diff --git a/nimbus/p2p/executor.nim b/nimbus/p2p/executor.nim
index ec1ea4171..5eab39212 100644
--- a/nimbus/p2p/executor.nim
+++ b/nimbus/p2p/executor.nim
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ proc makeReceipt(vmState: BaseVMState, fork = FkFrontier): Receipt =
   if fork < FkByzantium:
     result.stateRootOrStatus = hashOrStatus(vmState.accountDb.rootHash)
   else:
-    # TODO: post byzantium fork use status instead of rootHash
-    let vmStatus = true # success or failure
-    result.stateRootOrStatus = hashOrStatus(vmStatus)
+    result.stateRootOrStatus = hashOrStatus(vmState.status)
 
   result.cumulativeGasUsed = vmState.cumulativeGasUsed
   result.logs = vmState.getAndClearLogEntries()
diff --git a/nimbus/vm_state_transactions.nim b/nimbus/vm_state_transactions.nim
index ca88455b9..14a906779 100644
--- a/nimbus/vm_state_transactions.nim
+++ b/nimbus/vm_state_transactions.nim
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ proc execComputation*(computation: var BaseComputation): bool =
 
   if computation.getFork >= FkSpurious:
     computation.collectTouchedAccounts(computation.vmState.touchedAccounts)
-
+  
   result = computation.isSuccess
+  computation.vmstate.status = result
   if result:
     computation.vmState.addLogs(computation.logEntries)
 
diff --git a/nimbus/vm_types.nim b/nimbus/vm_types.nim
index 10899b100..f3be67e5d 100644
--- a/nimbus/vm_types.nim
+++ b/nimbus/vm_types.nim
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type
     accountDb*     : AccountStateDB
     cumulativeGasUsed*: GasInt
     touchedAccounts*: HashSet[EthAddress]
+    status*        : bool
 
   AccessLogs* = ref object
     reads*: Table[string, string]