diff --git a/cmd/harmony/main.go b/cmd/harmony/main.go
index 6f58ba35f..3423e628e 100644
--- a/cmd/harmony/main.go
+++ b/cmd/harmony/main.go
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ func setupInitialAccount() (isLeader bool) {
 	}
 
 	if initialAccount == nil {
+		initialAccount = &genesis.DeployAccount{}
 		initialAccount.ShardID = uint32(*shardID)
 		initialAccount.BlsPublicKey = pubKey.SerializeToHexStr()
 		blsAddressBytes := pubKey.GetAddress()
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ func main() {
 		setupInitialAccount()
 	}
 
-	if *shardID >= 0 {
+	if *nodeType != "validator" && *shardID >= 0 {
 		utils.Logger().Info().
 			Uint32("original", initialAccount.ShardID).
 			Int("override", *shardID).
diff --git a/cmd/staking/root.go b/cmd/staking/root.go
index 3b53a1631..ad6f8ff74 100644
--- a/cmd/staking/root.go
+++ b/cmd/staking/root.go
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ func (s *staker) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			return staking.DirectiveDelegate, staking.Delegate{
 				dAddr,
 				dAddr2,
-				big.NewInt(1000),
+				big.NewInt(0).Mul(big.NewInt(denominations.One), big.NewInt(10)),
 			}
 		} else if cmdType == "undelegate" {
 			return staking.DirectiveUndelegate, staking.Undelegate{
 				dAddr,
 				dAddr2,
-				big.NewInt(1000),
+				big.NewInt(0).Mul(big.NewInt(denominations.One), big.NewInt(10)),
 			}
 		}
 		return staking.DirectiveCollectRewards, staking.CollectRewards{
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (s *staker) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	param := []interface{}{hexSignature}
 
 	local := "http://localhost:9500"
-	dev := "https://api.s0.pga.hmny.io/" //"http://34.221.51.210:9500" // "https://api.s0.pga.hmny.io/"
+	dev := "https://api.s0.pga.hmny.io/" // "http://34.209.25.152:9500"
 	net := local
 	if !localTest {
 		net = dev
diff --git a/hmy/api_backend.go b/hmy/api_backend.go
index 4e4c3d802..d889bb218 100644
--- a/hmy/api_backend.go
+++ b/hmy/api_backend.go
@@ -362,3 +362,12 @@ func (b *APIBackend) GetValidatorSelfDelegation(addr common.Address) *big.Int {
 	}
 	return wrapper.Delegations[0].Amount
 }
+
+// GetShardState ...
+func (b *APIBackend) GetShardState() (shard.State, error) {
+	state, err := b.hmy.BlockChain().ReadShardState(b.hmy.BlockChain().CurrentHeader().Epoch())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return state, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/hmyapi/backend.go b/internal/hmyapi/backend.go
index 020846c37..1b8259ed2 100644
--- a/internal/hmyapi/backend.go
+++ b/internal/hmyapi/backend.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ type Backend interface {
 	GetDelegationsByValidator(validator common.Address) []*staking.Delegation
 	GetDelegationsByDelegator(delegator common.Address) ([]common.Address, []*staking.Delegation)
 	GetValidatorSelfDelegation(addr common.Address) *big.Int
+	GetShardState() (shard.State, error)
 }
 
 // GetAPIs returns all the APIs.
diff --git a/internal/hmyapi/blockchain.go b/internal/hmyapi/blockchain.go
index 7ad2c5896..e636b7e62 100644
--- a/internal/hmyapi/blockchain.go
+++ b/internal/hmyapi/blockchain.go
@@ -518,6 +518,26 @@ func (s *PublicBlockChainAPI) GetValidatorInformation(ctx context.Context, addre
 		rpcValidator.TotalEffectiveStake = stats.TotalEffectiveStake.String()
 	}
 
+	shardState, err := s.b.GetShardState()
+	if err == nil {
+		blsKeyToShardID := make(map[shard.BlsPublicKey]uint32)
+
+		for _, committee := range shardState {
+			for _, slot := range committee.Slots {
+				blsKeyToShardID[slot.BlsPublicKey] = committee.ShardID
+			}
+		}
+
+		shardIDs := make([]int, len(rpcValidator.SlotPubKeys))
+
+		for i, slotKey := range rpcValidator.SlotPubKeys {
+			shardID, ok := blsKeyToShardID[slotKey]
+			if !ok {
+				shardIDs[i] = int(shardID)
+			}
+		}
+		rpcValidator.SlotShardIDs = shardIDs
+	}
 	return rpcValidator, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/hmyapi/types.go b/internal/hmyapi/types.go
index 92986ea7b..52fe723e7 100644
--- a/internal/hmyapi/types.go
+++ b/internal/hmyapi/types.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ type HeaderInformation struct {
 type RPCValidator struct {
 	Address             common.Address       `json:"address"`
 	SlotPubKeys         []shard.BlsPublicKey `json:"slot_pub_keys"`
+	SlotShardIDs        []int                `json:"slot_shard_ids"`
 	UnbondingHeight     *big.Int             `json:"unbonding_height"`
 	MinSelfDelegation   *big.Int             `json:"min_self_delegation"`
 	MaxTotalDelegation  *big.Int             `json:"max_total_delegation"`
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ func newRPCValidator(validator *types2.Validator) *RPCValidator {
 	return &RPCValidator{
 		validator.Address,
 		validator.SlotPubKeys,
+		nil,
 		validator.UnbondingHeight,
 		validator.MinSelfDelegation,
 		validator.MaxTotalDelegation,
diff --git a/shard/committee/assignment.go b/shard/committee/assignment.go
index 3d13c83d4..cc401d9d0 100644
--- a/shard/committee/assignment.go
+++ b/shard/committee/assignment.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func preStakingEnabledCommittee(s shardingconfig.Instance) shard.State {
 	hmyAccounts := s.HmyAccounts()
 	fnAccounts := s.FnAccounts()
 	shardState := shard.State{}
+	// Shard state needs to be sorted by shard ID
 	for i := 0; i < shardNum; i++ {
 		com := shard.Committee{ShardID: uint32(i)}
 		for j := 0; j < shardHarmonyNodes; j++ {
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ func eposStakedCommittee(
 	superComm := make(shard.State, shardCount)
 	hAccounts := s.HmyAccounts()
 
+	// Shard state needs to be sorted by shard ID
 	for i := 0; i < shardCount; i++ {
 		superComm[i] = shard.Committee{uint32(i), shard.SlotList{}}
 	}