diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bda0b6b..77f0d94 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,3 +3,23 @@
 > Tool for extracting the entire Ethereum state at a particular block height from leveldb into Postgres-backed IPFS
 
 [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/vulcanize/eth-pg-ipfs-state-snapshot)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/vulcanize/eth-pg-ipfs-state-snapshot)
+
+## Usage 
+
+./eth-pg-ipfs-state-snapshot stateSnapshot --config={path to toml config file}
+
+Config format:
+
+```toml
+[database]
+  name     = "vulcanize_public"
+  hostname = "localhost"
+  port     = 5432
+  user     = "postgres"
+
+[leveldb]
+    path = "/Users/user/Library/Ethereum/geth/chaindata"
+
+[snapshot]
+    blockHeight = 0
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmd/stateSnapshot.go b/cmd/stateSnapshot.go
index 1438414..0df439b 100644
--- a/cmd/stateSnapshot.go
+++ b/cmd/stateSnapshot.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
@@ -27,12 +26,9 @@ import (
 var stateSnapshotCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "stateSnapshot",
 	Short: "Extract the entire Ethereum state from leveldb and publish into PG-IPFS",
-	Long: `A longer description that spans multiple lines and likely contains examples
-and usage of using your command. For example:
+	Long: `Usage
 
-Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications.
-This application is a tool to generate the needed files
-to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
+./eth-pg-ipfs-state-snapshot stateSnapshot --config={path to toml config file}`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		subCommand = cmd.CalledAs()
 		logWithCommand = *logrus.WithField("SubCommand", subCommand)
@@ -47,17 +43,11 @@ func stateSnapshot() {
 	if err != nil {
 		logWithCommand.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	height := viper.Get("snapshot.blockHeight")
-	uHeight, ok := height.(uint64)
-	if !ok {
-		logWithCommand.Fatal("snapshot.blockHeight needs to be a uint")
-	}
-	hashStr := viper.GetString("snapshot.blockHash")
-	hash := common.HexToHash(hashStr)
-	if err := snapshotService.CreateSnapshot(uHeight, hash); err != nil {
+	height := uint64(viper.GetInt64("snapshot.blockHeight"))
+	if err := snapshotService.CreateSnapshot(height); err != nil {
 		logWithCommand.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	logWithCommand.Infof("state snapshot for height %d and hash %s is complete", uHeight, hashStr)
+	logWithCommand.Infof("state snapshot at height %d is complete", height)
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -65,9 +55,7 @@ func init() {
 
 	stateSnapshotCmd.PersistentFlags().String("leveldb-path", "", "path to leveldb")
 	stateSnapshotCmd.PersistentFlags().String("block-height", "", "blockheight to extract state at")
-	stateSnapshotCmd.PersistentFlags().String("block-hash", "", "blockhash to extract state at")
 
 	viper.BindPFlag("leveldb.path", stateSnapshotCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("leveldb-path"))
 	viper.BindPFlag("snapshot.blockHeight", stateSnapshotCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("block-height"))
-	viper.BindPFlag("snapshot.blockHash", stateSnapshotCmd.PersistentFlags().Lookup("block-hash"))
 }
diff --git a/environments/example.toml b/environments/example.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e80743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environments/example.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[database]
+  name     = "vulcanize_public"
+  hostname = "localhost"
+  port     = 5432
+  user     = "postgres"
+
+[leveldb]
+    path = "/Users/user/Library/Ethereum/geth/chaindata"
+
+[snapshot]
+    blockHeight = 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/snapshot/publisher.go b/pkg/snapshot/publisher.go
index eeb58ee..0a6f76f 100644
--- a/pkg/snapshot/publisher.go
+++ b/pkg/snapshot/publisher.go
@@ -58,13 +58,14 @@ func (p *Publisher) PublishHeader(header *types.Header) (int64, error) {
 	if err := shared.PublishIPLD(tx, headerNode); err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
+	mhKey, _ := shared.MultihashKeyFromCIDString(headerNode.Cid().String())
 	var headerID int64
-	err = tx.QueryRowx(`INSERT INTO eth.header_cids (block_number, block_hash, parent_hash, cid, td, node_id, reward, state_root, tx_root, receipt_root, uncle_root, bloom, timestamp, times_validated)
- 								VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10, $11, $12, $13, $14)
+	err = tx.QueryRowx(`INSERT INTO eth.header_cids (block_number, block_hash, parent_hash, cid, td, node_id, reward, state_root, tx_root, receipt_root, uncle_root, bloom, timestamp, mh_key, times_validated)
+ 								VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10, $11, $12, $13, $14, $15)
  								ON CONFLICT (block_number, block_hash) DO UPDATE SET block_number = header_cids.block_number
  								RETURNING id`,
-		header.Number.Uint64(), header.Hash().Hex(), header.ParentHash.Hex(), headerNode.Cid(), "0", p.db.NodeID, "0", header.Root.Hex(), header.TxHash.Hex(),
-		header.ReceiptHash.Hex(), header.UncleHash.Hex(), header.Bloom.Bytes(), header.Time, 0).Scan(&headerID)
+		header.Number.Uint64(), header.Hash().Hex(), header.ParentHash.Hex(), headerNode.Cid().String(), "0", p.db.NodeID, "0", header.Root.Hex(), header.TxHash.Hex(),
+		header.ReceiptHash.Hex(), header.UncleHash.Hex(), header.Bloom.Bytes(), header.Time, mhKey, 0).Scan(&headerID)
 	return headerID, err
 }
 
@@ -92,10 +93,11 @@ func (p *Publisher) PublishStateNode(node Node, headerID int64) (int64, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	err = tx.QueryRowx(`INSERT INTO eth.state_cids (header_id, state_leaf_key, cid, state_path, node_type, diff) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6)
- 									ON CONFLICT (header_id, state_path, diff) DO UPDATE SET (state_leaf_key, cid, node_type) = ($2, $3, $5, $6)
+	mhKey, _ := shared.MultihashKeyFromCIDString(stateCIDStr)
+	err = tx.QueryRowx(`INSERT INTO eth.state_cids (header_id, state_leaf_key, cid, state_path, node_type, diff, mh_key) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7)
+ 									ON CONFLICT (header_id, state_path, diff) DO UPDATE SET (state_leaf_key, cid, node_type, mh_key) = ($2, $3, $5, $7)
  									RETURNING id`,
-		headerID, stateKey, stateCIDStr, node.Path, node.NodeType, false).Scan(&stateID)
+		headerID, stateKey, stateCIDStr, node.Path, node.NodeType, false, mhKey).Scan(&stateID)
 	return stateID, err
 }
 
@@ -122,8 +124,9 @@ func (p *Publisher) PublishStorageNode(node Node, stateID int64) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = tx.Exec(`INSERT INTO eth.storage_cids (state_id, storage_leaf_key, cid, storage_path, node_type, diff) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6) 
- 							  ON CONFLICT (state_id, storage_path) DO UPDATE SET (storage_leaf_key, cid, node_type, diff) = ($2, $3, $5, $6)`,
-		stateID, storageKey, storageCIDStr, node.Path, node.NodeType, false)
+	mhKey, _ := shared.MultihashKeyFromCIDString(storageCIDStr)
+	_, err = tx.Exec(`INSERT INTO eth.storage_cids (state_id, storage_leaf_key, cid, storage_path, node_type, diff, mh_key) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7) 
+ 							  ON CONFLICT (state_id, storage_path) DO UPDATE SET (storage_leaf_key, cid, node_type, diff, mh_key) = ($2, $3, $5, $6, $7)`,
+		stateID, storageKey, storageCIDStr, node.Path, node.NodeType, false, mhKey)
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/snapshot/service.go b/pkg/snapshot/service.go
index 8ada3f3..9619249 100644
--- a/pkg/snapshot/service.go
+++ b/pkg/snapshot/service.go
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func NewSnapshotService(con Config) (*Service, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	edb, err := rawdb.NewLevelDBDatabase(con.LevelDBPath, 256, 0, "")
+	edb, err := rawdb.NewLevelDBDatabase(con.LevelDBPath, 256, 1024, "eth-pg-ipfs-state-snapshot")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -60,9 +61,11 @@ func NewSnapshotService(con Config) (*Service, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (s *Service) CreateSnapshot(height uint64, hash common.Hash) error {
+func (s *Service) CreateSnapshot(height uint64) error {
 	// extract header from lvldb and publish to PG-IPFS
 	// hold onto the headerID so that we can link the state nodes to this header
+	logrus.Infof("Creating snapshot at height %d", height)
+	hash := rawdb.ReadCanonicalHash(s.ethDB, height)
 	header := rawdb.ReadHeader(s.ethDB, hash, height)
 	headerID, err := s.ipfsPublisher.PublishHeader(header)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ func (s *Service) createSnapshot(it trie.NodeIterator, trieDB *trie.Database, he
 		}
 		switch ty {
 		case Leaf:
+			// if the node is a leaf, decode the account and if publish the associated storage trie nodes if there are any
 			var account state.Account
 			if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(nodeElements[1].([]byte), &account); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("error decoding account for leaf node at path %x nerror: %v", nodePath, err)
@@ -119,7 +123,7 @@ func (s *Service) createSnapshot(it trie.NodeIterator, trieDB *trie.Database, he
 				return err
 			}
 			if err := s.storageSnapshot(account.Root, stateID); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed building eventual storage diffs for account %+v\r\nerror: %v", account, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed building storage snapshot for account %+v\r\nerror: %v", account, err)
 			}
 		case Extension, Branch:
 			stateNode.Key = common.BytesToHash([]byte{})
@@ -133,16 +137,12 @@ func (s *Service) createSnapshot(it trie.NodeIterator, trieDB *trie.Database, he
 	return nil
 }
 
-// buildStorageNodesEventual builds the storage diff node objects for a created account
-// i.e. it returns all the storage nodes at this state, since there is no previous state
 func (s *Service) storageSnapshot(sr common.Hash, stateID int64) error {
 	if bytes.Equal(sr.Bytes(), emptyContractRoot.Bytes()) {
 		return nil
 	}
-	log.Debug("Storage Root For Eventual Diff", "root", sr.Hex())
 	sTrie, err := s.stateDB.OpenTrie(sr)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("error in build storage diff eventual", "error", err)
 		return err
 	}
 	it := sTrie.NodeIterator(make([]byte, 0))