diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index 24a1384ac71cd92c7d51e3152da37a852164472c..16588f53d2b2991025d34cc8ba06e14438aed858 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (erisNodeClient *ErisNodeClient) Status() (GenesisHash []byte, ValidatorPub
 
 func (erisNodeClient *ErisNodeClient) ChainId() (ChainName, ChainId string, GenesisHash []byte, err error) {
 	client := rpcclient.NewClientJSONRPC(erisNodeClient.broadcastRPC)
-	chainIdResult, err := tendermint_client.ChainId()
+	chainIdResult, err := tendermint_client.ChainId(client)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("Error connecting to node (%s) to get chain id: %s",
 			erisNodeClient.broadcastRPC, err.Error())
diff --git a/client/core/transaction_factory.go b/client/core/transaction_factory.go
index af1bcd00bdfd93a59898f9efd87627c5602bf7bc..e631144c11bc36f70327b86488bd0ce66347564c 100644
--- a/client/core/transaction_factory.go
+++ b/client/core/transaction_factory.go
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	// "strings"
 	// "time"
+	log "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-logger"
 
 	ptypes "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/permission/types"
 
-	// log "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-logger"
-
+	"github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/account"
 	"github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/client"
 	"github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/keys"
 	"github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/txs"
@@ -281,9 +281,7 @@ func SignAndBroadcast(chainID string, nodeClient client.NodeClient, keyClient ke
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
-			"transaction sign bytes": fmt.Sprintf("%X", signBytes),
-			"account address":        fmt.Sprintf("%X", inputAddr),
-			"signature":              fmt.Sprintf("%X", sig64),
+			"transaction": string(account.SignBytes(chainID, tx)),
 		}).Debug("Signed transaction")
 	}
 
diff --git a/client/core/transaction_factory_test.go b/client/core/transaction_factory_test.go
index f480fcaf57d68df6f1e99bfcc69977b1f7b7958b..4544655e1d045332e07678a772b09a1c267b155b 100644
--- a/client/core/transaction_factory_test.go
+++ b/client/core/transaction_factory_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
+	// "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
 	mockclient "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/client/mock"
 	mockkeys "github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db/keys/mock"
 )
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ func testTransactionFactorySend(t *testing.T,
 		t.Logf("Error in SendTx: %s", err)
 		t.Fail()
 	}
+	// assert.NotEqual(t, txSend)
 	// TODO: test content of Transaction
 }
 
diff --git a/client/methods/status.go b/client/methods/status.go
index 63046f6d9a3118f0a18f93357bb52f30f17fb664..2954fd1d283c759e24eabf66ed6499fd74ff397f 100644
--- a/client/methods/status.go
+++ b/client/methods/status.go
@@ -27,17 +27,27 @@ import (
 
 func Status(do *definitions.ClientDo)  {
 	erisNodeClient := client.NewErisNodeClient(do.NodeAddrFlag)
-	chainId, validatorPublicKey, latestBlockHash, latestBlockHeight, latestBlockTime, err := erisNodeClient.Status()
+	genesisHash, validatorPublicKey, latestBlockHash, latestBlockHeight, latestBlockTime, err := erisNodeClient.Status()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("Error requesting status from chain at (%s): %s", do.NodeAddrFlag, err)
 		return
-	} 
+	}
+
+	chainName, chainId, genesisHashfromChainId, err := erisNodeClient.ChainId()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Error requesting chainId from chain at (%s): %s", do.NodeAddrFlag, err)
+		return
+	}
+
 	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 		"chain": do.NodeAddrFlag,
-		"chainid": fmt.Sprintf("%X", chainId),
+		"genesisHash": fmt.Sprintf("%X", genesisHash),
+		"chainName": chainName,
+		"chainId": chainId,
+		"genesisHash from chainId":fmt.Sprintf("%X", genesisHashfromChainId),
 		"validator public key": fmt.Sprintf("%X", validatorPublicKey),
 		"latest block hash": fmt.Sprintf("%X", latestBlockHash),
 		"latest block height": latestBlockHeight,
 		"latest block time": latestBlockTime,
 	}).Info("status")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/definitions/tendermint_pipe.go b/definitions/tendermint_pipe.go
index 37973ce4dcaffc918d477a19d809ae1a7d808175..e933194d7cb28c1f2bbb163f0ef9b0009d4509f6 100644
--- a/definitions/tendermint_pipe.go
+++ b/definitions/tendermint_pipe.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type TendermintPipe interface {
 	Status() (*rpc_tm_types.ResultStatus, error)
 	NetInfo() (*rpc_tm_types.ResultNetInfo, error)
 	Genesis() (*rpc_tm_types.ResultGenesis, error)
+	ChainId() (*rpc_tm_types.ResultChainId, error)
 
 	// Accounts
 	GetAccount(address []byte) (*rpc_tm_types.ResultGetAccount, error)
diff --git a/manager/eris-mint/pipe.go b/manager/eris-mint/pipe.go
index e38592b689bbea9c2eeb605efda5f0c16a32cb04..b8cc00c64ec94bb097a43d5871d0dbb5f22ad64a 100644
--- a/manager/eris-mint/pipe.go
+++ b/manager/eris-mint/pipe.go
@@ -311,13 +311,13 @@ func (pipe *erisMintPipe) ChainId() (*rpc_tm_types.ResultChainId, error) {
 	if pipe.blockchain == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Blockchain not initialised in Erismint pipe.")
 	}
-	chainId := pipe.blockchain().ChainId()
+	chainId := pipe.blockchain.ChainId()
 
 	return &rpc_tm_types.ResultChainId{
 		ChainName:   chainId, // MARMOT: copy ChainId for ChainName as a placehodlder
 		ChainId:     chainId,
 		GenesisHash: pipe.GenesisHash(),
-	}
+	}, nil
 }
 
 func (pipe *erisMintPipe) NetInfo() (*rpc_tm_types.ResultNetInfo, error) {
diff --git a/rpc/tendermint/client/client.go b/rpc/tendermint/client/client.go
index 2de60d1a6c2e495101ba2992bff047fbaf603d27..3da5a1286d8c2aeaf31b28b2b97cc29da32d3a8a 100644
--- a/rpc/tendermint/client/client.go
+++ b/rpc/tendermint/client/client.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func Status(client rpcclient.Client) (*rpc_types.ResultStatus, error) {
 	return res.(*rpc_types.ResultStatus), nil
 }
 
-func ChainId(client rpcclient.Client) (*rpc_types.ResultChainId) {
+func ChainId(client rpcclient.Client) (*rpc_types.ResultChainId, error) {
 	res, err := performCall(client, "chain_id")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/rpc/tendermint/core/types/responses.go b/rpc/tendermint/core/types/responses.go
index 304fe38bd234175f61349fd2e832004d729f8e6e..daa053e661e9126f745897e0713e77864508195b 100644
--- a/rpc/tendermint/core/types/responses.go
+++ b/rpc/tendermint/core/types/responses.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type ResultStatus struct {
 
 type ResultChainId struct {
 	ChainName   string `json:"chain_name"`
-	ChainID     string `json:"chain_id"`
+	ChainId     string `json:"chain_id"`
 	GenesisHash []byte `json:"genesis_hash"`
 }