diff --git a/node_core/src/chain_storage/block_store.rs b/node_core/src/chain_storage/block_store.rs
index 7084fa8..f55eeaa 100644
--- a/node_core/src/chain_storage/block_store.rs
+++ b/node_core/src/chain_storage/block_store.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use log::error;
 use storage::sc_db_utils::{DataBlob, DataBlobChangeVariant};
 use storage::RocksDBIO;
 
+use crate::chain_storage::AccMap;
+
 pub struct NodeBlockStore {
     dbio: RocksDBIO,
 }
@@ -69,7 +71,8 @@ impl NodeBlockStore {
     }
 
     pub fn get_snapshot_account(&self) -> Result<HashMap<[u8; 32], Account>> {
-        Ok(serde_json::from_slice(&self.dbio.get_snapshot_account()?)?)
+        let temp: AccMap = serde_json::from_slice(&self.dbio.get_snapshot_account()?)?;
+        Ok(temp.into())
     }
 
     pub fn get_snapshot_commitment(&self) -> Result<HashStorageMerkleTree<UTXOCommitment>> {
diff --git a/node_core/src/chain_storage/mod.rs b/node_core/src/chain_storage/mod.rs
index 1f5c07d..04ad7d1 100644
--- a/node_core/src/chain_storage/mod.rs
+++ b/node_core/src/chain_storage/mod.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use common::{
 use k256::AffinePoint;
 use log::{info, warn};
 use public_context::PublicSCContext;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use utxo::utxo_core::UTXO;
 
 use crate::{config::NodeConfig, ActionData};
@@ -20,6 +21,32 @@ pub mod accounts_store;
 pub mod block_store;
 pub mod public_context;
 
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct AccMap {
+    pub acc_map: HashMap<String, Account>,
+}
+
+impl From<HashMap<[u8; 32], Account>> for AccMap {
+    fn from(value: HashMap<[u8; 32], Account>) -> Self {
+        AccMap {
+            acc_map: value
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|(key, val)| (hex::encode(key), val))
+                .collect(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<AccMap> for HashMap<[u8; 32], Account> {
+    fn from(value: AccMap) -> Self {
+        value
+            .acc_map
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|(key, val)| (hex::decode(key).unwrap().try_into().unwrap(), val))
+            .collect()
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct NodeChainStore {
     pub acc_map: HashMap<AccountAddress, Account>,
     pub block_store: NodeBlockStore,
@@ -51,6 +78,38 @@ impl NodeChainStore {
             block_id = temp_block_id;
         }
 
+        Ok((
+            Self {
+                acc_map: From::from(acc_map),
+                block_store,
+                nullifier_store,
+                utxo_commitments_store,
+                pub_tx_store,
+                node_config: config,
+            },
+            block_id,
+        ))
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_after_restart(config: NodeConfig, genesis_block: Block) -> Result<(Self, u64)> {
+        let mut acc_map = HashMap::new();
+        let mut nullifier_store = HashSet::new();
+        let mut utxo_commitments_store = UTXOCommitmentsMerkleTree::new(vec![]);
+        let mut pub_tx_store = PublicTransactionMerkleTree::new(vec![]);
+        let mut block_id = genesis_block.block_id;
+
+        //Sequencer should panic if unable to open db,
+        //as fixing this issue may require actions non-native to program scope
+        let block_store = NodeBlockStore::open_db_reload(&config.home.join("rocksdb")).unwrap();
+
+        if let Ok(temp_block_id) = block_store.get_snapshot_block_id() {
+            utxo_commitments_store = block_store.get_snapshot_commitment()?;
+            nullifier_store = block_store.get_snapshot_nullifier()?;
+            acc_map = block_store.get_snapshot_account()?;
+            pub_tx_store = block_store.get_snapshot_transaction()?;
+            block_id = temp_block_id;
+        }
+
         Ok((
             Self {
                 acc_map,
@@ -125,7 +184,7 @@ impl NodeChainStore {
                     let nonce =
                         accounts::key_management::constants_types::Nonce::clone_from_slice(slice);
                     for (acc_id, acc) in self.acc_map.iter_mut() {
-                        if acc_id[0] == tag {
+                        if hex::decode(acc_id).unwrap()[0] == tag {
                             let decoded_data_curr_acc = acc.decrypt_data(
                                 ephemeral_public_key_sender,
                                 ciphertext.clone(),
@@ -156,8 +215,9 @@ impl NodeChainStore {
 
             //If we fail serialization, it is not the reason to stop running
             //Logging on warn level in this cases
+            let acc_map: AccMap = self.acc_map.clone().into();
 
-            if let Ok(accounts_ser) = serde_json::to_vec(&self.acc_map).inspect_err(|err| {
+            if let Ok(accounts_ser) = serde_json::to_vec(&acc_map).inspect_err(|err| {
                 warn!("Failed to serialize accounts data {err:#?}");
             }) {
                 if let Ok(comm_ser) =