diff --git a/src/trace/traceRetriever.js b/src/trace/traceRetriever.js
index 2dba22cc5b..9e74975580 100644
--- a/src/trace/traceRetriever.js
+++ b/src/trace/traceRetriever.js
@@ -21,9 +21,16 @@ TraceRetriever.prototype.getStorage = function (tx, address, callback) {
   if (traceHelper.isContractCreation(address)) {
     callback(null, {})
   } else {
-    util.web3.debug.storageAt(null, tx.hash, address, function (error, result) {
-      callback(error, result)
-    })
+    if (util.web3.debug.storageRangeAt) {
+      var maxLength = 100000
+      // The VM gives only a tx hash
+      // TODO: get rid of that and use the range parameters
+      util.web3.debug.storageRangeAt(tx.blockHash, tx.transactionIndex === undefined ? tx.hash : tx.transactionIndex, address, '0x0', '0x' + (maxLength - 1).toString(16), maxLength, function (error, result) {
+        callback(error, result.storage)
+      })
+    } else {
+      callback('no storageRangeAt endpoint found')
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util/web3Admin.js b/src/util/web3Admin.js
index e0d98da6f4..e324e5e631 100644
--- a/src/util/web3Admin.js
+++ b/src/util/web3Admin.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 'use strict'
 module.exports = {
   extend: function (web3) {
+    if (!web3._extend) {
+      return
+    }
     // DEBUG
     var methods = []
     if (!(web3.debug && web3.debug.traceTransaction)) {
@@ -12,12 +15,12 @@ module.exports = {
       }))
     }
 
-    if (!(web3.debug && web3.debug.storageAt)) {
+    if (!(web3.debug && web3.debug.storageRangeAt)) {
       methods.push(new web3._extend.Method({
-        name: 'storageAt',
-        call: 'debug_storageAt',
-        inputFormatter: [null, null, null],
-        params: 3
+        name: 'storageRangeAt',
+        call: 'debug_storageRangeAt',
+        inputFormatter: [null, null, null, null, null, null],
+        params: 6
       }))
     }
     if (methods.length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/web3Provider/dummyProvider.js b/src/web3Provider/dummyProvider.js
index 57738c6438..5a898b0600 100644
--- a/src/web3Provider/dummyProvider.js
+++ b/src/web3Provider/dummyProvider.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function dummyProvider () {
   this.eth.getTransactionFromBlock = function (blockNumber, txIndex, cb) { return self.getTransactionFromBlock(blockNumber, txIndex, cb) }
   this.eth.getBlockNumber = function (cb) { return self.getBlockNumber(cb) }
   this.debug.traceTransaction = function (hash, options, cb) { return self.traceTransaction(hash, options, cb) }
-  this.debug.storageAt = function (blockNumber, txIndex, address, cb) { return self.storageAt(blockNumber, txIndex, address, cb) }
+  this.debug.storageRangeAt = function (blockNumber, txIndex, address, start, end, maxLength, cb) { return self.storageRangeAt(blockNumber, txIndex, address, start, end, maxLength, cb) }
   this.providers = { 'HttpProvider': function (url) {} }
   this.currentProvider = {'host': ''}
 }
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dummyProvider.prototype.traceTransaction = function (txHash, options, cb) {
   return {}
 }
 
-dummyProvider.prototype.storageAt = function (blockNumber, txIndex, address, cb) { cb(null, {}) }
+dummyProvider.prototype.storageRangeAt = function (blockNumber, txIndex, address, start, end, maxLength, cb) { cb(null, {}) }
 
 dummyProvider.prototype.getBlockNumber = function (cb) { cb(null, '') }
 
diff --git a/src/web3Provider/web3VmProvider.js b/src/web3Provider/web3VmProvider.js
index e640a03842..c84d6e2fe3 100644
--- a/src/web3Provider/web3VmProvider.js
+++ b/src/web3Provider/web3VmProvider.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function web3VmProvider () {
   this.eth.getTransactionFromBlock = function (blockNumber, txIndex, cb) { return self.getTransactionFromBlock(blockNumber, txIndex, cb) }
   this.eth.getBlockNumber = function (cb) { return self.getBlockNumber(cb) }
   this.debug.traceTransaction = function (hash, options, cb) { return self.traceTransaction(hash, options, cb) }
-  this.debug.storageAt = function (blockNumber, txIndex, address, cb) { return self.storageAt(blockNumber, txIndex, address, cb) }
+  this.debug.storageRangeAt = function (blockNumber, txIndex, address, start, end, maxLength, cb) { return self.storageRangeAt(blockNumber, txIndex, address, start, end, maxLength, cb) }
   this.providers = { 'HttpProvider': function (url) {} }
   this.currentProvider = {'host': 'vm provider'}
   this.storageCache = {}
@@ -127,10 +127,14 @@ web3VmProvider.prototype.traceTransaction = function (txHash, options, cb) {
   }
 }
 
-web3VmProvider.prototype.storageAt = function (blockNumber, txIndex, address, cb) { // txIndex is the hash in the case of the VM
+web3VmProvider.prototype.storageRangeAt = function (blockNumber, txIndex, address, start, end, maxLength, cb) { // txIndex is the hash in the case of the VM
+  // we don't use the range params here
   if (this.storageCache[txIndex] && this.storageCache[txIndex][address]) {
     var storage = this.storageCache[txIndex][address]
-    return cb(null, JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(storage))) // copy creation...
+    return cb(null, {
+      storage: JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(storage)), // copy
+      complete: true
+    })
   } else {
     cb('unable to retrieve storage ' + txIndex + ' ' + address)
   }