diff --git a/libs/remix-debug/src/trace/traceManager.ts b/libs/remix-debug/src/trace/traceManager.ts
index d521f580f7..82f0716b66 100644
--- a/libs/remix-debug/src/trace/traceManager.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-debug/src/trace/traceManager.ts
@@ -190,12 +190,15 @@ export class TraceManager {
     return this.traceCache.contractCreation[token]
   }
 
-  getMemoryAt (stepIndex) {
+  getMemoryAt (stepIndex, format = true) {
     this.checkRequestedStep(stepIndex)
     const lastChanges = util.findLowerBoundValue(stepIndex, this.traceCache.memoryChanges)
     if (lastChanges === null) {
       throw new Error('no memory found')
     }
+    if (!format) {
+      return this.trace[lastChanges].memory
+    }
     if (this.traceCache.formattedMemory[lastChanges]) {
       return this.traceCache.formattedMemory[lastChanges]
     }
diff --git a/libs/remix-debug/test/traceManager.ts b/libs/remix-debug/test/traceManager.ts
index 3269bceb4a..8128e21ac8 100644
--- a/libs/remix-debug/test/traceManager.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-debug/test/traceManager.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ tape('TraceManager', function (t) {
   t.test('TraceManager.getMemoryAt', function (st) {
     st.plan(3)
     try {
-      const result = traceManager.getMemoryAt(0)
+      const result = traceManager.getMemoryAt(0, false)
       console.log(result)
       st.ok(result.length === 0)
     } catch (error) {
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ tape('TraceManager', function (t) {
     }
 
     try {
-      const result = traceManager.getMemoryAt(34)
+      const result = traceManager.getMemoryAt(34, false)
       console.log(result)
       st.ok(result.length === 3)
       st.ok(result[2] === '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000060')