diff --git a/bin/near-cli.js b/bin/near-cli.js
index 224918dc..6c3d27b4 100644
--- a/bin/near-cli.js
+++ b/bin/near-cli.js
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ yargs // eslint-disable-line
     .command(require('../commands/dev-deploy'))
     .command(require('../commands/call'))
     .command(callViewFunction)
+    .command(require('../commands/view-state'))
     .command(sendMoney)
     .command(clean)
     .command(stake)
diff --git a/commands/view-state.js b/commands/view-state.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fec99443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/view-state.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+const exitOnError = require('../utils/exit-on-error');
+const connect = require('../utils/connect');
+const { formatResponse } = require('../utils/inspect-response');
+
+module.exports = {
+    command: 'view-state <account-id> [prefix]',
+    desc: 'View contract storage state',
+    builder: (yargs) => yargs
+        .option('prefix', {
+            desc: 'Return keys only with given prefix.',
+            type: 'string',
+            default: ''
+            
+        })
+        .option('block-id', {
+            desc: 'The block number OR the block hash (base58-encoded).',
+            type: 'string',
+            
+        })
+        .option('finality', {
+            desc: '`optimistic` uses the latest block recorded on the node that responded to your query,\n' + 
+                '`final` is for a block that has been validated on at least 66% of the nodes in the network',
+            type: 'string',
+            choices: ['optimistic', 'final'],
+            
+        })
+        .option('utf8', {
+            desc: 'Decode keys and values as UTF-8 strings',
+            type: 'boolean',
+            default: false
+        }),
+    handler: exitOnError(viewState)
+};
+
+async function viewState(options) {
+    const { accountId, prefix, finality, blockId, utf8 } = options;
+    const near = await connect(options);
+    const account = await near.account(accountId);
+
+    let state = await account.viewState(prefix, { blockId, finality });
+    if (utf8) {
+        state = state.map(({ key, value}) => ({ key: key.toString('utf-8'), value: value.toString('utf-8') }));
+    }
+    console.log(formatResponse(state, options));
+}
diff --git a/test/test_account_creation.sh b/test/test_account_creation.sh
index cf1d1e09..e598d032 100755
--- a/test/test_account_creation.sh
+++ b/test/test_account_creation.sh
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ set -x
 timestamp=$(date +%s)
 testaccount=testaccount$timestamp.test.near
 
-RESULT=$(./bin/near create-account $testaccount --masterAccount test.far)
-echo $RESULT
-EXPECTED=".+New account doesn't share the same top-level account.+ "
-if [[ ! "$RESULT" =~ $EXPECTED ]]; then
+ERROR=$(./bin/near create-account $testaccount --masterAccount test.far 2>&1 >/dev/null)
+echo $ERROR
+EXPECTED_ERROR=".+New account doesn't share the same top-level account.+ "
+if [[ ! "$ERROR" =~ $EXPECTED_ERROR ]]; then
     echo FAILURE Unexpected output creating account with different master account
     exit 1
 fi
 
-RESULT=$(./bin/near create-account tooshortfortla --masterAccount test.far)
-echo $RESULT
-EXPECTED=".+Top-level accounts must be at least.+ "
-if [[ ! "$RESULT" =~ $EXPECTED ]]; then
+ERROR=$(./bin/near create-account tooshortfortla --masterAccount test.far 2>&1 >/dev/null)
+echo $ERROR
+EXPECTED_ERROR=".+Top-level accounts must be at least.+ "
+if [[ ! "$ERROR" =~ $EXPECTED_ERROR ]]; then
     echo FAILURE Unexpected output when creating a short top-level account
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/test/test_deploy_init_contract.sh b/test/test_deploy_init_contract.sh
index 473edb14..c4ccdfb6 100755
--- a/test/test_deploy_init_contract.sh
+++ b/test/test_deploy_init_contract.sh
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ echo Creating account
 
 echo Deploying contract without init method
 ../bin/near deploy --accountId $testaccount --wasmFile ../test/res/fungible_token.wasm
-RESULT=$(../bin/near view $testaccount get_balance '{"owner_id": "test.near"}' -v | ../node_modules/.bin/strip-ansi)
-echo $RESULT
-EXPECTED=".+Fun token should be initialized before usage+"
-if [[ ! "$RESULT" =~ $EXPECTED ]]; then
+ERROR=$(../bin/near view $testaccount get_balance '{"owner_id": "test.near"}' -v 2>&1 >/dev/null | ../node_modules/.bin/strip-ansi)
+echo $ERROR
+EXPECTED_ERROR=".+Fun token should be initialized before usage+"
+if [[ ! "$ERROR" =~ $EXPECTED_ERROR ]]; then
     echo FAILURE Expected message requiring initialization of contract
     exit 1
 else
diff --git a/utils/inspect-response.js b/utils/inspect-response.js
index 60b807a3..942b46cf 100644
--- a/utils/inspect-response.js
+++ b/utils/inspect-response.js
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ const prettyPrintResponse = (response, options) => {
 const prettyPrintError = (error, options) => {
     if (checkForAccDoesNotExist(error, options)) return;
 
-    console.log('An error occured');
-    console.log(formatResponse(error));
+    console.error('An error occured');
+    console.error(error.stack);
+    console.error(formatResponse(error));
     const txnId = getTxnIdFromError(error);
     if (txnId) {
         console.log(`We attempted to send transaction ${txnId} to NEAR, but something went wrong.`);
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ const prettyPrintError = (error, options) => {
 
 const formatResponse = (response) => {
     return util.inspect(response, {
-        showHidden: true,
+        // showHidden: true,
         depth: null,
         colors: Boolean(process.stdout.isTTY && process.stdout.hasColors()),
         maxArrayLength: null