diff --git a/core/overlay/conversion.go b/core/overlay/conversion.go
index d98c081eec7..9202bbe5d75 100644
--- a/core/overlay/conversion.go
+++ b/core/overlay/conversion.go
@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ func OverlayVerkleTransition(statedb *state.StateDB, root common.Hash, maxMovedC
 	migrdb.LockCurrentTransitionState()
 	defer migrdb.UnLockCurrentTransitionState()
 
+	// TODO(jsign): for fixture execution this isn't needed since it's configured (hardcoded)
+	// in the forks.go file. But it's required for filling! Fix this eventually when the testing
+	// framework passes flag.
+	maxMovedCount = 7
+
 	// verkle transition: if the conversion process is in progress, move
 	// N values from the MPT into the verkle tree.
 	if migrdb.InTransition() {
@@ -373,6 +378,7 @@ func OverlayVerkleTransition(statedb *state.StateDB, root common.Hash, maxMovedC
 				if !bytes.Equal(acc.CodeHash, types.EmptyCodeHash[:]) {
 					code := rawdb.ReadCode(statedb.Database().DiskDB(), common.BytesToHash(acc.CodeHash))
 					chunks := trie.ChunkifyCode(code)
+					count += uint64(len(chunks)) / 32
 
 					mkv.addAccountCode(migrdb.GetCurrentAccountAddress().Bytes(), uint64(len(code)), chunks)
 				}
diff --git a/core/state/database.go b/core/state/database.go
index 72fb15888ff..818e4b634f5 100644
--- a/core/state/database.go
+++ b/core/state/database.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func (db *cachingDB) StartVerkleTransition(originalRoot, translatedRoot common.H
 	db.CurrentTransitionState = &TransitionState{
 		Started: true,
 		// initialize so that the first storage-less accounts are processed
-		StorageProcessed: true,
+		StorageProcessed: false,
 	}
 	// db.AddTranslation(originalRoot, translatedRoot)
 	db.baseRoot = originalRoot
diff --git a/tests/init.go b/tests/init.go
index c65c4cff147..1060331fe1a 100644
--- a/tests/init.go
+++ b/tests/init.go
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ var Forks = map[string]*params.ChainConfig{
 		TerminalTotalDifficulty: big.NewInt(0),
 		ShanghaiTime:            u64(0),
 		VerkleTime:              u64(32),
+		OverlayStride:           7,
 	},
 }