diff --git a/lighthouse/state/mod.rs b/lighthouse/state/mod.rs
index 2c938cf29b..a245056a17 100644
--- a/lighthouse/state/mod.rs
+++ b/lighthouse/state/mod.rs
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ pub mod shard_and_committee;
 pub mod transition;
 pub mod validator_record;
 pub mod validation;
+pub mod helpers;
diff --git a/lighthouse/state/validation/attestation_validation.rs b/lighthouse/state/validation/attestation_validation.rs
index 4e0707dc3b..4704320638 100644
--- a/lighthouse/state/validation/attestation_validation.rs
+++ b/lighthouse/state/validation/attestation_validation.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-use super::super::crystallized_state::CrystallizedState;
-use super::super::active_state::ActiveState;
-use super::super::attestation_record::AttestationRecord;
-use super::super::block::Block;
-use super::super::chain_config::ChainConfig;
+use super::CrystallizedState;
+use super::ActiveState;
+use super::AttestationRecord;
+use super::Block;
+use super::ChainConfig;
 
 use ::utils::errors::AttestationValidationError;
 
 // implementation of validate_attestation in the v2.1 python reference implementation
 // see: https://github.com/ethereum/beacon_chain/blob/a79ab2c6f03cbdabf2b6d9d435c26e2b216e09a5/beacon_chain/state/state_transition.py#L61
 pub fn validate_attestation(
-    crystallized_state: &CrystallizedState, 
+    crystallized_state: &CrystallizedState,
     active_state: &ActiveState,
     attestation: &AttestationRecord,
     block: &Block,
-    chain_config: &ChainConfig) 
-    -> Result<bool, AttestationValidationError> { 
+    chain_config: &ChainConfig)
+    -> Result<bool, AttestationValidationError> {
 
         if !(attestation.slot < block.slot_number) {
             return Err(AttestationValidationError::SlotTooHigh);
@@ -24,24 +24,24 @@ pub fn validate_attestation(
             return Err(AttestationValidationError::SlotTooLow(format!("Attestation slot number too low\n\tFound: {:?}, Needed greater than: {:?}", attestation.slot, block.slot_number - chain_config.cycle_length as u64)));
         }
 
-        return Ok(true);
+        Ok(true)
     }
 
 
 #[cfg(test)]
-mod tests { 
+mod tests {
 
     use super::*;
     // test helper functions
-     
-    fn generate_standard_state() -> (
-         CrystallizedState,
-         ActiveState,
-         AttestationRecord,
-         Block,
-         ChainConfig) { 
 
-        let crystallized_state = CrystallizedState::zero(); 
+    fn generate_standard_state() -> (
+        CrystallizedState,
+        ActiveState,
+        AttestationRecord,
+        Block,
+        ChainConfig) {
+
+        let crystallized_state = CrystallizedState::zero();
         let active_state = ActiveState::zero();
         let attestation_record = AttestationRecord::zero();
         let block = Block::zero();
@@ -49,10 +49,9 @@ mod tests {
 
         return (crystallized_state, active_state, attestation_record, block, chain_config);
     }
-    
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_attestation_validation_slot_high() { 
+    fn test_attestation_validation_slot_high() {
         // generate standard state
         let (crystallized_state, active_state, mut attestation_record, mut block, chain_config) = generate_standard_state();
         // set slot too high
@@ -64,14 +63,19 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_attestation_validation_slot_low() { 
+    fn test_attestation_validation_slot_low() {
         // generate standard state
         let (crystallized_state, active_state, mut attestation_record, mut block, chain_config) = generate_standard_state();
         // set slot too high
         attestation_record.slot = 2;
         block.slot_number = 10;
 
-        let result = validate_attestation(&crystallized_state, &active_state, &attestation_record, &block, &chain_config);
+        let result = validate_attestation(
+            &crystallized_state,
+            &active_state,
+            &attestation_record,
+            &block,
+            &chain_config);
         //assert_eq!(result, Err(AttestationValidationError::SlotTooLow));
     }
 }
diff --git a/lighthouse/state/validation/mod.rs b/lighthouse/state/validation/mod.rs
index 98db2cb665..c11b652612 100644
--- a/lighthouse/state/validation/mod.rs
+++ b/lighthouse/state/validation/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
+use super::crystallized_state::CrystallizedState;
+use super::active_state::ActiveState;
+use super::attestation_record::AttestationRecord;
+use super::block::Block;
+use super::chain_config::ChainConfig;
+
 mod attestation_validation;