diff --git a/internal/state/store.go b/internal/state/store.go
index 954481b81..eb2408660 100644
--- a/internal/state/store.go
+++ b/internal/state/store.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ type Store interface {
 	// LoadABCIResponses loads the abciResponse for a given height
 	LoadABCIResponses(int64) (*tmstate.ABCIResponses, error)
 	//LoadLastABCIResponse loads the last abciResponse for a given height
-	LoadLastABCIResponse(int64) (*tmstate.ABCIResponsesInfo, error)
+	LoadLastABCIResponse(int64) (*tmstate.ABCIResponses, error)
 	// LoadConsensusParams loads the consensus params for a given height
 	LoadConsensusParams(int64) (types.ConsensusParams, error)
 	// Save overwrites the previous state with the updated one
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ func (store dbStore) LoadABCIResponses(height int64) (*tmstate.ABCIResponses, er
 // This is used for recovering from crashes where we called app.Commit and
 // before we called s.Save(). It can also be used to produce Merkle proofs of
 // the result of txs.
-func (store dbStore) LoadLastABCIResponse(height int64) (*tmstate.ABCIResponsesInfo, error) {
+func (store dbStore) LoadLastABCIResponse(height int64) (*tmstate.ABCIResponses, error) {
 	bz, err := store.db.Get(lastABCIResponseKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ func (store dbStore) LoadLastABCIResponse(height int64) (*tmstate.ABCIResponsesI
 	if height != abciResponse.GetHeight() {
 		return nil, errors.New("expected height %d but last stored abci responses was at height %d")
 	} else {
-		return abciResponse, nil
+		return abciResponse.AbciResponses, nil
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/state/store_test.go b/internal/state/store_test.go
index e44abbd5d..8f45c64f6 100644
--- a/internal/state/store_test.go
+++ b/internal/state/store_test.go
@@ -307,6 +307,13 @@ func TestABCIResponsesResultsHash(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestLastABCIResponses(t *testing.T) {
+	//if the state store is empty
+	stateDB := dbm.NewMemDB()
+	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB, false)
+	responses, err := stateStore.LoadABCIResponses(1)
+	require.Nil(t, responses)
+	fmt.Println(responses)
+
 	//stub the abciresponses
 	response1 := &tmstate.ABCIResponses{
 		BeginBlock: &abci.ResponseBeginBlock{},
@@ -316,18 +323,18 @@ func TestLastABCIResponses(t *testing.T) {
 		EndBlock: &abci.ResponseEndBlock{},
 	}
 	//Create new db and state store and set discard abciresponses to false
-	stateDB := dbm.NewMemDB()
-	stateStore := sm.NewStore(stateDB, false)
+	stateDB = dbm.NewMemDB()
+	stateStore = sm.NewStore(stateDB, false)
 	height := int64(response1.Size())
 	//save the last abci response
-	err := stateStore.SaveABCIResponses(height, response1)
+	err = stateStore.SaveABCIResponses(height, response1)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	//search for the last abciresponse and check if it has saved
 	lastResponse, err := stateStore.LoadLastABCIResponse(height)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	fmt.Println(lastResponse)
 	//check to see if the saved response height is the same as the loaded height
-	assert.Equal(t, lastResponse.Height, int64(response1.Size()))
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(lastResponse.Size()), int64(response1.Size()))
 
 	//stub the second abciresponse
 	response2 := &tmstate.ABCIResponses{
@@ -350,9 +357,9 @@ func TestLastABCIResponses(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotNil(t, lastResponse2)
 	fmt.Println(lastResponse2)
 	//check to see if the saved response height is the same as the loaded height
-	assert.Equal(t, lastResponse2.Height, int64(response2.Size()))
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(lastResponse2.Size()), int64(response2.Size()))
 	//check if the abci response didnt save in the abciresponses
-	responses, err := stateStore.LoadABCIResponses(height)
+	responses, err = stateStore.LoadABCIResponses(height)
 	require.Error(t, err, responses)
 	require.Nil(t, responses)
 	fmt.Println(responses)