diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/db/Repository.java b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/db/Repository.java
index a437fd0c..b86f7b13 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/db/Repository.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/db/Repository.java
@@ -385,10 +385,10 @@ public class Repository {
 
         String fileName = "";
         if (txHash != null)
-			fileName = String.format("%d_%d_%s.dmp", block.getNumber(), txNumber, 
+			fileName = String.format("%05d_%d_%s.dmp", block.getNumber(), txNumber, 
 					Hex.toHexString(txHash).substring(0, 8));
         else
-            fileName = String.format("%d_c.dmp", block.getNumber());
+            fileName = String.format("%05d_c.dmp", block.getNumber());
 
         File dumpFile = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/" + dir + fileName);
         FileWriter fw = null;
diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/util/CompactEncoder.java b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/util/CompactEncoder.java
index 536144f0..7bffb62e 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/util/CompactEncoder.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/util/CompactEncoder.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import static org.spongycastle.util.encoders.Hex.encode;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 /** 
  * Compact encoding of hex sequence with optional terminator
@@ -47,8 +49,27 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 public class CompactEncoder {
 
 	private final static byte TERMINATOR = 16;
-	private final static String hexBase = "0123456789abcdef";
-	
+    private final static Map<Character, Byte> hexMap = new HashMap();
+    static {
+        hexMap.put('0', (byte)0);
+        hexMap.put('1', (byte)1);
+        hexMap.put('2', (byte)2);
+        hexMap.put('3', (byte)3);
+        hexMap.put('4', (byte)4);
+        hexMap.put('5', (byte)5);
+        hexMap.put('6', (byte)6);
+        hexMap.put('7', (byte)7);
+        hexMap.put('8', (byte)8);
+        hexMap.put('9', (byte)9);
+        hexMap.put('a', (byte)10);
+        hexMap.put('b', (byte)11);
+        hexMap.put('c', (byte)12);
+        hexMap.put('d', (byte)13);
+        hexMap.put('e', (byte)14);
+        hexMap.put('f', (byte)15);
+    }
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Pack nibbles to binary
 	 *
@@ -107,9 +128,30 @@ public class CompactEncoder {
 		byte[] hexEncoded = encode(str);
 		ByteBuffer slice = ByteBuffer.allocate(hexEncoded.length + 1);
 		for (byte b : hexEncoded) {
-			slice.put((byte)hexBase.indexOf(b));
+			slice.put(hexMap.get((char)b));
 		}
 		slice.put(TERMINATOR);
 		return slice.array();
 	}
+
+
+    /**
+     * turn nibbles to a nice good looking output string
+     *
+     * @param nibbles - getting byte of data [ 04 ] and turning
+     *                  it to a '\x04' representation
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static String nibblesToPrettyString(byte[] nibbles){
+
+        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
+        for (byte nibble : nibbles){
+
+            String nibleString = Utils.oneByteToHexString(nibble);
+
+            buffer.append("\\x" + nibleString);
+        }
+
+        return buffer.toString();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/org/ethereum/util/CompactEncoderTest.java b/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/org/ethereum/util/CompactEncoderTest.java
index cf8a53d3..c8f7fa4a 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/org/ethereum/util/CompactEncoderTest.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/test/java/org/ethereum/util/CompactEncoderTest.java
@@ -66,9 +66,41 @@ public class CompactEncoderTest {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testCompactHexDecode() {
+	public void testCompactHexEncode_1() {
 		byte[] test = "stallion".getBytes();
 		byte[] result = new byte[] { 7, 3, 7, 4, 6, 1, 6, 12, 6, 12, 6, 9, 6, 15, 6, 14, T };
 		assertArrayEquals(result, CompactEncoder.binToNibbles(test));
 	}
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCompactHexEncode_2() {
+        byte[] test = "verb".getBytes();
+        byte[] result = new byte[] {  7, 6, 6, 5, 7, 2, 6, 2, T };
+        assertArrayEquals(result, CompactEncoder.binToNibbles(test));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCompactHexEncode_3() {
+        byte[] test = "puppy".getBytes();
+        byte[] result = new byte[] {  7, 0, 7, 5, 7, 0, 7, 0, 7, 9, T };
+        assertArrayEquals(result, CompactEncoder.binToNibbles(test));
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNiceNiblesOutput_1(){
+        byte[] test = {7, 0, 7, 5, 7, 0, 7, 0, 7, 9};
+        String result = "\\x07\\x00\\x07\\x05\\x07\\x00\\x07\\x00\\x07\\x09";
+
+        assertEquals(result, CompactEncoder.nibblesToPrettyString(test));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNiceNiblesOutput_2(){
+        byte[] test = {7, 0, 7, 0xf, 7, 0, 0xa, 0, 7, 9};
+        String result = "\\x07\\x00\\x07\\x0f\\x07\\x00\\x0a\\x00\\x07\\x09";
+
+        assertEquals(result, CompactEncoder.nibblesToPrettyString(test));
+    }
+
 }