diff --git a/ptrie/cache.go b/ptrie/cache.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8efdb047b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ptrie/cache.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package ptrie
+
+type Backend interface {
+	Get([]byte) []byte
+	Set([]byte, []byte)
+}
+
+type Cache struct {
+	store   map[string][]byte
+	backend Backend
+}
+
+func NewCache(backend Backend) *Cache {
+	return &Cache{make(map[string][]byte), backend}
+}
+
+func (self *Cache) Get(key []byte) []byte {
+	data := self.store[string(key)]
+	if data == nil {
+		data = self.backend.Get(key)
+	}
+
+	return data
+}
+
+func (self *Cache) Set(key []byte, data []byte) {
+	self.store[string(key)] = data
+}
+
+func (self *Cache) Flush() {
+	for k, v := range self.store {
+		self.backend.Set([]byte(k), v)
+	}
+
+	// This will eventually grow too large. We'd could
+	// do a make limit on storage and push out not-so-popular nodes.
+	//self.Reset()
+}
+
+func (self *Cache) Reset() {
+	self.store = make(map[string][]byte)
+}
diff --git a/ptrie/trie.go b/ptrie/trie.go
index 687126aef..0ef498b10 100644
--- a/ptrie/trie.go
+++ b/ptrie/trie.go
@@ -10,47 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 )
 
-type Backend interface {
-	Get([]byte) []byte
-	Set([]byte, []byte)
-}
-
-type Cache struct {
-	store   map[string][]byte
-	backend Backend
-}
-
-func NewCache(backend Backend) *Cache {
-	return &Cache{make(map[string][]byte), backend}
-}
-
-func (self *Cache) Get(key []byte) []byte {
-	data := self.store[string(key)]
-	if data == nil {
-		data = self.backend.Get(key)
-	}
-
-	return data
-}
-
-func (self *Cache) Set(key []byte, data []byte) {
-	self.store[string(key)] = data
-}
-
-func (self *Cache) Flush() {
-	for k, v := range self.store {
-		self.backend.Set([]byte(k), v)
-	}
-
-	// This will eventually grow too large. We'd could
-	// do a make limit on storage and push out not-so-popular nodes.
-	//self.Reset()
-}
-
-func (self *Cache) Reset() {
-	self.store = make(map[string][]byte)
-}
-
 type Trie struct {
 	mu       sync.Mutex
 	root     Node
@@ -83,14 +42,17 @@ func (self *Trie) Root() []byte { return self.Hash() }
 func (self *Trie) Hash() []byte {
 	var hash []byte
 	if self.root != nil {
-		t := self.root.Hash()
-		if byts, ok := t.([]byte); ok {
-			hash = byts
-		} else {
-			hash = crypto.Sha3(ethutil.Encode(self.root.RlpData()))
-		}
+		hash = self.root.Hash().([]byte)
+		/*
+			t := self.root.Hash()
+			if byts, ok := t.([]byte); ok {
+				hash = byts
+			} else {
+				hash = crypto.Sha3(ethutil.Encode(self.root.RlpData()))
+			}
+		*/
 	} else {
-		hash = crypto.Sha3(ethutil.Encode(self.root))
+		hash = crypto.Sha3(ethutil.Encode(""))
 	}
 
 	if !bytes.Equal(hash, self.roothash) {
@@ -107,6 +69,7 @@ func (self *Trie) Commit() {
 	self.cache.Flush()
 }
 
+// Reset should only be called if the trie has been hashed
 func (self *Trie) Reset() {
 	self.cache.Reset()
 
diff --git a/ptrie/trie_test.go b/ptrie/trie_test.go
index 478f59c60..aed16a2ff 100644
--- a/ptrie/trie_test.go
+++ b/ptrie/trie_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethutil"
 )
 
@@ -18,6 +19,15 @@ func NewEmpty() *Trie {
 	return New(nil, make(Db))
 }
 
+func TestEmptyTrie(t *testing.T) {
+	trie := NewEmpty()
+	res := trie.Hash()
+	exp := crypto.Sha3(ethutil.Encode(""))
+	if !bytes.Equal(res, exp) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", exp, res)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestInsert(t *testing.T) {
 	trie := NewEmpty()
 
@@ -62,6 +72,34 @@ func TestGet(t *testing.T) {
 func TestDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	trie := NewEmpty()
 
+	vals := []struct{ k, v string }{
+		{"do", "verb"},
+		{"ether", "wookiedoo"},
+		{"horse", "stallion"},
+		{"shaman", "horse"},
+		{"doge", "coin"},
+		{"ether", ""},
+		{"dog", "puppy"},
+		{"shaman", ""},
+	}
+	for _, val := range vals {
+		if val.v != "" {
+			trie.UpdateString(val.k, val.v)
+		} else {
+			trie.DeleteString(val.k)
+		}
+	}
+
+	hash := trie.Hash()
+	exp := ethutil.Hex2Bytes("5991bb8c6514148a29db676a14ac506cd2cd5775ace63c30a4fe457715e9ac84")
+	if !bytes.Equal(hash, exp) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", exp, hash)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEmptyValues(t *testing.T) {
+	trie := NewEmpty()
+
 	vals := []struct{ k, v string }{
 		{"do", "verb"},
 		{"ether", "wookiedoo"},
@@ -142,7 +180,7 @@ func TestReset(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Not actual test
+// Not an actual test
 func TestOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Skip()