.NewValue(t2.Root).Bytes()
-	b := ethutil.NewValue(t1.Root).Bytes()
-
-	return bytes.Compare(a, b) == 0, t2
+	return bytes.Compare(t2.GetRoot(), t1.GetRoot()) == 0, t2
 }
 
 func (s *Cache) Len() int {
@@ -97,7 +94,7 @@ func (cache *Cache) Get(key []byte) *ethutil.Value {
 		}
 	}()
 	// Create caching node
-	cache.nodes[string(key)] = NewNode(key, value, false)
+	cache.nodes[string(key)] = NewNode(key, value, true)
 
 	return value
 }
@@ -177,10 +174,12 @@ func New(db ethutil.Database, Root interface{}) *Trie {
 func (self *Trie) setRoot(root interface{}) {
 	switch t := root.(type) {
 	case string:
-		if t == "" {
-			root = crypto.Sha3(ethutil.Encode(""))
-		}
-		self.Root = root
+		/*
+			if t == "" {
+				root = crypto.Sha3(ethutil.Encode(""))
+			}
+		*/
+		self.Root = []byte(t)
 	case []byte:
 		self.Root = root
 	default:
@@ -223,13 +222,20 @@ func (t *Trie) Delete(key string) {
 }
 
 func (self *Trie) GetRoot() []byte {
-	switch self.Root.(type) {
+	switch t := self.Root.(type) {
 	case string:
-		return []byte(self.Root.(string))
+		if t == "" {
+			return crypto.Sha3(ethutil.Encode(""))
+		}
+		return []byte(t)
 	case []byte:
-		return self.Root.([]byte)
+		if len(t) == 0 {
+			return crypto.Sha3(ethutil.Encode(""))
+		}
+
+		return t
 	default:
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid root type %T", self.Root))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid root type %T (%v)", self.Root, self.Root))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/trie/trie_test.go b/trie/trie_test.go
index 5559f807d..43cd6c145 100644
--- a/trie/trie_test.go
+++ b/trie/trie_test.go
@@ -327,6 +327,13 @@ func (s *TrieSuite) TestBeginsWith(c *checker.C) {
 	c.Assert(BeginsWith(b, a), checker.Equals, true)
 }
 
+func (s *TrieSuite) TestItems(c *checker.C) {
+	s.trie.Update("A", "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
+	exp := "d23786fb4a010da3ce639d66d5e904a11dbc02746d1ce25029e53290cabf28ab"
+
+	c.Assert(s.trie.GetRoot(), checker.DeepEquals, ethutil.Hex2Bytes(exp))
+}
+
 /*
 func TestRndCase(t *testing.T) {
 	_, trie := NewTrie()