diff --git a/evm/src/cpu/kernel/asm/ripemd/ripemd.asm b/evm/src/cpu/kernel/asm/ripemd/ripemd.asm
index cdf8d12c..156dc496 100644
--- a/evm/src/cpu/kernel/asm/ripemd/ripemd.asm
+++ b/evm/src/cpu/kernel/asm/ripemd/ripemd.asm
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ global ripemd_alt:
     // stack: length, INPUT
     %stack (length) -> (64, length, 0x80, 63, length, length)
     // stack:           64, length, 0x80, 63, length, length, INPUT
-
-    %jump(0xdeadbeef)
     %jump(ripemd_storage) // stores the following into memory
                           // init  _buffer  at virt 0   [consumes           64]
                           // store _size    at virt 64  [consumes       length]
@@ -61,29 +59,30 @@ ripemd_2:
 process:
     // stack: a , b, c, d, e, count, length, virt
     %flip_bytes_u32
-    // stack: a', b, c, d, e, *vars
+    // stack: a', b, c, d, e, VARS
     SWAP1
     %flip_bytes_u32
     %shl_const(32)
     OR
-    // stack: b' a', c, d, e, *vars
+    // stack: b' a', c, d, e, VARS
     SWAP1
     %flip_bytes_u32
     %shl_const(64)
     OR
-    // stack: c' b' a', d, e, *vars
+    // stack: c' b' a', d, e, VARS
     SWAP1
     %flip_bytes_u32
     %shl_const(96)
     OR 
-    // stack: d' c' b' a', e, *vars
+    // stack: d' c' b' a', e, VARS
     SWAP1
     %flip_bytes_u32
     %shl_const(96)
     OR 
-    // stack: e' d' c' b' a', *vars
-    %stack (result, x, y, z) -> (result)
-    // stack: result
+    // stack: e' d' c' b' a', VARS
+    %stack (result, VARS: 3) -> (0xdeadbeef, result)
+    // stack: 0xdeadbeef, result
+    JUMP 
 
 
 /// def padlength(length):
diff --git a/evm/src/cpu/kernel/tests/ripemd.rs b/evm/src/cpu/kernel/tests/ripemd.rs
index ed75cc9e..e5a35bbc 100644
--- a/evm/src/cpu/kernel/tests/ripemd.rs
+++ b/evm/src/cpu/kernel/tests/ripemd.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// use std::env;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use ethereum_types::U256;
 
@@ -7,11 +6,8 @@ use crate::cpu::kernel::interpreter::run;
 
 #[test]
 fn test_ripemd() -> Result<()> {
-
-    // env::set_var("RUST_BACKTRACE", "1");
-
-    // let expected = "0xf71c27109c692c1b56bbdceb5b9d2865b3708dbc";
-    // println!("{}", expected);
+    let expected = "0xf71c27109c692c1b56bbdceb5b9d2865b3708dbc";
+    println!("{}", expected);
 
     let kernel = combined_kernel();
 
@@ -32,17 +28,10 @@ fn test_ripemd() -> Result<()> {
         stack_init,
         &kernel.prover_inputs
     )?;
-    let result = stack_result.stack();
-
-    for term in input {
-        println!("{:X}", term);
-    }
-
-    for term in result {
-        println!("{:X}", term);
-    }
-        
-    // assert_eq!(expected, actual);
+    let result = stack_result.stack()[1];
+    let actual = format!("{}", result);
+    println!("{}", actual); 
+    assert_eq!(expected, actual);
 
     Ok(())
 }