diff --git a/internal/trie/node/decode.go b/internal/trie/node/decode.go
index 526b1507e3..7915c6e49a 100644
--- a/internal/trie/node/decode.go
+++ b/internal/trie/node/decode.go
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ func decodeBranch(reader io.Reader, variant variant, partialKeyLength uint16) (
 		}
 	} else if variant == branchWithHashedValueVariant {
 		buffer := make([]byte, common.HashLength)
+		//TODO: check that we read 32 bytes in the buffer
 		err = sd.Decode(&buffer)
 		node.StorageValue = buffer
 		if err != nil {
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ func decodeLeaf(reader io.Reader, variant variant, partialKeyLength uint16) (nod
 
 	if variant == leafWithHashedValueVariant {
 		buffer := make([]byte, common.HashLength)
+		//TODO: check that we read 32 bytes in the buffer
 		err = sd.Decode(&buffer)
 		node.StorageValue = buffer
 	} else {