diff --git a/client/lcd/lcd_test.go b/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
index 2becaeba30..25be57db30 100644
--- a/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
+++ b/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestKeys(t *testing.T) {
-	kill, port, _ := junkInit(t)
+	kill, port, _ := setupEnvironment(t)
 	defer kill()
 
 	// empty keys
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TestKeys(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	kill, port, _ := junkInit(t)
+	kill, port, _ := setupEnvironment(t)
 	defer kill()
 
 	// node info
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestNodeStatus(t *testing.T) {
-	kill, port, _ := junkInit(t)
+	kill, port, _ := setupEnvironment(t)
 	defer kill()
 
 	// node info
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func TestNodeStatus(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestBlock(t *testing.T) {
-	kill, port, _ := junkInit(t)
+	kill, port, _ := setupEnvironment(t)
 	defer kill()
 
 	time.Sleep(time.Second * 2) // TODO: LOL -> wait for blocks
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func TestBlock(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestValidators(t *testing.T) {
-	kill, port, _ := junkInit(t)
+	kill, port, _ := setupEnvironment(t)
 	defer kill()
 
 	time.Sleep(time.Second * 2) // TODO: LOL -> wait for blocks
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func TestValidators(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCoinSend(t *testing.T) {
-	kill, port, seed := junkInit(t)
+	kill, port, seed := setupEnvironment(t)
 	defer kill()
 
 	time.Sleep(time.Second * 2) // TO
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func TestCoinSend(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTxs(t *testing.T) {
-	kill, port, seed := junkInit(t)
+	kill, port, seed := setupEnvironment(t)
 	defer kill()
 
 	// TODO: re-enable once we can get txs by tag
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func TestTxs(t *testing.T) {
 // helpers
 
 // TODO/XXX: We should be spawning what we need in process, not shelling out
-func junkInit(t *testing.T) (kill func(), port string, seed string) {
+func setupEnvironment(t *testing.T) (kill func(), port string, seed string) {
 	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "tmp-basecoin-")
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
diff --git a/client/tx/broadcast.go b/client/tx/broadcast.go
index 477571ea50..b9367645fe 100644
--- a/client/tx/broadcast.go
+++ b/client/tx/broadcast.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/builder"
 )
 
 type BroadcastTxBody struct {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func BroadcastTxRequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	res, err := client.BroadcastTx([]byte(m.TxBytes))
+	res, err := builder.BroadcastTx([]byte(m.TxBytes))
 	if err != nil {
 		w.WriteHeader(500)
 		w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))
diff --git a/x/bank/commands/sendtx.go b/x/bank/commands/sendtx.go
index 8e6b10dc78..43d5b26195 100644
--- a/x/bank/commands/sendtx.go
+++ b/x/bank/commands/sendtx.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (c Commander) SignMessage(msg sdk.Msg, kb cryptokeys.Keybase, accountName s
 	sigs := []sdk.StdSignature{{
 		PubKey:    pubkey,
 		Signature: sig,
-		Sequence:  viper.GetInt64(flagSequence),
+		Sequence:  viper.GetInt64(client.FlagName),
 	}}
 
 	// marshal bytes
diff --git a/x/bank/rest/root.go b/x/bank/rest/root.go
index 67c05ab112..77bb991cb0 100644
--- a/x/bank/rest/root.go
+++ b/x/bank/rest/root.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 )
 
+// RegisterRoutes - Central function to define routes that get registered by the main application
 func RegisterRoutes(r *mux.Router, cdc *wire.Codec) {
 	r.HandleFunc("/accounts/{address}/send", SendRequestHandler(cdc)).Methods("POST")
 }
diff --git a/x/bank/rest/sendtx.go b/x/bank/rest/sendtx.go
index 8fd743f515..70443ab802 100644
--- a/x/bank/rest/sendtx.go
+++ b/x/bank/rest/sendtx.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/builder"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/keys"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
@@ -16,16 +15,17 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/commands"
 )
 
-type SendBody struct {
+type sendBody struct {
 	// fees is not used currently
 	// Fees             sdk.Coin  `json="fees"`
 	Amount           sdk.Coins `json:"amount"`
 	LocalAccountName string    `json:"name"`
 	Password         string    `json:"password"`
 	ChainID          string    `json:"chain_id"`
-	Sequence         string    `json:"sequence"`
+	Sequence         int64     `json:"sequence"`
 }
 
+// SendRequestHandler - http request handler to send coins to a address
 func SendRequestHandler(cdc *wire.Codec) func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) {
 	c := commands.Commander{cdc}
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func SendRequestHandler(cdc *wire.Codec) func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request
 		vars := mux.Vars(r)
 		address := vars["address"]
 
-		var m SendBody
+		var m sendBody
 		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func SendRequestHandler(cdc *wire.Codec) func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request
 		}
 
 		// send
-		res, err := client.BroadcastTx(txBytes)
+		res, err := builder.BroadcastTx(txBytes)
 		if err != nil {
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			w.Write([]byte(err.Error()))