diff --git a/client/context/context.go b/client/context/context.go
index 589137407f..5c30a6216a 100644
--- a/client/context/context.go
+++ b/client/context/context.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
@@ -19,11 +21,14 @@ import (
 	tmlite "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/lite"
 	tmliteProxy "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/lite/proxy"
 	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
-	"os"
 )
 
 const ctxAccStoreName = "acc"
 
+var (
+	verifier tmlite.Verifier
+)
+
 // CLIContext implements a typical CLI context created in SDK modules for
 // transaction handling and queries.
 type CLIContext struct {
@@ -60,6 +65,11 @@ func NewCLIContext() CLIContext {
 	from := viper.GetString(client.FlagFrom)
 	fromAddress, fromName := fromFields(from)
 
+	// We need to use a single verifier for all contexts
+	if verifier == nil {
+		verifier = createVerifier()
+	}
+
 	return CLIContext{
 		Client:        rpc,
 		NodeURI:       nodeURI,
@@ -71,7 +81,7 @@ func NewCLIContext() CLIContext {
 		Async:         viper.GetBool(client.FlagAsync),
 		JSON:          viper.GetBool(client.FlagJson),
 		PrintResponse: viper.GetBool(client.FlagPrintResponse),
-		Verifier:      createVerifier(),
+		Verifier:      verifier,
 		DryRun:        viper.GetBool(client.FlagDryRun),
 		GenerateOnly:  viper.GetBool(client.FlagGenerateOnly),
 		fromAddress:   fromAddress,
@@ -109,8 +119,7 @@ func createVerifier() tmlite.Verifier {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	node := rpcclient.NewHTTP(nodeURI, "/websocket")
-	// TODO Utilize ctx.Logger correctly
-	verifier, err := tmliteProxy.NewVerifier(chainID, home, node, log.NewNopLogger())
+	verifier, err := tmliteProxy.NewVerifier(chainID, filepath.Join(home, ".gaialite"), node, log.NewNopLogger())
 
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Create verifier failed: %s\n", err.Error())
diff --git a/cmd/gaia/app/benchmarks/txsize_test.go b/cmd/gaia/app/benchmarks/txsize_test.go
index 186ad87e58..24789b10ed 100644
--- a/cmd/gaia/app/benchmarks/txsize_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gaia/app/benchmarks/txsize_test.go
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ func ExampleTxSendSize() {
 	fmt.Println(len(cdc.MustMarshalBinaryBare([]sdk.Msg{msg1})))
 	fmt.Println(len(cdc.MustMarshalBinaryBare(tx)))
 	// output: 80
-	// 173
+	// 167
 }
diff --git a/types/errors.go b/types/errors.go
index 46bf748f48..abb0c3921d 100644
--- a/types/errors.go
+++ b/types/errors.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package types
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	cmn "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/common"
@@ -231,13 +230,8 @@ func (err *sdkError) TraceSDK(format string, args ...interface{}) Error {
 }
 
 // Implements ABCIError.
-// Overrides err.Error.Error().
 func (err *sdkError) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(`ERROR:
-Codespace: %d
-Code: %d
-Message: %#v
-`, err.codespace, err.code, parseCmnError(err.cmnError.Error()))
+	return err.cmnError.Error()
 }
 
 // Implements ABCIError.
@@ -258,12 +252,12 @@ func (err *sdkError) Code() CodeType {
 // Implements ABCIError.
 func (err *sdkError) ABCILog() string {
 	cdc := codec.New()
-	parsedErrMsg := parseCmnError(err.cmnError.Error())
+	errMsg := err.cmnError.Error()
 	jsonErr := humanReadableError{
 		Codespace: err.codespace,
 		Code:      err.code,
 		ABCICode:  err.ABCICode(),
-		Message:   parsedErrMsg,
+		Message:   errMsg,
 	}
 	bz, er := cdc.MarshalJSON(jsonErr)
 	if er != nil {
@@ -288,13 +282,6 @@ func (err *sdkError) QueryResult() abci.ResponseQuery {
 	}
 }
 
-func parseCmnError(err string) string {
-	if idx := strings.Index(err, "{"); idx != -1 {
-		err = err[idx+1 : len(err)-1]
-	}
-	return err
-}
-
 // nolint
 type humanReadableError struct {
 	Codespace CodespaceType `json:"codespace"`