diff --git a/nimbus/db/ledger/verkle_accounts_cache.nim b/nimbus/db/ledger/verkle_accounts_cache.nim
index cc397bb36..280f387ed 100644
--- a/nimbus/db/ledger/verkle_accounts_cache.nim
+++ b/nimbus/db/ledger/verkle_accounts_cache.nim
@@ -283,12 +283,10 @@ proc persistMode(acc: RefAccount): PersistMode =
     if IsNew notin acc.flags:
       result = Remove
 
-proc persistCode(acc: RefAccount, address: EthAddress, db: VerkleTrie) =
+proc persistCode(acc: RefAccount, address: EthAddress, trie: VerkleTrie) =
   if acc.code.len != 0:
-    when defined(geth):
-      VerkleTrieRef(db).updateContractCode(address, acc.account.codeHash, acc.code)
-    else:
-      VerkleTrieRef(db).updateContractCode(address, acc.account.codeHash, acc.code)
+      VerkleTrieRef(trie).updateContractCode(address, acc.account.codeHash, acc.code)
+      VerkleTrieRef(trie).db.put(acc.account.codeHash.data, acc.code)
 
 proc persistStorage(acc: RefAccount, address: EthAddress, db: VerkleTrie, clearCache: bool) =
   if acc.overlayStorage.len == 0:
@@ -330,10 +328,24 @@ proc getNonce*(ac: AccountsCache, address: EthAddress): AccountNonce {.inline.}
   if acc.isNil: emptyAcc.nonce
   else: acc.account.nonce
 
+proc getCode*(ac: AccountsCache, address: EthAddress): seq[byte] =
+  let acc = ac.getAccount(address, false)
+  if acc.isNil:
+    return
+
+  if CodeLoaded in acc.flags or CodeChanged in acc.flags:
+    result = acc.code
+  else:
+    let data = VerkleTrieRef(ac.trie).db.get(acc.account.codeHash.data)
+
+    acc.code = data
+    acc.flags.incl CodeLoaded
+    result = acc.code
+
 proc getCodeSize*(ac: AccountsCache, address: EthAddress): int {.inline.} =
   let acc = ac.getAccount(address, false)
   if acc.isNil: 0
-  else: acc.code.len
+  else: int(VerkleTrieRef(ac.trie).getCodeSize(address))
 
 proc getCodeHash*(ac: AccountsCache, address: EthAddress): Hash256 {.inline.} =
   let acc = ac.getAccount(address, false)
diff --git a/nimbus/db/verkle/verkle_accounts.nim b/nimbus/db/verkle/verkle_accounts.nim
index 27b81e749..ce6f17860 100644
--- a/nimbus/db/verkle/verkle_accounts.nim
+++ b/nimbus/db/verkle/verkle_accounts.nim
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ var MainStorageOffsetLshVerkleNodeWidth*: UInt256 = one shl twofourty
 #
 # ################################################################
 
+# Returns the kv-store ref
+proc db*(trie: VerkleTrieRef): CoreDbKvtRef =
+  return trie.db
+
 # Check if the account loaded is empty or not
 proc isEmptyVerkleAccount*(acc: Account): bool =
   var zero: array[32, byte]
@@ -243,7 +247,10 @@ proc getTreeKeyStorageSlotWithEvaluatedAddress*(addressPoint: Point, storageKey:
   return getTreeKeyWithEvaluatedAddress(addressPoint, treeIndex, subIndex)
 
 proc newVerkleTrie*(): VerkleTrieRef =
-  result = VerkleTrieRef(root: newTree())
+  result = VerkleTrieRef(
+    root: newTree(),
+    db: LegacyDbMemory.newCoreDbRef().newKvt().CoreDbKvtRef
+  )
 
 # ################################################################
 #