diff --git a/src/client/client.rs b/src/client/client.rs
index 12e15a0..4af29c5 100644
--- a/src/client/client.rs
+++ b/src/client/client.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
 use ethers::prelude::{Address, U256};
 use eyre::Result;
 
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::execution::ExecutionClient;
 
 pub struct Client {
     consensus: ConsensusClient,
-    execution: Arc<ExecutionClient>,
+    execution: ExecutionClient,
 }
 
 impl Client {
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ impl Client {
 
         Ok(Client {
             consensus,
-            execution: Arc::new(execution),
+            execution,
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/src/execution/evm.rs b/src/execution/evm.rs
index 33c7add..e5e7acb 100644
--- a/src/execution/evm.rs
+++ b/src/execution/evm.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{str::FromStr, sync::Arc, thread};
+use std::{str::FromStr, thread};
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use ethers::prelude::{Address, H160, H256, U256};
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub struct Evm {
 }
 
 impl Evm {
-    pub fn new(execution: Arc<ExecutionClient>, payload: ExecutionPayload) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(execution: ExecutionClient, payload: ExecutionPayload) -> Self {
         let mut evm: EVM<ProofDB> = EVM::new();
         let db = ProofDB::new(execution, payload);
         evm.database(db);
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ impl Evm {
 }
 
 struct ProofDB {
-    execution: Arc<ExecutionClient>,
+    execution: ExecutionClient,
     payload: ExecutionPayload,
     error: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl ProofDB {
-    pub fn new(execution: Arc<ExecutionClient>, payload: ExecutionPayload) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(execution: ExecutionClient, payload: ExecutionPayload) -> Self {
         ProofDB {
             execution,
             payload,
diff --git a/src/execution/proof.rs b/src/execution/proof.rs
index c979486..f38df2f 100644
--- a/src/execution/proof.rs
+++ b/src/execution/proof.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pub fn verify_proof(proof: &Vec<Vec<u8>>, root: &Vec<u8>, path: &Vec<u8>, value:
     let mut expected_hash = root.clone();
     let mut path_offset = 0;
 
+
     for (i, node) in proof.iter().enumerate() {
         if expected_hash != keccak256(node).to_vec() {
             return false;
@@ -21,6 +22,13 @@ pub fn verify_proof(proof: &Vec<Vec<u8>>, root: &Vec<u8>, path: &Vec<u8>, value:
             path_offset += 1;
         } else if node_list.len() == 2 {
             if i == proof.len() - 1 {
+
+                // exclusion proof
+                if &node_list[0][skip_length(&node_list[0])..] != &path[path_offset..] && value[0] == 0x80 {
+                    return true
+                }
+
+                // inclusion proof
                 if &node_list[1] != value {
                     return false;
                 }
@@ -35,6 +43,15 @@ pub fn verify_proof(proof: &Vec<Vec<u8>>, root: &Vec<u8>, path: &Vec<u8>, value:
     true
 }
 
+fn skip_length(node: &Vec<u8>) -> usize {
+    let nibble = get_nibble(node, 0);
+    match nibble {
+        2 => 2,
+        3 => 1,
+        _ => 0,
+    }
+}
+
 fn get_nibble(path: &Vec<u8>, offset: usize) -> u8 {
     let byte = path[offset / 2];
     if offset % 2 == 0 {