diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index cd4e69f7c..2d017c40c 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1072,6 +1072,12 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
                     strLoadError = _("You need to rebuild the database using -reindex to change -txindex");
                     break;
                 }
+                
+                if (!pnccTrie->ReadFromDisk(true))
+                {
+                    strLoadError = _("Error loading the ncc trie from disk");
+                    break;
+                }
 
                 uiInterface.InitMessage(_("Verifying blocks..."));
                 if (!CVerifyDB().VerifyDB(pcoinsdbview, GetArg("-checklevel", 3),
@@ -1079,11 +1085,6 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
                     strLoadError = _("Corrupted block database detected");
                     break;
                 }
-                if (!pnccTrie->ReadFromDisk(true))
-                {
-                    strLoadError = _("Error loading the ncc trie from disk");
-                    break;
-                }
             } catch (const std::exception& e) {
                 if (fDebug) LogPrintf("%s\n", e.what());
                 strLoadError = _("Error opening block database");
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c0c7aca95..82b62172b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1628,8 +1628,9 @@ static bool ApplyTxInUndo(const CTxInUndo& undo, CCoinsViewCache& view, CNCCTrie
     {
         assert(vvchParams.size() == 2);
         std::string name(vvchParams[0].begin(), vvchParams[0].end());
+        LogPrintf("%s: Restoring %s to the NCC trie due to a block being disconnected\n", __func__, name.c_str());
         if (!trieCache.insertName(name, out.hash, out.n, undo.txout.nValue, undo.nHeight))
-            LogPrintf("Something went wrong inserting the name");
+            LogPrintf("%s: Something went wrong inserting the name\n", __func__);
     }
 
     coins->vout[out.n] = undo.txout;
@@ -1687,8 +1688,9 @@ bool DisconnectBlock(CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex
             {
                 assert(vvchParams.size() == 2);
                 std::string name(vvchParams[0].begin(), vvchParams[0].end());
+                LogPrintf("%s: Removing %s from the ncc trie due to its block being disconnected\n", __func__, name.c_str());
                 if (!trieCache.removeName(name, hash, i))
-                    LogPrintf("Something went wrong removing the name");
+                    LogPrintf("%s: Something went wrong removing the name %s in hash %s\n", __func__, name.c_str(), hash.GetHex());
             }
         }
 
@@ -1712,6 +1714,7 @@ bool DisconnectBlock(CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex
 
     // move best block pointer to prevout block
     view.SetBestBlock(pindex->pprev->GetBlockHash());
+    assert(trieCache.getMerkleHash() == pindex->pprev->hashNCCTrie);
 
     if (pfClean) {
         *pfClean = fClean;
@@ -1870,10 +1873,10 @@ bool ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pin
                 std::vector<std::vector<unsigned char> > vvchParams;
                 if (DecodeNCCScript(coins->vout[txin.prevout.n].scriptPubKey, op, vvchParams))
                 {
-                    assert(vvchParams.size() == 1);
+                    assert(vvchParams.size() == 2);
                     std::string name(vvchParams[0].begin(), vvchParams[0].end());
                     if (!trieCache.removeName(name, txin.prevout.hash, txin.prevout.n))
-                        LogPrintf("Something went wrong removing the name");
+                        LogPrintf("%s: Something went wrong removing the name\n", __func__);
                 }
             }
             
@@ -1888,7 +1891,7 @@ bool ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pin
                     assert(vvchParams.size() == 2);
                     std::string name(vvchParams[0].begin(), vvchParams[0].end());
                     if (!trieCache.insertName(name, tx.GetHash(), i, txout.nValue, pindex->nHeight))
-                        LogPrintf("Something went wrong inserting the name");
+                        LogPrintf("%s: Something went wrong inserting the name\n", __func__);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -2094,6 +2097,7 @@ bool static DisconnectTip(CValidationState &state) {
             return error("DisconnectTip(): DisconnectBlock %s failed", pindexDelete->GetBlockHash().ToString());
         assert(view.Flush());
         assert(trieCache.flush());
+        assert(pindexDelete->pprev->hashNCCTrie == trieCache.getMerkleHash());
     }
     LogPrint("bench", "- Disconnect block: %.2fms\n", (GetTimeMicros() - nStart) * 0.001);
     // Write the chain state to disk, if necessary.
diff --git a/src/miner.cpp b/src/miner.cpp
index bd65ef211..ba3a777db 100644
--- a/src/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/miner.cpp
@@ -281,15 +281,15 @@ CBlockTemplate* CreateNewBlock(const CScript& scriptPubKeyIn)
             if (!CheckInputs(tx, state, view, true, MANDATORY_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS, true))
                 continue;
 
-            UpdateCoins(tx, state, view, nHeight);
-
             BOOST_FOREACH(const CTxIn& txin, tx.vin)
             {
                 const CCoins* coins = view.AccessCoins(txin.prevout.hash);
                 // This seems to happen during testing, and should never happen otherwise
                 if (!coins || txin.prevout.n >= coins->vout.size())
                 {
-                    LogPrintf("!coins || txin.prevout.n >= coins->vout.size()");
+                    LogPrintf("%s: !coins || txin.prevout.n >= coins->vout.size(). txin.prevout.hash = %s\n", __func__, txin.prevout.hash.GetHex());
+                    if (coins)
+                        LogPrintf("coins is not null. txin.prevout.n = %d, coins->vout.size() = %d\n", txin.prevout.n, coins->vout.size());
                     continue;
                 }
 
@@ -301,10 +301,12 @@ CBlockTemplate* CreateNewBlock(const CScript& scriptPubKeyIn)
                     assert(vvchParams.size() == 2);
                     std::string name(vvchParams[0].begin(), vvchParams[0].end());
                     if (!trieCache.removeName(name, txin.prevout.hash, txin.prevout.n))
-                        LogPrintf("Something went wrong removing the name");
+                        LogPrintf("%s: Something went wrong removing the name\n", __func__);
                 }
             }
             
+            UpdateCoins(tx, state, view, nHeight);
+            
             for (unsigned int i = 0; i < tx.vout.size(); ++i)
             {
                 const CTxOut& txout = tx.vout[i];
@@ -316,7 +318,7 @@ CBlockTemplate* CreateNewBlock(const CScript& scriptPubKeyIn)
                     assert(vvchParams.size() == 2);
                     std::string name(vvchParams[0].begin(), vvchParams[0].end());
                     if (!trieCache.insertName(name, tx.GetHash(), i, txout.nValue, nHeight))
-                        LogPrintf("Something went wrong inserting the name");
+                        LogPrintf("%s: Something went wrong inserting the name\n", __func__);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/ncctrie.cpp b/src/ncctrie.cpp
index d73a34d16..d0792ea25 100644
--- a/src/ncctrie.cpp
+++ b/src/ncctrie.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ json_spirit::Array CNCCTrie::dumpToJSON() const
 {
     json_spirit::Array ret;
     if (!recursiveDumpToJSON("", &root, ret))
-        LogPrintf("Something went wrong dumping to JSON");
+        LogPrintf("%s: Something went wrong dumping to JSON", __func__);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -321,8 +321,10 @@ bool CNCCTrie::BatchWrite(nodeCacheType& changedNodes, std::vector<std::string>&
 bool CNCCTrie::InsertFromDisk(const std::string& name, CNCCTrieNode* node)
 {
     if (name.size() == 0)
+    {
         root = *node;
         return true;
+    }
     CNCCTrieNode* current = &root;
     for (std::string::const_iterator itname = name.begin(); itname + 1 != name.end(); ++itname)
     {
@@ -342,7 +344,7 @@ bool CNCCTrie::ReadFromDisk(bool check)
     
     while (pcursor->Valid())
     {
-        //TODO: make try statement here
+        try
         {
             leveldb::Slice slKey = pcursor->key();
             CDataStream ssKey(slKey.data(), slKey.data()+slKey.size(), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
@@ -359,15 +361,35 @@ bool CNCCTrie::ReadFromDisk(bool check)
                 if (!InsertFromDisk(name, node))
                     return false;
             }
+            pcursor->Next();
         }
+        catch (const std::exception& e)
+        {
+            return error("%s: Deserialize or I/O error - %s", __func__, e.what());
+        }
+
     }
     if (check)
-        return checkConsistency();
+    {
+        LogPrintf("Checking NCC trie consistency...");
+        if( checkConsistency())
+        {
+            LogPrintf("consistent\n");
+            return true;
+        }
+        LogPrintf("inconsistent!\n");
+        return false;
+    }
     return true;
 }
 
 bool CNCCTrieCache::recursiveComputeMerkleHash(CNCCTrieNode* tnCurrent, std::string sPos) const
 {
+    if (sPos == "" && tnCurrent->empty())
+    {
+        cacheHashes[""] = uint256S("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001");
+        return true;
+    }
     std::string stringToHash;
 
     CNodeValue val;
@@ -547,7 +569,7 @@ bool CNCCTrieCache::removeName(const std::string name, uint256 txhash, int nOut)
             continue;
         }
 
-        // The name doesn't exist in either the trie or the cache, so how can we remove it?
+        LogPrintf("%s: The name %s does not exist in the trie\n", __func__, name.c_str());
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/ncctrie_tests.cpp b/src/test/ncctrie_tests.cpp
index e44c2d92c..014891e4b 100644
--- a/src/test/ncctrie_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/ncctrie_tests.cpp
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ CMutableTransaction BuildTransaction(const uint256& prevhash)
     return tx;
 }
 
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ncctrie_create_insert_remov)
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ncctrie_create_insert_remove)
 {
-    CMutableTransaction tx1 = BuildTransaction(uint256S("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"));
+    uint256 hash0(uint256S("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"));
+    CMutableTransaction tx1 = BuildTransaction(hash0);
     CMutableTransaction tx2 = BuildTransaction(tx1.GetHash());
     CMutableTransaction tx3 = BuildTransaction(tx2.GetHash());
     CMutableTransaction tx4 = BuildTransaction(tx3.GetHash());
@@ -75,6 +76,15 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ncctrie_create_insert_remov)
     BOOST_CHECK(!trie.empty());
     BOOST_CHECK(trie.getMerkleHash() == hash2);
     BOOST_CHECK(trie.checkConsistency());
+
+    CNCCTrieCache ntState1(&trie);
+    ntState1.removeName(std::string("test"), tx1.GetHash(), 0);
+    ntState1.removeName(std::string("test2"), tx2.GetHash(), 0);
+    ntState1.removeName(std::string("test"), tx3.GetHash(), 0);
+    ntState1.removeName(std::string("tes"), tx4.GetHash(), 0);
+
+    BOOST_CHECK(ntState1.getMerkleHash() == hash0);
+
     CNCCTrieCache ntState2(&trie);
     ntState2.insertName(std::string("abab"), tx6.GetHash(), 0, 50, 100);
     ntState2.removeName(std::string("test"), tx1.GetHash(), 0);