diff --git a/types/tx.go b/types/tx.go
index 016cd83f..8a7abf28 100644
--- a/types/tx.go
+++ b/types/tx.go
@@ -241,7 +241,10 @@ func (tx Transaction) VerifySig(chainID *big.Int) (ethcmn.Address, error) {
 
 // Type implements the sdk.Msg interface. It returns the type of the
 // Transaction.
-func (tx Transaction) Type() string  { return TypeTxEthereum }
+func (tx Transaction) Type() string { return TypeTxEthereum }
+
+// Route implements the sdk.Msg interface. It returns the route of the
+// Transaction.
 func (tx Transaction) Route() string { return RouteTxEthereum }
 
 // ValidateBasic implements the sdk.Msg interface. It performs basic validation
diff --git a/types/utils.go b/types/utils.go
index 7135a583..ae4c7c09 100644
--- a/types/utils.go
+++ b/types/utils.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func GenerateEthAddress() ethcmn.Address {
 
 // PrivKeyToEthAddress generates an Ethereum address given an ECDSA private key.
 func PrivKeyToEthAddress(p *ecdsa.PrivateKey) ethcmn.Address {
-	return ethcrypto.PubkeyToAddress(ecdsa.PublicKey(p.PublicKey))
+	return ethcrypto.PubkeyToAddress(p.PublicKey)
 }
 
 // ValidateSigner attempts to validate a signer for a given slice of bytes over
diff --git a/x/evm/types/statedb.go b/x/evm/types/statedb.go
index bb367871..ceda0375 100644
--- a/x/evm/types/statedb.go
+++ b/x/evm/types/statedb.go
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func (csdb *CommitStateDB) StorageTrie(addr ethcmn.Address) ethstate.Trie {
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Persistance
+// Persistence
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // Commit writes the state to the appropriate KVStores. For each state object