diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 94b94f157e..3f9a813567 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ func New(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config *Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 
 	DebugApi.eth = eth
 	DebugApi.config = chainConfig
+	// Shyft Tracer
+	InitTracerEnv()
 
 	return eth, nil
 }
diff --git a/eth/chaindb.go b/eth/chaindb.go
index 4ff89683fb..19f999d023 100644
--- a/eth/chaindb.go
+++ b/eth/chaindb.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 )
 
 var Chaindb_global ethdb.Database
@@ -24,4 +26,22 @@ func chaindb(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config *Config) (ethdb.Database, error) {
 		return Chaindb_global, nil
 	}
 	return nil, err
+}
+
+//(*ethdb.LDBDatabase, func())
+func NewShyftTestLDB() {
+	dirname, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "shyftdb_test_")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("failed to create test file: " + err.Error())
+	}
+	db, err := ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(dirname, 0, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("failed to create test database: " + err.Error())
+	}
+	Chaindb_global = db
+
+	//return db, func() {
+	//	db.Close()
+	//	os.RemoveAll(dirname)
+	//}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eth/shyft_tracer.go b/eth/shyft_tracer.go
index 5fa2eb392f..0e1bcd6734 100644
--- a/eth/shyft_tracer.go
+++ b/eth/shyft_tracer.go
@@ -12,23 +12,35 @@ var EthereumObject interface{}
 
 type ShyftTracer struct {}
 
-func (st ShyftTracer) GetTracerToRun (hash common.Hash) (interface{}, error) {
+var PrivateAPI *PrivateDebugAPI
+var Context context.Context
+var TracerConfig *TraceConfig
+
+func InitTracerEnv() {
+	fmt.Println("INIT tracer Env")
 	config2 := params.ShyftNetworkChainConfig
 
 	jsTracer := "callTracer"
 	var ctx2 context.Context
+	Context = ctx2
 	config := &TraceConfig{
 		LogConfig: nil,
 		Tracer: &jsTracer,  // needs to be non-nil
 		Timeout: nil,
 		Reexec: nil,
 	}
+	TracerConfig = config
 	fmt.Println("+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ before FULLNODE", Global_config)
+	// called here
 	fullNode, _ := SNew(Global_config)
 	fmt.Println("+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ after FULLNODE")
 	privateAPI := NewPrivateDebugAPI(config2, fullNode)
+	PrivateAPI = privateAPI
 	fmt.Println("+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ after privateAPI")
-	return privateAPI.STraceTransaction(ctx2, hash, config)
+}
+
+func (st ShyftTracer) GetTracerToRun (hash common.Hash) (interface{}, error) {
+	return PrivateAPI.STraceTransaction(Context, hash, TracerConfig)
 }
 
 func setEthObject(ethobj interface{}){
diff --git a/shyftDb/shyft_database_util_test.go b/shyftDb/shyft_database_util_test.go
index 4875f656d9..9ce11ea3b8 100644
--- a/shyftDb/shyft_database_util_test.go
+++ b/shyftDb/shyft_database_util_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 func TestBlock(t *testing.T) {
+	eth.NewShyftTestLDB()
 	core.InitDBTest()
 	shyft_tracer := new(eth.ShyftTracer)
 	core.SetIShyftTracer(shyft_tracer)
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ func TestBlock(t *testing.T) {
 
 	eth.SetGlobalConfig(ethConf)
 
+	eth.InitTracerEnv()
+
 	t.Run("TestBlockToReturnBlock", func(t *testing.T) {
 		key, _   := crypto.HexToECDSA("b71c71a67e1177ad4e901695e1b4b9ee17ae16c6668d313eac2f96dbcda3f291")
 		signer  := types.NewEIP155Signer(big.NewInt(2147483647))