diff --git a/sharding/transactions.go b/sharding/transactions.go
index 77a1c0191..14e8731eb 100644
--- a/sharding/transactions.go
+++ b/sharding/transactions.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type txdata struct {
 
 	// Sharding specific fields
 	// TODO: Figure out exact format of accesslist. array of arrays of addr + prefixes?
-	AccessList []*common.Address `json:"accessList" gencodec:"required"`
+	AccessList []common.Address `json:"accessList" gencodec:"required"`
 
 	// This is only used when marshaling to JSON.
 	Hash *common.Hash `json:"hash" rlp:"-"`
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@ type txdataMarshaling struct {
 	ShardID      hexutil.Uint64
 }
 
-func NewShardingTransaction(nonce uint64, to common.Address, amount *big.Int, gasLimit uint64, gasPrice *big.Int, data []byte, accessList []*common.Address) *ShardingTransaction {
+func NewShardingTransaction(nonce uint64, to common.Address, amount *big.Int, gasLimit uint64, gasPrice *big.Int, data []byte, accessList []common.Address) *ShardingTransaction {
 	return newShardingTransaction(nonce, &to, amount, gasLimit, gasPrice, data, accessList)
 }
 
-func NewContractCreation(nonce uint64, amount *big.Int, gasLimit uint64, gasPrice *big.Int, data []byte, accessList []*common.Address) *ShardingTransaction {
+func NewContractCreation(nonce uint64, amount *big.Int, gasLimit uint64, gasPrice *big.Int, data []byte, accessList []common.Address) *ShardingTransaction {
 	return newShardingTransaction(nonce, nil, amount, gasLimit, gasPrice, data, accessList)
 }
 
-func newShardingTransaction(nonce uint64, to *common.Address, amount *big.Int, gasLimit uint64, gasPrice *big.Int, data []byte, accessList []*common.Address) *ShardingTransaction {
+func newShardingTransaction(nonce uint64, to *common.Address, amount *big.Int, gasLimit uint64, gasPrice *big.Int, data []byte, accessList []common.Address) *ShardingTransaction {
 	if len(data) > 0 {
 		data = common.CopyBytes(data)
 	}
diff --git a/sharding/transactions_test.go b/sharding/transactions_test.go
index dc7b45594..3c53d9476 100644
--- a/sharding/transactions_test.go
+++ b/sharding/transactions_test.go
@@ -5,11 +5,33 @@ import (
 	//"fmt"
 	//"math/rand"
 	//"os"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"math/big"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+var (
+	txSimple = NewShardingTransaction(
+		0,
+		common.HexToAddress("095e7baea6a6c7c4c2dfeb977efac326af552d87"),
+		// amount
+		big.NewInt(10),
+		// gasLimit
+		1000000,
+		// gasPrice
+		big.NewInt(1),
+		// data
+		common.FromHex("hello world this is the data"),
+		// access list
+		[]common.Address{common.HexToAddress("032e7baea6a6c7c4c2dfe98392932326af552d87"), common.HexToAddress("083e7baea6a6c7c4c2dfeb97710293843f552d87")},
+	)
+)
+
 func TestCreation(t *testing.T) {
-	if 1 != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("Values are not equal")
+	if txSimple.ChainID().Cmp(big.NewInt(1)) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("ChainID invalid")
+	}
+	if txSimple.ShardID().Cmp(big.NewInt(1)) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("ShardID invalid")
 	}
 }