diff --git a/cmd/mist/assets/examples/coin.html b/cmd/mist/assets/examples/coin.html
index b6bab682f..96f2299a5 100644
--- a/cmd/mist/assets/examples/coin.html
+++ b/cmd/mist/assets/examples/coin.html
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 	// deploy if not exist
 	if (address == null) {
 		var code = "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";
-		address = web3.eth.transact({data: code});
+		address = web3.eth.transact({from: eth.coinbase, data: code});
         	localStorage.setItem("address", address);
 	}
 	document.querySelector("#contract_addr").innerHTML = address;
diff --git a/core/chain_manager.go b/core/chain_manager.go
index 9dc41f421..97c61395e 100644
--- a/core/chain_manager.go
+++ b/core/chain_manager.go
@@ -440,12 +440,14 @@ func (self *ChainManager) InsertChain(chain types.Blocks) error {
 				self.setTotalDifficulty(td)
 				self.insert(block)
 
+				/* XXX crashes
 				jsonlogger.LogJson(&logger.EthChainNewHead{
 					BlockHash:     ethutil.Bytes2Hex(block.Hash()),
 					BlockNumber:   block.Number(),
 					ChainHeadHash: ethutil.Bytes2Hex(cblock.Hash()),
 					BlockPrevHash: ethutil.Bytes2Hex(block.ParentHash()),
 				})
+				*/
 
 				self.setTransState(state.New(block.Root(), self.stateDb))
 				queue[i] = ChainEvent{block}
diff --git a/rpc/api.go b/rpc/api.go
index 511b819c1..38f02a473 100644
--- a/rpc/api.go
+++ b/rpc/api.go
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ func (p *EthereumApi) GetRequestReply(req *RpcRequest, reply *interface{}) error
 			return err
 		}
 		return p.GetData(args, reply)
-	case "eth_sendTransaction":
+	case "eth_sendTransaction", "eth_transact":
 		args := new(NewTxArgs)
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(req.Params, &args); err != nil {
 			return err