diff --git a/ethchain/vm.go b/ethchain/vm.go
index 3a999f0a4..66005e814 100644
--- a/ethchain/vm.go
+++ b/ethchain/vm.go
@@ -597,7 +597,9 @@ func (vm *Vm) RunClosure(closure *Closure, hook DebugHook) (ret []byte, err erro
 			// Generate a new address
 			addr := ethutil.CreateAddress(closure.caller.Address(), closure.caller.N())
 			// Create a new contract
-			contract := NewContract(addr, value, []byte(""))
+			contract := vm.state.NewStateObject(addr)
+			contract.Amount = value
+
 			// Set the init script
 			contract.initScript = mem.Get(offset.Int64(), size.Int64())
 			// Transfer all remaining gas to the new
diff --git a/ethpub/pub.go b/ethpub/pub.go
index a49ee2f12..647e689ce 100644
--- a/ethpub/pub.go
+++ b/ethpub/pub.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package ethpub
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethchain"
 	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethlog"
@@ -84,6 +86,36 @@ func (lib *PEthereum) GetCoinBase() string {
 	return lib.SecretToAddress(hex.EncodeToString(key))
 }
 
+func (lib *PEthereum) GetTransactionsFor(address string, asJson bool) interface{} {
+	sBlk := lib.manager.BlockChain().LastBlockHash
+	blk := lib.manager.BlockChain().GetBlock(sBlk)
+	addr := []byte(ethutil.FromHex(address))
+
+	var txs []*PTx
+
+	for ; blk != nil; blk = lib.manager.BlockChain().GetBlock(sBlk) {
+		sBlk = blk.PrevHash
+
+		// Loop through all transactions to see if we missed any while being offline
+		for _, tx := range blk.Transactions() {
+			if bytes.Compare(tx.Sender(), addr) == 0 || bytes.Compare(tx.Recipient, addr) == 0 {
+				ptx := NewPTx(tx)
+				//TODO: somehow move this to NewPTx
+				ptx.Confirmations = int(lib.manager.BlockChain().LastBlockNumber - blk.BlockInfo().Number)
+				txs = append(txs, ptx)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if asJson {
+		txJson, err := json.Marshal(txs)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return string(txJson)
+	}
+	return txs
+}
+
 func (lib *PEthereum) GetStorage(address, storageAddress string) string {
 	return lib.GetStateObject(address).GetStorage(storageAddress)
 }
@@ -126,7 +158,6 @@ func GetAddressFromNameReg(stateManager *ethchain.StateManager, name string) []b
 
 	return nil
 }
-
 func (lib *PEthereum) createTx(key, recipient, valueStr, gasStr, gasPriceStr, scriptStr string) (*PReceipt, error) {
 	var hash []byte
 	var contractCreation bool
@@ -145,7 +176,7 @@ func (lib *PEthereum) createTx(key, recipient, valueStr, gasStr, gasPriceStr, sc
 	var keyPair *ethutil.KeyPair
 	var err error
 	if key[0:2] == "0x" {
-		keyPair, err = ethutil.NewKeyPairFromSec([]byte(ethutil.FromHex(key[0:2])))
+		keyPair, err = ethutil.NewKeyPairFromSec([]byte(ethutil.FromHex(key[2:])))
 	} else {
 		keyPair, err = ethutil.NewKeyPairFromSec([]byte(ethutil.FromHex(key)))
 	}
diff --git a/ethpub/types.go b/ethpub/types.go
index 352598148..0ced68ad1 100644
--- a/ethpub/types.go
+++ b/ethpub/types.go
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ type PTx struct {
 	Data            string `json:"data"`
 	Contract        bool   `json:"isContract"`
 	CreatesContract bool   `json:"createsContract"`
+	Confirmations   int    `json:"confirmations"`
 }
 
 func NewPTx(tx *ethchain.Transaction) *PTx {
diff --git a/ethrpc/packages.go b/ethrpc/packages.go
index 1c4fb99f6..3f57f6982 100644
--- a/ethrpc/packages.go
+++ b/ethrpc/packages.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethpub"
 	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethutil"
 	"math/big"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 type EthereumApi struct {
@@ -174,9 +175,16 @@ func (p *EthereumApi) GetStorageAt(args *GetStorageArgs, reply *string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	state := p.ethp.GetStateObject(args.Address)
-	// Convert the incoming string (which is a bigint) into hex
-	i, _ := new(big.Int).SetString(args.Key, 10)
-	hx := ethutil.Hex(i.Bytes())
+
+	var hx string
+	if strings.Index(args.Key, "0x") == 0 {
+		hx = string([]byte(args.Key)[2:])
+	} else {
+		// Convert the incoming string (which is a bigint) into hex
+		i, _ := new(big.Int).SetString(args.Key, 10)
+		hx = ethutil.Hex(i.Bytes())
+	}
+	ethutil.Config.Log.Debugf("[JSON] GetStorageAt(%s, %s)\n", args.Address, hx)
 	value := state.GetStorage(hx)
 	*reply = NewSuccessRes(GetStorageAtRes{Address: args.Address, Key: args.Key, Value: value})
 	return nil