diff --git a/client/ws_client.go b/client/ws_client.go
index 2f562927f6a99bb19852570f46b185f0e3da6c7b..f2542c1a477eacb27d12f4e8f0f563c8e530b891 100644
--- a/client/ws_client.go
+++ b/client/ws_client.go
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 )
 
 // A websocket client subscribes and unsubscribes to events
diff --git a/consensus/consensus.go b/consensus/consensus.go
index 369210beeb285994dd42fffdd32305e055316713..fb0fdab34cdcdf0677cfe3b05d1c138e93549a5a 100644
--- a/consensus/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/consensus.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func LoadConsensusEngineInPipe(moduleConfig *config.ModuleConfig,
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to load Tendermint node: %v", err)
 		}
+
 		if err := pipe.SetConsensusEngine(tendermintNode); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to hand Tendermint node to pipe: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/definitions/do.go b/definitions/do.go
index 0ad4e10880c0f21c72338f1a5ca466a966231e30..273dc34800250c750b842fd4e23576c3ef124912 100644
--- a/definitions/do.go
+++ b/definitions/do.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ type Do struct {
 	// Zip          bool
 	// Tarball      bool
 	DisableRpc bool
-	Config *viper.Viper
+	Config     *viper.Viper
 	// Accounts     []*Account
 	// Result       string
 }
diff --git a/files/files_test.go b/files/files_test.go
index 2d9cdc23ed1646f3acb242904015df3ba1418945..16943df7f53d6f5e899e89b26c224d68aa71705c 100644
--- a/files/files_test.go
+++ b/files/files_test.go
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ package files
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 var tempFolder = os.TempDir()
diff --git a/manager/eris-mint/eris-mint.go b/manager/eris-mint/eris-mint.go
index fb86908318454066ad3ba61f10d7e2cd2b49ed50..e5ba93082c4e2da52ff7c3875b5de1e65bd7418a 100644
--- a/manager/eris-mint/eris-mint.go
+++ b/manager/eris-mint/eris-mint.go
@@ -161,8 +161,6 @@ func (app *ErisMint) CheckTx(txBytes []byte) (res tmsp.Result) {
 		return tmsp.NewError(tmsp.CodeType_EncodingError, fmt.Sprintf("Encoding error: %v", err))
 	}
 
-	log.Info("CheckTx", "tx", *tx)
-
 	// TODO: make errors tmsp aware
 	err = sm.ExecTx(app.checkCache, *tx, false, nil)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/manager/eris-mint/evm/native.go b/manager/eris-mint/evm/native.go
index 55b18a167bdcf68e7642679437f06703ca72b6b8..860f99bd252a9037168765f2d6aa207cb1df806e 100644
--- a/manager/eris-mint/evm/native.go
+++ b/manager/eris-mint/evm/native.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package vm
 
 import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
+
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ripemd160"
 
 	. "github.com/tendermint/go-common"
diff --git a/manager/eris-mint/evm/opcodes.go b/manager/eris-mint/evm/opcodes.go
index 87e09bfdd75bc0c78f86010928f497da0abede1a..63e6b297958f105ca45ae85e7dee3055fa52868d 100644
--- a/manager/eris-mint/evm/opcodes.go
+++ b/manager/eris-mint/evm/opcodes.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package vm
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	"gopkg.in/fatih/set.v0"
 )
 
diff --git a/manager/eris-mint/evm/stack.go b/manager/eris-mint/evm/stack.go
index 979aba2e3ceb1a8d3f61bf4d7935094619579ed8..3f3d727f1fb8e78eb63226ecd952e2f9981ff3f9 100644
--- a/manager/eris-mint/evm/stack.go
+++ b/manager/eris-mint/evm/stack.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package vm
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	. "github.com/tendermint/go-common"
 )
 
diff --git a/permission/types/permissions.go b/permission/types/permissions.go
index cca221f86a3feb63610e4a02f468bce616439eec..5cdcdaf8ca1e8ba4f5a2e605ed90f3521c757740 100644
--- a/permission/types/permissions.go
+++ b/permission/types/permissions.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package types
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	. "github.com/tendermint/go-common"
 )
 
diff --git a/rpc/rpc_test.go b/rpc/rpc_test.go
index bfafa4c2f9861f01192de0ad9b9aba05897d304d..f728d822bd1251f9147aaeac9e199672b7092d25 100644
--- a/rpc/rpc_test.go
+++ b/rpc/rpc_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package rpc
 
 import (
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 // ...
diff --git a/rpc/tendermint/test/common.go b/rpc/tendermint/test/common.go
index d9ef3230b0310592654f06e9030056f04e2ee2a3..77be9cb188017e127a36c53b5b6e940e0813c56d 100644
--- a/rpc/tendermint/test/common.go
+++ b/rpc/tendermint/test/common.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 // Needs to be in a _test.go file to be picked up
 func TestWrapper(runner func() int) int {
 	ffs := fixtures.NewFileFixtures("Eris-DB")
+
 	defer ffs.RemoveAll()
 
 	err := initGlobalVariables(ffs)
diff --git a/rpc/tendermint/test/genesis.go b/rpc/tendermint/test/genesis.go
index 61cf2e6b1d9d588b3ffe428cdaaa6b10c8518fb9..3136a9339323cbfd1f5508daae335de335c9ef10 100644
--- a/rpc/tendermint/test/genesis.go
+++ b/rpc/tendermint/test/genesis.go
@@ -38,12 +38,3 @@ var defaultGenesis = `{
     }
   ]
 }`
-
-var defaultPrivValidator = `{
-	"address": "1D7A91CB32F758A02EBB9BE1FB6F8DEE56F90D42",
-	"pub_key": [1,"06FBAC4E285285D1D91FCBC7E91C780ADA11516F67462340B3980CE2B94940E8"],
-	"priv_key": [1,"C453604BD6480D5538B4C6FD2E3E314B5BCE518D75ADE4DA3DA85AB8ADFD819606FBAC4E285285D1D91FCBC7E91C780ADA11516F67462340B3980CE2B94940E8"],
-	"last_height":0,
-	"last_round":0,
-	"last_step":0
-}`
diff --git a/rpc/tendermint/test/shared.go b/rpc/tendermint/test/shared.go
index 13ab2570589fec8a1aee96b39e8c0b6c009fdfd7..475e029b3d18bcc5811f1c77e8d412ce670e18bd 100644
--- a/rpc/tendermint/test/shared.go
+++ b/rpc/tendermint/test/shared.go
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tendermint/go-crypto"
 	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/go-rpc/client"
 
+	"path"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	tm_common "github.com/tendermint/go-common"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
-	"path"
 )
 
 // global variables for use across all tests
diff --git a/server/server_test.go b/server/server_test.go
index 05d954b705fe5daf9980c7bd84d9b98dbb5c20b6..61569515529d3d9d650f018f2757cc0fc371cbe4 100644
--- a/server/server_test.go
+++ b/server/server_test.go
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ package server
 
 import (
 	//"fmt"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 // Unit tests for server components goes here. Full-on client-server tests
diff --git a/test/fixtures/file_fixtures.go b/test/fixtures/file_fixtures.go
index 5935e54c20d7b9c4203f4a22680ff23ce6ee3a62..0e188762085e0bb14d3d011fcb0fb5ad442773ed 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/file_fixtures.go
+++ b/test/fixtures/file_fixtures.go
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package fixtures
 
 import (
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/ioutils"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/ioutils"
 )
 
 // FileFixtures writes files to a temporary location for use in testing.
@@ -25,6 +26,12 @@ func NewFileFixtures(identifyingPrefix string) *FileFixtures {
 	}
 }
 
+// Returns the root temporary directory that this FileFixtures will populate and
+// clear on RemoveAll()
+func (ffs *FileFixtures) TempDir() string {
+	return ffs.tempDir
+}
+
 // Add a file relative to the FileFixtures tempDir using name for the relative
 // part of the path.
 func (ffs *FileFixtures) AddFile(name, content string) string {
diff --git a/test/mock/pipe.go b/test/mock/pipe.go
index 413e6e1a37f51b9b54b929cb950cfd339f240bcf..4cec005042cda0373c528bcf53314d4c145c8881 100644
--- a/test/mock/pipe.go
+++ b/test/mock/pipe.go
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ package mock
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	
-	account       "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/account"
-	core_types    "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/core/types"
-	definitions   "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/definitions"
-	event         "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/event"
+
+	account "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/account"
+	core_types "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/core/types"
+	definitions "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/definitions"
+	event "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/event"
 
 	manager_types "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/manager/types"
 	td "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/test/testdata/testdata"
diff --git a/test/server/http_burst_test.go b/test/server/http_burst_test.go
index c2a1e89d501c6c0f5bfeb7fc3f03597d2f07330d..bb49275b7d82c5ee10a35fb162a79852e95833eb 100644
--- a/test/server/http_burst_test.go
+++ b/test/server/http_burst_test.go
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ package server
 
 import (
 	// "fmt"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/test/server/ws_burst_test.go b/test/server/ws_burst_test.go
index aef23a19a0a5e521212e8dc9aab01dc5afa16ddb..cb9e7af4f2037fdc52f4893f464c3436b406cff9 100644
--- a/test/server/ws_burst_test.go
+++ b/test/server/ws_burst_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package server
 
 import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/client"
 	"github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/server"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
 )
 
 const CONNS uint16 = 100
diff --git a/test/testdata/helpers.go b/test/testdata/helpers.go
index 2b2b2edbbe2bd7b4dd9d36c34d2e37bf5c228e55..127440f7eb185dcd360d13b9dc183c8983dc72ad 100644
--- a/test/testdata/helpers.go
+++ b/test/testdata/helpers.go
@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@ package testdata
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/files"
-	"github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/server"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 
-	. "github.com/tendermint/go-common"
+	"github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/files"
+	"github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/server"
+
 	stypes "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/manager/eris-mint/state/types"
+	. "github.com/tendermint/go-common"
 	"github.com/tendermint/go-wire"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 )
 
 const TendermintConfigDefault = `# This is a TOML config file.
diff --git a/test/testdata/testdata/testdata.go b/test/testdata/testdata/testdata.go
index 34c7c895bf9e32d94d066fdedbca54c2b21c6ddb..56894ecb5a55601ba90f8d542e458dfce66f7442 100644
--- a/test/testdata/testdata/testdata.go
+++ b/test/testdata/testdata/testdata.go
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package testdata
 
 import (
-	account     "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/account"
-	core_types  "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/core/types"
-	event       "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/event"
-	rpc_v0      "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/rpc/v0"
-	stypes      "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/manager/eris-mint/state/types"
+	account "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/account"
+	core_types "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/core/types"
+	event "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/event"
+	stypes "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/manager/eris-mint/state/types"
+	rpc_v0 "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/rpc/v0"
 	transaction "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/txs"
 
 	mintTypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
@@ -512,22 +512,22 @@ type (
 
 	GetAccountData struct {
 		Input  *rpc_v0.AddressParam `json:"input"`
-		Output *account.Account         `json:"output"`
+		Output *account.Account     `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	GetAccountsData struct {
-		Input  *rpc_v0.AccountsParam `json:"input"`
-		Output *core_types.AccountList   `json:"output"`
+		Input  *rpc_v0.AccountsParam   `json:"input"`
+		Output *core_types.AccountList `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	GetStorageData struct {
 		Input  *rpc_v0.AddressParam `json:"input"`
-		Output *core_types.Storage      `json:"output"`
+		Output *core_types.Storage  `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	GetStorageAtData struct {
-		Input  *rpc_v0.StorageAtParam `json:"input"`
-		Output *core_types.StorageItem    `json:"output"`
+		Input  *rpc_v0.StorageAtParam  `json:"input"`
+		Output *core_types.StorageItem `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	GenPrivAccountData struct {
@@ -556,12 +556,12 @@ type (
 
 	GetBlockData struct {
 		Input  *rpc_v0.HeightParam `json:"input"`
-		Output *mintTypes.Block  `json:"output"`
+		Output *mintTypes.Block    `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	GetBlocksData struct {
-		Input  *rpc_v0.BlocksParam  `json:"input"`
-		Output *core_types.Blocks `json:"output"`
+		Input  *rpc_v0.BlocksParam `json:"input"`
+		Output *core_types.Blocks  `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	GetConsensusStateData struct {
@@ -597,18 +597,18 @@ type (
 	}
 
 	GetPeerData struct {
-		Input  *rpc_v0.PeerParam  `json:"input"`
-		Output *core_types.Peer `json:"output"`
+		Input  *rpc_v0.PeerParam `json:"input"`
+		Output *core_types.Peer  `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	TransactData struct {
 		Input  *rpc_v0.TransactParam `json:"input"`
-		Output *transaction.Receipt `json:"output"`
+		Output *transaction.Receipt  `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	TransactCreateData struct {
 		Input  *rpc_v0.TransactParam `json:"input"`
-		Output *transaction.Receipt `json:"output"`
+		Output *transaction.Receipt  `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	GetUnconfirmedTxsData struct {
@@ -617,36 +617,36 @@ type (
 
 	CallCodeData struct {
 		Input  *rpc_v0.CallCodeParam `json:"input"`
-		Output *core_types.Call    `json:"output"`
+		Output *core_types.Call      `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	CallData struct {
-		Input  *rpc_v0.CallParam  `json:"input"`
-		Output *core_types.Call `json:"output"`
+		Input  *rpc_v0.CallParam `json:"input"`
+		Output *core_types.Call  `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	EventSubscribeData struct {
-		Input  *rpc_v0.EventIdParam   `json:"input"`
-		Output *event.EventSub `json:"output"`
+		Input  *rpc_v0.EventIdParam `json:"input"`
+		Output *event.EventSub      `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	EventUnsubscribeData struct {
-		Input  *rpc_v0.SubIdParam       `json:"input"`
-		Output *event.EventUnsub `json:"output"`
+		Input  *rpc_v0.SubIdParam `json:"input"`
+		Output *event.EventUnsub  `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	TransactNameRegData struct {
 		Input  *rpc_v0.TransactNameRegParam `json:"input"`
-		Output *transaction.Receipt        `json:"output"`
+		Output *transaction.Receipt         `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	GetNameRegEntryData struct {
 		Input  *rpc_v0.NameRegEntryParam `json:"input"`
-		Output *core_types.NameRegEntry     `json:"output"`
+		Output *core_types.NameRegEntry  `json:"output"`
 	}
 
 	GetNameRegEntriesData struct {
-		Input  *rpc_v0.FilterListParam       `json:"input"`
+		Input  *rpc_v0.FilterListParam     `json:"input"`
 		Output *core_types.ResultListNames `json:"output"`
 	}
 
diff --git a/txs/names.go b/txs/names.go
index 657cdc15744781e86cb7d3844049a1f79c8141e1..1cc00e168c4b3dfce9cb1685969e645caf412d41 100644
--- a/txs/names.go
+++ b/txs/names.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package txs
 
 import (
-	core_types "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/core/types"
 	"regexp"
+
+	core_types "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/core/types"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/txs/tx_utils.go b/txs/tx_utils.go
index e697951091cfd0b0ce58c748b7e6bdb5c4aef5b9..cdc4be247762db25b3abccda6919b7f72f594751 100644
--- a/txs/tx_utils.go
+++ b/txs/tx_utils.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package txs
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
 	acm "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/account"
 	ptypes "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/permission/types"