diff --git a/cmd/abci-cli/abci-cli.go b/cmd/abci-cli/abci-cli.go
index 18437ff71..47ffd6bc1 100644
--- a/cmd/abci-cli/abci-cli.go
+++ b/cmd/abci-cli/abci-cli.go
@@ -311,9 +311,7 @@ func or(err1 error, err2 error) error {
 func cmdTest(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	fmt.Println("Running tests")
 
-	var err error
-
-	err = servertest.InitChain(client)
+	err := servertest.InitChain(client)
 	fmt.Println("")
 	err = or(err, servertest.SetOption(client, "serial", "on"))
 	fmt.Println("")
diff --git a/types/messages_test.go b/types/messages_test.go
index 32f09623f..15e84b624 100644
--- a/types/messages_test.go
+++ b/types/messages_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ func TestMarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	b, err := json.Marshal(&ResponseDeliverTx{})
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, strings.Contains(string(b), "code"))
+
+	r1 := ResponseCheckTx{
+		Code: 1,
+		Data: []byte("hello"),
+		Gas:  43,
+		Fee:  12,
+	}
+	b, err = json.Marshal(&r1)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	var r2 ResponseCheckTx
+	err = json.Unmarshal(b, &r2)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, r1, r2)
 }
 
 func TestWriteReadMessage(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/types/result.go b/types/result.go
index 1963520da..782dbac6a 100644
--- a/types/result.go
+++ b/types/result.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package types
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/jsonpb"
@@ -76,33 +77,63 @@ func fmtError(code uint32, log string) string {
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // override JSON marshalling so we dont emit defaults (ie. disable omitempty)
+// note we need Unmarshal functions too because protobuf had the bright idea
+// to marshal int64->string. cool. cool, cool, cool: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/proto3#json
+
+var (
+	jsonpbMarshaller = jsonpb.Marshaler{
+		EnumsAsInts:  true,
+		EmitDefaults: true,
+	}
+	jsonpbUnmarshaller = jsonpb.Unmarshaler{}
+)
 
 func (r *ResponseSetOption) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	m := jsonpb.Marshaler{EmitDefaults: true}
-	s, err := m.MarshalToString(r)
+	s, err := jsonpbMarshaller.MarshalToString(r)
 	return []byte(s), err
 }
 
+func (r *ResponseSetOption) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	reader := bytes.NewBuffer(b)
+	return jsonpbUnmarshaller.Unmarshal(reader, r)
+}
+
 func (r *ResponseCheckTx) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	m := jsonpb.Marshaler{EmitDefaults: true}
-	s, err := m.MarshalToString(r)
+	s, err := jsonpbMarshaller.MarshalToString(r)
 	return []byte(s), err
 }
 
+func (r *ResponseCheckTx) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	reader := bytes.NewBuffer(b)
+	return jsonpbUnmarshaller.Unmarshal(reader, r)
+}
+
 func (r *ResponseDeliverTx) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	m := jsonpb.Marshaler{EmitDefaults: true}
-	s, err := m.MarshalToString(r)
+	s, err := jsonpbMarshaller.MarshalToString(r)
 	return []byte(s), err
 }
 
+func (r *ResponseDeliverTx) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	reader := bytes.NewBuffer(b)
+	return jsonpbUnmarshaller.Unmarshal(reader, r)
+}
+
 func (r *ResponseQuery) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	m := jsonpb.Marshaler{EmitDefaults: true}
-	s, err := m.MarshalToString(r)
+	s, err := jsonpbMarshaller.MarshalToString(r)
 	return []byte(s), err
 }
 
+func (r *ResponseQuery) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	reader := bytes.NewBuffer(b)
+	return jsonpbUnmarshaller.Unmarshal(reader, r)
+}
+
 func (r *ResponseCommit) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	m := jsonpb.Marshaler{EmitDefaults: true}
-	s, err := m.MarshalToString(r)
+	s, err := jsonpbMarshaller.MarshalToString(r)
 	return []byte(s), err
 }
+
+func (r *ResponseCommit) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
+	reader := bytes.NewBuffer(b)
+	return jsonpbUnmarshaller.Unmarshal(reader, r)
+}