diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/restclient.spec.ts b/packages/sdk/src/restclient.spec.ts
index abf79c5f..7e2cecbf 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/restclient.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/restclient.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/camelcase */
-import { Random } from "@iov/crypto";
+import { Random, Sha256 } from "@iov/crypto";
 import { Bech32, Encoding } from "@iov/encoding";
 
 import { encodeSecp256k1Signature, makeSignBytes, marshalTx } from "./encoding";
@@ -85,13 +85,17 @@ function makeRandomAddress(): string {
   return Bech32.encode("cosmos", Random.getBytes(20));
 }
 
-async function uploadContract(client: RestClient, pen: Pen): Promise<PostTxsResponse> {
+async function uploadCustomContract(
+  client: RestClient,
+  pen: Pen,
+  wasmCode: Uint8Array,
+): Promise<PostTxsResponse> {
   const memo = "My first contract on chain";
   const theMsg: MsgStoreCode = {
     type: "wasm/store-code",
     value: {
       sender: faucet.address,
-      wasm_byte_code: toBase64(getRandomizedContract()),
+      wasm_byte_code: toBase64(wasmCode),
       source: "https://github.com/confio/cosmwasm/raw/0.7/lib/vm/testdata/contract_0.6.wasm",
       builder: "cosmwasm-opt:0.6.2",
     },
@@ -113,6 +117,10 @@ async function uploadContract(client: RestClient, pen: Pen): Promise<PostTxsResp
   return client.postTx(marshalTx(signedTx));
 }
 
+async function uploadContract(client: RestClient, pen: Pen): Promise<PostTxsResponse> {
+  return uploadCustomContract(client, pen, getRandomizedContract());
+}
+
 async function instantiateContract(
   client: RestClient,
   pen: Pen,
@@ -223,9 +231,8 @@ describe("RestClient", () => {
       });
     });
 
-    // TODO: re-enable when stable
     // this is failing for me on first run (faucet has not signed anything)
-    xit("has correct pubkey for faucet", async () => {
+    it("has correct pubkey for faucet", async () => {
       pendingWithoutCosmos();
       const client = new RestClient(httpUrl);
       const { result } = await client.authAccounts(faucet.address);
@@ -364,7 +371,8 @@ describe("RestClient", () => {
       const numExisting = existingInfos.length;
 
       // upload data
-      const result = await uploadContract(client, pen);
+      const wasmCode = getRandomizedContract();
+      const result = await uploadCustomContract(client, pen, wasmCode);
       expect(result.code).toBeFalsy();
       const logs = parseLogs(result.logs);
       const codeIdAttr = findAttribute(logs, "message", "code_id");
@@ -377,10 +385,13 @@ describe("RestClient", () => {
       expect(lastInfo.id).toEqual(codeId);
       expect(lastInfo.creator).toEqual(faucet.address);
 
-      // TODO: check code hash matches expectation
-      // expect(lastInfo.code_hash).toEqual(faucet.address);
+      // check code hash matches expectation
+      const wasmHash = new Sha256(wasmCode).digest();
+      expect(lastInfo.code_hash.toLowerCase()).toEqual(toHex(wasmHash));
 
-      // TODO: download code and check against auto-gen
+      // download code and check against auto-gen
+      const download = await client.getCode(codeId);
+      expect(download).toEqual(wasmCode);
     });
 
     it("can list contracts and get info", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/restclient.ts b/packages/sdk/src/restclient.ts
index 632f0b5b..91b4647e 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/restclient.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/restclient.ts
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ interface AuthAccountsResponse {
 // Currently all wasm query responses return json-encoded strings...
 // later deprecate this and use the specific types for result
 // (assuming it is inlined, no second parse needed)
-type WasmResponse = WasmSuccess | WasmError;
+type WasmResponse<T = string> = WasmSuccess<T> | WasmError;
 
-interface WasmSuccess {
+interface WasmSuccess<T = string> {
   readonly height: string;
-  readonly result: string;
+  readonly result: T;
 }
 
 interface WasmError {
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ interface EncodeTxResponse {
   readonly tx: string;
 }
 
+interface GetCodeResult {
+  // base64 encoded wasm
+  readonly code: string;
+}
+
 type RestClientResponse =
   | NodeInfoResponse
   | BlocksResponse
@@ -100,15 +105,23 @@ type RestClientResponse =
   | SearchTxsResponse
   | PostTxsResponse
   | EncodeTxResponse
-  | WasmResponse;
+  | WasmResponse<string>
+  | WasmResponse<GetCodeResult>;
 
 type BroadcastMode = "block" | "sync" | "async";
 
-function isWasmError(resp: WasmResponse): resp is WasmError {
+function isWasmError<T>(resp: WasmResponse<T>): resp is WasmError {
   return (resp as WasmError).error !== undefined;
 }
 
-function parseWasmResponse(response: WasmResponse): any {
+function unwrapWasmResponse<T>(response: WasmResponse<T>): T {
+  if (isWasmError(response)) {
+    throw new Error(response.error);
+  }
+  return response.result;
+}
+
+function parseWasmResponse(response: WasmResponse<string>): any {
   if (isWasmError(response)) {
     throw new Error(response.error);
   }
@@ -237,10 +250,9 @@ export class RestClient {
   // this will download the original wasm bytecode by code id
   // throws error if no code with this id
   public async getCode(id: number): Promise<Uint8Array> {
-    // TODO: broken currently
     const path = `/wasm/code/${id}`;
-    const responseData = await this.get(path);
-    const { code } = parseWasmResponse(responseData as WasmResponse);
+    const responseData = (await this.get(path)) as WasmResponse<GetCodeResult>;
+    const { code } = unwrapWasmResponse(responseData);
     return fromBase64(code);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/sdk/types/restclient.d.ts b/packages/sdk/types/restclient.d.ts
index a7fbd87f..d560856f 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/types/restclient.d.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/types/restclient.d.ts
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ interface AuthAccountsResponse {
     readonly value: CosmosSdkAccount;
   };
 }
-declare type WasmResponse = WasmSuccess | WasmError;
-interface WasmSuccess {
+declare type WasmResponse<T = string> = WasmSuccess<T> | WasmError;
+interface WasmSuccess<T = string> {
   readonly height: string;
-  readonly result: string;
+  readonly result: T;
 }
 interface WasmError {
   readonly error: string;
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ export interface PostTxsResponse {
 interface EncodeTxResponse {
   readonly tx: string;
 }
+interface GetCodeResult {
+  readonly code: string;
+}
 declare type RestClientResponse =
   | NodeInfoResponse
   | BlocksResponse
@@ -76,7 +79,8 @@ declare type RestClientResponse =
   | SearchTxsResponse
   | PostTxsResponse
   | EncodeTxResponse
-  | WasmResponse;
+  | WasmResponse<string>
+  | WasmResponse<GetCodeResult>;
 declare type BroadcastMode = "block" | "sync" | "async";
 export declare class RestClient {
   private readonly client;