diff --git a/nimbus/p2p/chain.nim b/nimbus/p2p/chain.nim
index df054ec1d..3088ee798 100644
--- a/nimbus/p2p/chain.nim
+++ b/nimbus/p2p/chain.nim
@@ -63,3 +63,7 @@ method persistBlocks*(c: Chain, headers: openarray[BlockHeader], bodies: openarr
     c.db.persistReceipts(vmState.receipts)
 
   transaction.commit()
+
+method getTrieDB*(c: Chain): TrieDatabaseRef {.gcsafe.} =
+  c.db.db
+
diff --git a/vendor/nim-eth b/vendor/nim-eth
index 4ac881270..1481c824f 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-eth
+++ b/vendor/nim-eth
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4ac88127071b0af60c1204d7163b985d4dfe246e
+Subproject commit 1481c824fac903794f4189daabd6c2af217a781b