@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// make reset (get checkpoint) at currentBatch
+	err = sdb.Reset(sdb.currentBatch)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return sdb, nil
 }
 
@@ -101,7 +107,10 @@ tx, err := s.db.NewTx()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	tx.Put(KeyCurrentBatch, s.currentBatch.Bytes())
+	err = tx.Put(KeyCurrentBatch, s.currentBatch.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -153,11 +162,6 @@ // does not delete the checkpoints between old current and the new current,
 // those checkpoints will remain in the storage, and eventually will be
 // deleted when MakeCheckpoint overwrites them.
 func (s *StateDB) Reset(batchNum common.BatchNum) error {
-	if batchNum == 0 {
-		s.idx = 0
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	checkpointPath := s.path + PathBatchNum + strconv.Itoa(int(batchNum))
 	currentPath := s.path + PathCurrent
 
@@ -166,6 +170,18 @@ err := os.RemoveAll(currentPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if batchNum == 0 {
+		// if batchNum == 0, open the new fresh 'current'
+		sto, err := pebble.NewPebbleStorage(currentPath, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		s.db = sto
+		s.idx = 0
+		s.currentBatch = batchNum
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// copy 'BatchNumX' to 'current'
 	cmd := exec.Command("cp", "-r", checkpointPath, currentPath) //nolint:gosec
 	err = cmd.Run()
@@ -191,12 +207,14 @@ if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// open the MT for the current s.db
-	mt, err := merkletree.NewMerkleTree(s.db, s.mt.MaxLevels())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if s.mt != nil {
+		// open the MT for the current s.db
+		mt, err := merkletree.NewMerkleTree(s.db, s.mt.MaxLevels())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		s.mt = mt
 	}
-	s.mt = mt
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -255,8 +273,14 @@ if err != db.ErrNotFound {
 		return nil, ErrAccountAlreadyExists
 	}
 
-	tx.Put(v.Bytes(), accountBytes[:])
-	tx.Put(idx.Bytes(), v.Bytes())
+	err = tx.Put(v.Bytes(), accountBytes[:])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	err = tx.Put(idx.Bytes(), v.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -295,8 +319,14 @@ tx, err := sto.NewTx()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	tx.Put(v.Bytes(), accountBytes[:])
-	tx.Put(idx.Bytes(), v.Bytes())
+	err = tx.Put(v.Bytes(), accountBytes[:])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	err = tx.Put(idx.Bytes(), v.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err

@@ -34,6 +34,87 @@ EthAddr:   address,
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNewStateDBIntermediateState(t *testing.T) {
+	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "tmpdb")
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	sdb, err := NewStateDB(dir, false, 0)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	// test values
+	k0 := []byte("testkey0")
+	k1 := []byte("testkey1")
+	v0 := []byte("testvalue0")
+	v1 := []byte("testvalue1")
+
+	// store some data
+	tx, err := sdb.db.NewTx()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	err = tx.Put(k0, v0)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	err = tx.Commit()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	v, err := sdb.db.Get(k0)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, v0, v)
+
+	// call NewStateDB which should get the db at the last checkpoint state
+	// executing a Reset (discarding the last 'testkey0'&'testvalue0' data)
+	sdb, err = NewStateDB(dir, false, 0)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	v, err = sdb.db.Get(k0)
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, db.ErrNotFound, err)
+	assert.Nil(t, v)
+
+	// store the same data from the beginning that has ben lost since last NewStateDB
+	tx, err = sdb.db.NewTx()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	err = tx.Put(k0, v0)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	err = tx.Commit()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	v, err = sdb.db.Get(k0)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, v0, v)
+
+	// make checkpoints with the current state
+	bn, err := sdb.GetCurrentBatch()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, common.BatchNum(0), bn)
+	err = sdb.MakeCheckpoint()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	bn, err = sdb.GetCurrentBatch()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, common.BatchNum(1), bn)
+
+	// write more data
+	tx, err = sdb.db.NewTx()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	err = tx.Put(k1, v1)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	err = tx.Commit()
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	v, err = sdb.db.Get(k1)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, v1, v)
+
+	// call NewStateDB which should get the db at the last checkpoint state
+	// executing a Reset (discarding the last 'testkey1'&'testvalue1' data)
+	sdb, err = NewStateDB(dir, false, 0)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	v, err = sdb.db.Get(k0)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, v0, v)
+
+	v, err = sdb.db.Get(k1)
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, db.ErrNotFound, err)
+	assert.Nil(t, v)
+}
+
 func TestStateDBWithoutMT(t *testing.T) {
 	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "tmpdb")
 	require.Nil(t, err)

@@ -322,7 +322,10 @@ tx, err := s.DB().NewTx()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	tx.Put(keyidx, idx.Bytes())
+	err = tx.Put(keyidx, idx.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gobuffalo/packr/v2 v2.8.0
 	github.com/iden3/go-iden3-core v0.0.8
 	github.com/iden3/go-iden3-crypto v0.0.6-0.20200823174058-e04ca5764a15
-	github.com/iden3/go-merkletree v0.0.0-20200825093552-a4b68208bb41
+	github.com/iden3/go-merkletree v0.0.0-20200902123354-eeb949f8c334
 	github.com/jinzhu/gorm v1.9.15
 	github.com/jmoiron/sqlx v1.2.0
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.8.0

@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ github.com/iden3/go-merkletree v0.0.0-20200819092443-dc656fdd32fc h1:VnRP7JCp5TJHnTC+r8NrXGkRBvp62tRGqeA3FcdEq+Q=
 github.com/iden3/go-merkletree v0.0.0-20200819092443-dc656fdd32fc/go.mod h1:MRe6i0mi2oDVUzgBIHsNRE6XAg8EBuqIQZMsd+do+dU=
 github.com/iden3/go-merkletree v0.0.0-20200825093552-a4b68208bb41 h1:mCOMMQ/YmL9ST9kk7ifT961chESkB2GFFEp8osF0Jw8=
 github.com/iden3/go-merkletree v0.0.0-20200825093552-a4b68208bb41/go.mod h1:MRe6i0mi2oDVUzgBIHsNRE6XAg8EBuqIQZMsd+do+dU=
+github.com/iden3/go-merkletree v0.0.0-20200902123354-eeb949f8c334 h1:FQngDJKiwM6i4kHlVFvSpJa9sO+QvZ7C+GqoPWe+5BI=
+github.com/iden3/go-merkletree v0.0.0-20200902123354-eeb949f8c334/go.mod h1:MRe6i0mi2oDVUzgBIHsNRE6XAg8EBuqIQZMsd+do+dU=
 github.com/iden3/go-wasm3 v0.0.1/go.mod h1:j+TcAB94Dfrjlu5kJt83h2OqAU+oyNUTwNZnQyII1sI=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/influxdata/influxdb v1.2.3-0.20180221223340-01288bdb0883/go.mod h1:qZna6X/4elxqT3yI9iZYdZrWWdeFOOprn86kgg4+IzY=