diff --git a/ethchain/block_chain.go b/ethchain/block_chain.go
index 19b5248d7..286a158ba 100644
--- a/ethchain/block_chain.go
+++ b/ethchain/block_chain.go
@@ -174,18 +174,12 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) ResetTillBlockHash(hash []byte) error {
 		bc.LastBlockHash = bc.genesisBlock.Hash()
 		bc.LastBlockNumber = 1
 	} else {
-		// TODO: Somehow this doesn't really give the right numbers, double check.
-		// TODO: Change logs into debug lines
 		returnTo = bc.GetBlock(hash)
 		bc.CurrentBlock = returnTo
 		bc.LastBlockHash = returnTo.Hash()
-		//info := bc.BlockInfo(returnTo)
 		bc.LastBlockNumber = returnTo.Number.Uint64()
 	}
 
-	// XXX Why are we resetting? This is the block chain, it has nothing to do with states
-	//bc.Ethereum.StateManager().PrepareDefault(returnTo)
-
 	// Manually reset the last sync block
 	err := ethutil.Config.Db.Delete(lastBlock.Hash())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -231,6 +225,11 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) GetChainFromHash(hash []byte, max uint64) []interface{} {
 	for i := uint64(0); bytes.Compare(currentHash, hash) != 0 && num >= parentNumber && i < count; i++ {
 		// Get the block of the chain
 		block := bc.GetBlock(currentHash)
+		if block == nil {
+			ethutil.Config.Log.Debugf("Unexpected error during GetChainFromHash: Unable to find %x\n", currentHash)
+			break
+		}
+
 		currentHash = block.PrevHash
 
 		chain = append(chain, block.Value().Val)
diff --git a/ethchain/vm.go b/ethchain/vm.go
index 4c6c5e24d..199eaae50 100644
--- a/ethchain/vm.go
+++ b/ethchain/vm.go
@@ -99,22 +99,21 @@ func (vm *Vm) RunClosure(closure *Closure, hook DebugHook) (ret []byte, err erro
 
 	ethutil.Config.Log.Debugf("[VM] (~) %x gas: %v (d) %x\n", closure.object.Address(), closure.Gas, closure.Args)
 
-	// Memory for the current closure
-	mem := &Memory{}
-	// New stack (should this be shared?)
-	stack := NewStack()
-	require := func(m int) {
-		if stack.Len() < m {
-			isRequireError = true
-			panic(fmt.Sprintf("stack err = %d, req = %d", stack.Len(), m))
-		}
-	}
+	var (
+		op OpCode
 
-	// Program counter
-	pc := big.NewInt(0)
-	// Current step count
-	step := 0
-	prevStep := 0
+		mem      = &Memory{}
+		stack    = NewStack()
+		pc       = big.NewInt(0)
+		step     = 0
+		prevStep = 0
+		require  = func(m int) {
+			if stack.Len() < m {
+				isRequireError = true
+				panic(fmt.Sprintf("%04v (%v) stack err size = %d, required = %d", pc, op, stack.Len(), m))
+			}
+		}
+	)
 
 	for {
 		prevStep = step
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ func (vm *Vm) RunClosure(closure *Closure, hook DebugHook) (ret []byte, err erro
 		// Get the memory location of pc
 		val := closure.Get(pc)
 		// Get the opcode (it must be an opcode!)
-		op := OpCode(val.Uint())
+		op = OpCode(val.Uint())
 
 		gas := new(big.Int)
 		addStepGasUsage := func(amount *big.Int) {
diff --git a/ethereum.go b/ethereum.go
index a6cb78b1f..6345f8864 100644
--- a/ethereum.go
+++ b/ethereum.go
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ func (s *Ethereum) Start(seed bool) {
 	// Bind to addr and port
 	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":"+s.Port)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Println("Connection listening disabled. Acting as client")
+		ethutil.Config.Log.Infof("port=%s in use. Connection listening disabled.")
 		s.listening = false
 	} else {
 		s.listening = true
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ func (s *Ethereum) Seed() {
 					peers = append(peers, peer)
 				}
 			} else {
-				ethutil.Config.Log.Debugln("[SERV} Couldn't resolve :", target)
+				ethutil.Config.Log.Debugln("[SERV] Couldn't resolve :", target)
 			}
 		}
 		// Connect to Peer list
diff --git a/ethutil/script.go b/ethutil/script.go
index 235498df2..af4ca6a38 100644
--- a/ethutil/script.go
+++ b/ethutil/script.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ func Compile(script string) (ret []byte, err error) {
 	} else {
 		compiler := mutan.NewCompiler(backend.NewEthereumBackend())
 		byteCode, errors := compiler.Compile(strings.NewReader(script))
-		//byteCode, errors := mutan.Compile(strings.NewReader(script), false)
 		if len(errors) > 0 {
 			var errs string
 			for _, er := range errors {
diff --git a/ethutil/trie.go b/ethutil/trie.go
index 18d0a5f0a..0c1a6d260 100644
--- a/ethutil/trie.go
+++ b/ethutil/trie.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (cache *Cache) Put(v interface{}) interface{} {
 	value := NewValue(v)
 
 	enc := value.Encode()
-	if len(enc) >= 32 {
+	if len(enc) < 32 {
 		sha := Sha3Bin(enc)
 
 		cache.nodes[string(sha)] = NewNode(sha, value, true)