diff --git a/DOCKER/run.sh b/DOCKER/run.sh
index 1644b4b4a..903cf667c 100755
--- a/DOCKER/run.sh
+++ b/DOCKER/run.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
 mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/$TMREPO
+cd $GOPATH/src/$TMREPO
 git clone https://$TMREPO.git .
 git fetch
 git reset --hard $TMHEAD
 go get -d $TMREPO/cmd/tendermint
 make
-tendermint node
+tendermint node --seeds="$TMSEEDS" --moniker="$TMNAME"
diff --git a/wire/util.go b/wire/util.go
index cde0aefbf..0b70194d9 100644
--- a/wire/util.go
+++ b/wire/util.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package wire
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/json"
+
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/Godeps/_workspace/src/code.google.com/p/go.crypto/ripemd160"
 
 	. "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/common"
@@ -26,6 +28,21 @@ func JSONBytes(o interface{}) []byte {
 	return w.Bytes()
 }
 
+// NOTE: inefficient
+func JSONBytesPretty(o interface{}) []byte {
+	jsonBytes := JSONBytes(o)
+	var object interface{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal(jsonBytes, &object)
+	if err != nil {
+		PanicSanity(err)
+	}
+	jsonBytes, err = json.MarshalIndent(object, "", "\t")
+	if err != nil {
+		PanicSanity(err)
+	}
+	return jsonBytes
+}
+
 // NOTE: does not care about the type, only the binary representation.
 func BinaryEqual(a, b interface{}) bool {
 	aBytes := BinaryBytes(a)