diff --git a/ethutil/trie_test.go b/ethutil/trie_test.go
index b87d35e1ab..94414b82e5 100644
--- a/ethutil/trie_test.go
+++ b/ethutil/trie_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
+const LONG_WORD = "1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxxzABCEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+
 type MemDatabase struct {
 	db map[string][]byte
 }
@@ -24,11 +26,15 @@ func (db *MemDatabase) Print()              {}
 func (db *MemDatabase) Close()              {}
 func (db *MemDatabase) LastKnownTD() []byte { return nil }
 
-func TestTrieSync(t *testing.T) {
+func New() (*MemDatabase, *Trie) {
 	db, _ := NewMemDatabase()
-	trie := NewTrie(db, "")
+	return db, NewTrie(db, "")
+}
 
-	trie.Update("dog", "kindofalongsentencewhichshouldbeencodedinitsentirety")
+func TestTrieSync(t *testing.T) {
+	db, trie := New()
+
+	trie.Update("dog", LONG_WORD)
 	if len(db.db) != 0 {
 		t.Error("Expected no data in database")
 	}
@@ -38,3 +44,55 @@ func TestTrieSync(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Expected data to be persisted")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTrieReset(t *testing.T) {
+	_, trie := New()
+
+	trie.Update("cat", LONG_WORD)
+	if len(trie.cache.nodes) == 0 {
+		t.Error("Expected cached nodes")
+	}
+
+	trie.cache.Undo()
+
+	if len(trie.cache.nodes) != 0 {
+		t.Error("Expected no nodes after undo")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTrieGet(t *testing.T) {
+	_, trie := New()
+
+	trie.Update("cat", LONG_WORD)
+	x := trie.Get("cat")
+	if x != LONG_WORD {
+		t.Error("expected %s, got %s", LONG_WORD, x)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTrieUpdating(t *testing.T) {
+	_, trie := New()
+	trie.Update("cat", LONG_WORD)
+	trie.Update("cat", LONG_WORD+"1")
+	x := trie.Get("cat")
+	if x != LONG_WORD+"1" {
+		t.Error("expected %S, got %s", LONG_WORD+"1", x)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTrieCmp(t *testing.T) {
+	_, trie1 := New()
+	_, trie2 := New()
+
+	trie1.Update("doge", LONG_WORD)
+	trie2.Update("doge", LONG_WORD)
+	if !trie1.Cmp(trie2) {
+		t.Error("Expected tries to be equal")
+	}
+
+	trie1.Update("dog", LONG_WORD)
+	trie2.Update("cat", LONG_WORD)
+	if trie1.Cmp(trie2) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected tries not to be equal %x %x", trie1.Root, trie2.Root)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/ethutil/value.go b/ethutil/value.go
index 2a990783e0..f91c339831 100644
--- a/ethutil/value.go
+++ b/ethutil/value.go
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ func (val *Value) Uint() uint64 {
 		return uint64(Val)
 	} else if Val, ok := val.Val.(uint64); ok {
 		return Val
+	} else if Val, ok := val.Val.(int); ok {
+		return uint64(Val)
+	} else if Val, ok := val.Val.(uint); ok {
+		return uint64(Val)
 	} else if Val, ok := val.Val.([]byte); ok {
 		return ReadVarint(bytes.NewReader(Val))
 	}
diff --git a/ethutil/value_test.go b/ethutil/value_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d41eb1c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ethutil/value_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package ethutil
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestValueCmp(t *testing.T) {
+	val1 := NewValue("hello")
+	val2 := NewValue("world")
+	if val1.Cmp(val2) {
+		t.Error("Expected values not to be equal")
+	}
+
+	val3 := NewValue("hello")
+	val4 := NewValue("hello")
+	if !val3.Cmp(val4) {
+		t.Error("Expected values to be equal")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValueTypes(t *testing.T) {
+	str := NewValue("str")
+	num := NewValue(1)
+	inter := NewValue([]interface{}{1})
+
+	if str.Str() != "str" {
+		t.Errorf("expected Str to return 'str', got %s", str.Str())
+	}
+
+	if num.Uint() != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("expected Uint to return '1', got %d", num.Uint())
+	}
+
+	exp := []interface{}{1}
+	if !NewValue(inter.Interface()).Cmp(NewValue(exp)) {
+		t.Errorf("expected Interface to return '%v', got %v", exp, num.Interface())
+	}
+}