diff --git a/cmd/basecli/commands/adapters.go b/cmd/basecli/commands/adapters.go
index 516cb2f0d..7df8ca338 100644
--- a/cmd/basecli/commands/adapters.go
+++ b/cmd/basecli/commands/adapters.go
@@ -17,22 +17,6 @@ import (
 	btypes "github.com/tendermint/basecoin/types"
 )
 
-type AccountPresenter struct{}
-
-func (_ AccountPresenter) MakeKey(str string) ([]byte, error) {
-	res, err := hex.DecodeString(str)
-	if err == nil {
-		res = btypes.AccountKey(res)
-	}
-	return res, err
-}
-
-func (_ AccountPresenter) ParseData(raw []byte) (interface{}, error) {
-	var acc *btypes.Account
-	err := wire.ReadBinaryBytes(raw, &acc)
-	return acc, err
-}
-
 type BaseTxPresenter struct {
 	proofs.RawPresenter // this handles MakeKey as hex bytes
 }
@@ -65,7 +49,7 @@ func (m SendTxMaker) Flags() (*flag.FlagSet, interface{}) {
 
 	fs.String("to", "", "Destination address for the bits")
 	fs.String("amount", "", "Coins to send in the format <amt><coin>,<amt><coin>...")
-	fs.String("fee", "", "Coins for the transaction fee of the format <amt><coin>")
+	fs.String("fee", "0mycoin", "Coins for the transaction fee of the format <amt><coin>")
 	fs.Int64("gas", 0, "Amount of gas for this transaction")
 	fs.Int("sequence", -1, "Sequence number for this transaction")
 	return fs, &SendFlags{}
diff --git a/cmd/basecli/commands/query.go b/cmd/basecli/commands/query.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1162d2b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/basecli/commands/query.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	wire "github.com/tendermint/go-wire"
+	"github.com/tendermint/light-client/commands"
+	proofcmd "github.com/tendermint/light-client/commands/proofs"
+	"github.com/tendermint/light-client/proofs"
+
+	bccmd "github.com/tendermint/basecoin/cmd/commands"
+	btypes "github.com/tendermint/basecoin/types"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	//first modify the full node account query command for the light client
+	bccmd.AccountCmd.RunE = accountCmd
+	proofcmd.RootCmd.AddCommand(bccmd.AccountCmd)
+}
+
+func accountCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if len(args) != 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("account command requires an argument ([address])") //never stack trace
+	}
+
+	addrHex := StripHex(args[0])
+
+	// convert destination address to bytes
+	addr, err := hex.DecodeString(addrHex)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Errorf("Account address (%v) is invalid hex: %v\n", addrHex, err)
+	}
+
+	// get the proof -> this will be used by all prover commands
+	height := proofcmd.GetHeight()
+	node := commands.GetNode()
+	prover := proofs.NewAppProver(node)
+	key := btypes.AccountKey(addr)
+	proof, err := proofcmd.GetProof(node, prover, key, height)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var acc *btypes.Account
+	err = wire.ReadBinaryBytes(proof.Data(), &acc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return proofcmd.OutputProof(&acc, proof.BlockHeight())
+}
diff --git a/cmd/basecli/counter/query.go b/cmd/basecli/counter/query.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46973791d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/basecli/counter/query.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package counter
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	wire "github.com/tendermint/go-wire"
+	"github.com/tendermint/light-client/commands"
+	proofcmd "github.com/tendermint/light-client/commands/proofs"
+	"github.com/tendermint/light-client/proofs"
+
+	"github.com/tendermint/basecoin/plugins/counter"
+)
+
+var CounterTxCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "counter",
+	Short: "query counter state",
+	RunE:  counterTxCmd,
+}
+
+func init() {
+	//first modify the full node account query command for the light client
+	proofcmd.RootCmd.AddCommand(CounterTxCmd)
+}
+
+func counterTxCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+
+	// get the proof -> this will be used by all prover commands
+	height := proofcmd.GetHeight()
+	node := commands.GetNode()
+	prover := proofs.NewAppProver(node)
+	key := counter.New().StateKey()
+	proof, err := proofcmd.GetProof(node, prover, key, height)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var cp counter.CounterPluginState
+	err = wire.ReadBinaryBytes(proof.Data(), &cp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return proofcmd.OutputProof(cp, proof.BlockHeight())
+}
diff --git a/cmd/basecli/main.go b/cmd/basecli/main.go
index 01dc64683..7af9ce4de 100644
--- a/cmd/basecli/main.go
+++ b/cmd/basecli/main.go
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ func main() {
 	commands.AddBasicFlags(BaseCli)
 
 	//initialize proofs and txs
-	proofs.StatePresenters.Register("account", bcmd.AccountPresenter{})
+	//proofs.StatePresenters.Register("account", bcmd.AccountPresenter{})
 	proofs.TxPresenters.Register("base", bcmd.BaseTxPresenter{})
-	proofs.StatePresenters.Register("counter", bcount.CounterPresenter{})
+	//proofs.StatePresenters.Register("counter", bcount.CounterPresenter{})
 
 	txs.Register("send", bcmd.SendTxMaker{})
 	txs.Register("counter", bcount.CounterTxMaker{})
diff --git a/cmd/counter/cmd.go b/cmd/counter/cmd.go
index e83430498..a8c543e13 100644
--- a/cmd/counter/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/counter/cmd.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	wire "github.com/tendermint/go-wire"
 
 	"github.com/tendermint/basecoin/cmd/commands"
@@ -19,16 +20,15 @@ var CounterTxCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	RunE:  counterTxCmd,
 }
 
-//flags
-var (
-	validFlag    bool
-	countFeeFlag string
+const (
+	flagValid    = "valid"
+	flagCountFee = "countfee"
 )
 
 func init() {
 
-	CounterTxCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&validFlag, "valid", false, "Set valid field in CounterTx")
-	CounterTxCmd.Flags().StringVar(&countFeeFlag, "countfee", "", "Coins for the counter fee of the format <amt><coin>")
+	CounterTxCmd.Flags().Bool(flagValid, false, "Set valid field in CounterTx")
+	CounterTxCmd.Flags().String(flagCountFee, "", "Coins for the counter fee of the format <amt><coin>")
 
 	commands.RegisterTxSubcommand(CounterTxCmd)
 	commands.RegisterStartPlugin("counter", func() types.Plugin { return counter.New() })
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ func init() {
 
 func counterTxCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
-	countFee, err := types.ParseCoins(countFeeFlag)
+	countFee, err := types.ParseCoins(viper.GetString(flagCountFee))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	counterTx := counter.CounterTx{
-		Valid: validFlag,
+		Valid: viper.GetBool(flagValid),
 		Fee:   countFee,
 	}
 
diff --git a/glide.lock b/glide.lock
index 8379e9e6d..e034a7afc 100644
--- a/glide.lock
+++ b/glide.lock
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ imports:
   - data
   - data/base58
 - name: github.com/tendermint/light-client
-  version: 424905d3813586ce7e64e18690676250a0595ad4
+  version: d993d8a9ba6cb51f05faf6e527016288e38c2853
   subpackages:
   - certifiers
   - certifiers/client