diff --git a/ethutil/config.go b/ethutil/config.go
index df1772d81d..e3b5f0275a 100644
--- a/ethutil/config.go
+++ b/ethutil/config.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func ReadConfig(base string) *config {
 		_, err := os.Stat(path)
 		if err != nil {
 			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				log.Printf("Debug logging directory %s doesn't exist, creating it", path)
+				log.Printf("Debug logging directory %s doesn't exist, creating it\n", path)
 				os.Mkdir(path, 0777)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/ethutil/encoding_test.go b/ethutil/encoding_test.go
index bcabab0b19..cbfbc0eafa 100644
--- a/ethutil/encoding_test.go
+++ b/ethutil/encoding_test.go
@@ -35,3 +35,33 @@ func TestCompactHexDecode(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Error compact hex decode. Expected", exp, "got", res)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCompactDecode(t *testing.T) {
+	exp := []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
+	res := CompactDecode("\x11\x23\x45")
+
+	if !CompareIntSlice(res, exp) {
+		t.Error("odd compact decode. Expected", exp, "got", res)
+	}
+
+	exp = []int{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
+	res = CompactDecode("\x00\x01\x23\x45")
+
+	if !CompareIntSlice(res, exp) {
+		t.Error("even compact decode. Expected", exp, "got", res)
+	}
+
+	exp = []int{0, 15, 1, 12, 11, 8 /*term*/, 16}
+	res = CompactDecode("\x20\x0f\x1c\xb8")
+
+	if !CompareIntSlice(res, exp) {
+		t.Error("even terminated compact decode. Expected", exp, "got", res)
+	}
+
+	exp = []int{15, 1, 12, 11, 8 /*term*/, 16}
+	res = CompactDecode("\x3f\x1c\xb8")
+
+	if !CompareIntSlice(res, exp) {
+		t.Error("even terminated compact decode. Expected", exp, "got", res)
+	}
+}
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