diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/core/AccountState.java b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/core/AccountState.java
index 5a45814a..a412ad86 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/core/AccountState.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/core/AccountState.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.ethereum.core;
 import org.ethereum.crypto.ECKey;
 import org.ethereum.crypto.HashUtil;
 import org.ethereum.util.RLP;
+import org.ethereum.util.RLPList;
 import org.ethereum.util.Utils;
 
 import java.math.BigInteger;
@@ -45,7 +46,17 @@ public class AccountState {
     }
 
     public AccountState(ECKey ecKey) {
-    	this(ecKey, BigInteger.ZERO, BigInteger.ZERO);
+        this(ecKey, BigInteger.ZERO, BigInteger.ZERO);
+    }
+
+    public AccountState(byte[] rlpData){
+        this.rlpEncoded = rlpData;
+
+        RLPList items = (RLPList)RLP.decode2(rlpEncoded).get(0);
+        this.nonce   = new BigInteger(1, ((items.get(0).getRLPData()) == null ? new byte[]{} : items.get(0).getRLPData()));
+        this.balance = new BigInteger(1, items.get(1).getRLPData());
+        this.stateRoot =  items.get(2).getRLPData();
+        this.codeHash =  items.get(3).getRLPData();
     }
 
     public AccountState(ECKey ecKey, BigInteger nonce, BigInteger balance) {
@@ -71,6 +82,8 @@ public class AccountState {
         this.nonce = nonce.add(BigInteger.ONE);
     }
 
+    public void setCodeHash(byte[] codeHash){ this.codeHash = codeHash; }
+
     public BigInteger getBalance() {
         return balance;
     }
diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/crypto/HashUtil.java b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/crypto/HashUtil.java
index 0a5c30ed..ee363ba3 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/crypto/HashUtil.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/crypto/HashUtil.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class HashUtil {
     public static byte[] sha256(byte[] input) {
     	return sha256digest.digest(input);
     }
-    
+
 	public static byte[] sha3(byte[] input) {
 		return SHA3Helper.sha3(input);
 	}
diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/trie/Trie.java b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/trie/Trie.java
index cce04fd6..f19d1aa5 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/trie/Trie.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/trie/Trie.java
@@ -109,6 +109,19 @@ public class Trie {
 		return c.asBytes();
 	}
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieve a value from a node
+     *
+     * @param key
+     * @return value
+     */
+    public byte[] get(byte[] key) {
+        byte[] k = binToNibbles(key);
+        Value c = new Value( this.get(this.root, k) );
+        return c.asBytes();
+    }
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Delete a key/value pair from the trie
 	 *