diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1999c57..d7ad2e4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ic_cose"
-version = "0.6.7"
+version = "0.6.8"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "candid",
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ic_cose_canister"
-version = "0.6.7"
+version = "0.6.8"
 dependencies = [
  "candid",
  "ciborium",
@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ic_cose_types"
-version = "0.6.7"
+version = "0.6.8"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "candid",
@@ -2001,13 +2001,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ic_object_store"
-version = "0.6.7"
+version = "0.6.8"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
  "candid",
  "chrono",
+ "const-hex",
  "ed25519-consensus",
  "futures",
  "ic-agent",
@@ -2020,7 +2021,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ic_object_store_canister"
-version = "0.6.7"
+version = "0.6.8"
 dependencies = [
  "candid",
  "ciborium",
@@ -2247,9 +2248,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnet"
-version = "2.10.1"
+version = "2.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ddc24109865250148c2e0f3d25d4f0f479571723792d3802153c60922a4fb708"
+checksum = "469fb0b9cefa57e3ef31275ee7cacb78f2fdca44e4765491884a2b119d4eb130"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
@@ -3107,9 +3108,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
-version = "1.0.24"
+version = "1.0.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3cb6eb87a131f756572d7fb904f6e7b68633f09cca868c5df1c4b8d1a694bbba"
+checksum = "f79dfe2d285b0488816f30e700a7438c5a73d816b5b7d3ac72fbc48b0d185e03"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
@@ -3152,9 +3153,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.135"
+version = "1.0.137"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b0d7ba2887406110130a978386c4e1befb98c674b4fba677954e4db976630d9"
+checksum = "930cfb6e6abf99298aaad7d29abbef7a9999a9a8806a40088f55f0dcec03146b"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "memchr",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 95e80b9..2aac03a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ strip = true
 opt-level = 's'
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.6.7"
+version = "0.6.8"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/ldclabs/ic-cose"
 keywords = ["config", "cbor", "canister", "icp", "encryption"]
diff --git a/src/ic_object_store/Cargo.toml b/src/ic_object_store/Cargo.toml
index f5ee5eb..ec37458 100644
--- a/src/ic_object_store/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/ic_object_store/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ ic_cose_types = { path = "../ic_cose_types", version = "0.6" }
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 ed25519-consensus = { workspace = true }
+const-hex = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/ic_object_store/src/agent.rs b/src/ic_object_store/src/agent.rs
index 548cec0..ed672f5 100644
--- a/src/ic_object_store/src/agent.rs
+++ b/src/ic_object_store/src/agent.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 /// Creates and configures an IC agent with the given host URL and identity.
 ///
 /// # Arguments
-/// * `host` - The IC host URL (e.g., "https://ic0.app" or "http://localhost:8000")
+/// * `host` - The IC host URL (e.g., "https://ic0.app" or "http://localhost:4943")
 /// * `identity` - Arc-wrapped identity for authentication
 ///
 /// # Returns
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub async fn build_agent(host: &str, identity: Arc<dyn Identity>) -> Result<Agen
     let agent = Agent::builder()
         .with_url(host)
         .with_arc_identity(identity)
-        .with_verify_query_signatures(true)
+        .with_verify_query_signatures(false)
         .build()
         .map_err(format_error)?;
     if host.starts_with("http://") {
diff --git a/src/ic_object_store/src/client.rs b/src/ic_object_store/src/client.rs
index cce9a59..74103c6 100644
--- a/src/ic_object_store/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/ic_object_store/src/client.rs
@@ -665,6 +665,10 @@ impl ObjectStoreClient {
     pub fn new(client: Arc<Client>) -> ObjectStoreClient {
         ObjectStoreClient { client }
     }
+
+    pub async fn get_state(&self) -> Result<StateInfo, String> {
+        self.client.get_state().await
+    }
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for ObjectStoreClient {