diff --git a/src/daemon/MoneroDaemon.cpp b/src/daemon/MoneroDaemon.cpp
index fe5e80f..033ba98 100644
--- a/src/daemon/MoneroDaemon.cpp
+++ b/src/daemon/MoneroDaemon.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ namespace monero {
     cout << "MoneroBlock::toPropertyTree(block)" << endl;
     boost::property_tree::ptree node;
     if (height != boost::none) node.put("height", *height);  // TODO: finish this, add txs
-    //node.add_child("txs", toPropertyTree(txs));  // TODO: txs is vector<shared_ptr<MoneroTx>> so need to handle
+    cout << "We should be adding " << txs.size() << " txs" << endl;
+    node.add_child("txs", MoneroUtils::toPropertyTree(txs));  // TODO: txs is vector<shared_ptr<MoneroTx>> so need to handle
     return node;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/daemon/MoneroDaemon.h b/src/daemon/MoneroDaemon.h
index a2b2d1f..15cacf8 100644
--- a/src/daemon/MoneroDaemon.h
+++ b/src/daemon/MoneroDaemon.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ namespace monero {
 
   /**
    * Base struct which can be serialized.
+   *
+   * TODO: move this to MoneroUtils?
    */
   struct SerializableStruct {
 
diff --git a/src/utils/MoneroUtils.cpp b/src/utils/MoneroUtils.cpp
index 4fee706..48aca4e 100644
--- a/src/utils/MoneroUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/MoneroUtils.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "cryptonote_basic/cryptonote_format_utils.h"
 
 using namespace std;
-using namespace boost;
 using namespace cryptonote;
 using namespace MoneroUtils;
 
diff --git a/src/utils/MoneroUtils.h b/src/utils/MoneroUtils.h
index bcadb08..dadb34d 100644
--- a/src/utils/MoneroUtils.h
+++ b/src/utils/MoneroUtils.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 namespace MoneroUtils
 {
   using namespace std;
-  using namespace boost;
   using namespace cryptonote;
 
   void jsonToBinary(const std::string &json, std::string &bin);
@@ -63,7 +62,17 @@ namespace MoneroUtils
   string serialize(const boost::property_tree::ptree& node);
 
   //  // TODO: template implementation here, could move to MoneroUtils.hpp per https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3040480/c-template-function-compiles-in-header-but-not-implementation
-  template <class SerializableStruct> boost::property_tree::ptree toPropertyTree(const vector<SerializableStruct> types) {
+  template <class T> boost::property_tree::ptree toPropertyTree(const vector<shared_ptr<T>> types) {
+    cout << "toPropertyTree(types)" << endl;
+    boost::property_tree::ptree typeNodes;
+    for (const auto& type : types)  {
+      typeNodes.push_back(std::make_pair("", type->toPropertyTree()));
+    }
+    return typeNodes;
+  }
+
+  //  // TODO: template implementation here, could move to MoneroUtils.hpp per https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3040480/c-template-function-compiles-in-header-but-not-implementation
+  template <class T> boost::property_tree::ptree toPropertyTree(const vector<T> types) {
     cout << "toPropertyTree(types)" << endl;
     boost::property_tree::ptree typeNodes;
     for (const auto& type : types)  {
@@ -72,15 +81,6 @@ namespace MoneroUtils
     return typeNodes;
   }
 
-//  template <class T*> boost::property_tree::ptree toPropertyTree(const vector<T*> types) {
-//    cout << "toPropertyTree(types*)" << endl;
-//    boost::property_tree::ptree typeNodes;
-//    for (const auto& type : types)  {
-//      typeNodes.push_back(std::make_pair("", toPropertyTree(type)));
-//    }
-//    return typeNodes;
-//  }
-
   /**
    * Modified from core_rpc_server.cpp to return a string.
    *