diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index fe3cdbd066..2f94166fec 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) WriteBlockWithState(block *types.Block, receipts []*types.
 	if err := shyftdb.WriteBlock(bc.blockExplorerDb, block); err != nil {
 		return NonStatTy, err
 	}
-	//shyftdb.GetAllBlocks(bc.blockExplorerDb)
+	//fmt.Println(shyftdb.GetAllBlocks(bc.blockExplorerDb))
 	//result := shyftdb.GetBlock(bc.blockExplorerDb, block)
 
 	// this is WIP for decoding bytes rather than hex strings
diff --git a/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go b/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go
index ded671da04..4e6f5e0b32 100644
--- a/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go
+++ b/shyftdb/shyft_database_util.go
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 )
 
+type SBlock struct {
+	hash string
+	txes []string
+}
+
 func WriteBlock(db *leveldb.DB, block *types.Block) error {
 	leng := block.Transactions().Len()
 	var tx_strs = make([]string, leng)
@@ -59,27 +64,26 @@ func WriteTransactions(db *leveldb.DB, transactions []*types.Transaction, blockH
 }
 
 // Meant for internal tests
-func GetAllBlocks(db *leveldb.DB) {
+func GetAllBlocks(db *leveldb.DB) []SBlock{
+	var arr []SBlock
 	iter := db.NewIterator(util.BytesPrefix([]byte("bk-")), nil)
 	for iter.Next() {
 	    result := iter.Value()
 	    buf := bytes.NewBuffer(result)
 		strs2 := []string{}
 		gob.NewDecoder(buf).Decode(&strs2)
-		fmt.Println("the key is")
+		//fmt.Println("the key is")
 		hash := common.BytesToHash(iter.Key())
 		hex := hash.Hex()
-		fmt.Println(hex)
-		if(len(strs2) > 0){
-			fmt.Println("ALL TRANSACTIONS:")
-			fmt.Printf("%v", strs2)
-	    	fmt.Println("")		
-		}
+		//fmt.Println(hex)
+		sblock := SBlock{hex, strs2}
+		arr = append(arr, sblock)
 
 		//fmt.Println("\n ALL BK BK VALUE" + string(result))
 	}
 	
 	iter.Release()
+	return arr
 }
 
 func GetBlock(db *leveldb.DB, block *types.Block) []byte {