diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index 5f90b3d3..4c36e6b4 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,11 @@ async fn handle_request(
                 });
             };
 
-            db.put(key, &payload.bytes)?;
+            db.put(key, &payload.bytes).map_err(|e| StateError::RocksDBError {
+                action: "SetState".into(),
+                error: e.to_string(),
+            })?;
+
             (serde_json::to_vec(&StateResponse::SetState).unwrap(), None)
         }
         StateAction::GetState(process_id) => {
@@ -643,20 +647,3 @@ fn make_error_message(our_name: String, km: &KernelMessage, error: StateError) -
 fn process_to_vec(process: ProcessId) -> Vec<u8> {
     process.to_string().as_bytes().to_vec()
 }
-
-impl From<std::io::Error> for VfsError {
-    fn from(err: std::io::Error) -> Self {
-        VfsError::IOError {
-            error: err.to_string(),
-            path: "".to_string(),
-        } // replace with appropriate VfsError variant and fields
-    }
-}
-impl From<rocksdb::Error> for StateError {
-    fn from(error: rocksdb::Error) -> Self {
-        StateError::RocksDBError {
-            action: "ass".into(),
-            error: error.to_string(),
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/vfs.rs b/src/vfs.rs
index 4f0a6dd6..361c6d35 100644
--- a/src/vfs.rs
+++ b/src/vfs.rs
@@ -506,6 +506,9 @@ async fn check_caps(
     package_id: PackageId,
     vfs_dir_path: String,
 ) -> Result<(), VfsError> {
+    let src_package_id =
+    PackageId::new(source.process.package(), source.process.publisher());
+
     let (send_cap_bool, recv_cap_bool) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
     match &request.action {
         VfsAction::CreateDir
@@ -524,6 +527,9 @@ async fn check_caps(
         | VfsAction::Rename(_)
         | VfsAction::AddZip
         | VfsAction::SetLen(_) => {
+            if src_package_id == package_id {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
             send_to_caps_oracle
                 .send(CapMessage::Has {
                     on: source.process.clone(),
@@ -557,6 +563,9 @@ async fn check_caps(
         | VfsAction::Seek(_)
         | VfsAction::Hash
         | VfsAction::Len => {
+            if src_package_id == package_id {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
             send_to_caps_oracle
                 .send(CapMessage::Has {
                     on: source.process.clone(),
@@ -584,9 +593,6 @@ async fn check_caps(
             Ok(())
         }
         VfsAction::CreateDrive => {
-            // TODO add helper to types.rs?
-            let src_package_id =
-                PackageId::new(source.process.package(), source.process.publisher());
             if src_package_id != package_id {
                 // might have root caps
                 send_to_caps_oracle
@@ -701,6 +707,16 @@ impl From<tokio::sync::mpsc::error::SendError<CapMessage>> for VfsError {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<std::io::Error> for VfsError {
+    fn from(err: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        VfsError::IOError {
+            path: "".into(),
+            error: err.to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 impl std::fmt::Display for VfsAction {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
         write!(f, "{:?}", self)