diff --git a/arangod/Agency/State.cpp b/arangod/Agency/State.cpp
index c1096665bc..14c82dde64 100644
--- a/arangod/Agency/State.cpp
+++ b/arangod/Agency/State.cpp
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ index_t State::logFollower(query_t const& transactions) {
       // Now we must completely erase our log and compaction snapshots and
       // start from the snapshot
       Store snapshot(_agent, "snapshot");
-      snapshot = slices[0].get("readDB");
+      snapshot = slices[0];
       if (!storeLogFromSnapshot(snapshot, snapshotIndex, snapshotTerm)) {
         LOG_TOPIC(FATAL, Logger::AGENCY)
             << "Could not restore received log snapshot.";
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<VPackBuilder> State::latestAgencyState(TRI_vocbase_t& vocbase,
     // Result can only have length 0 or 1.
     VPackSlice ii = result[0].resolveExternals();
     buffer_t tmp = std::make_shared<arangodb::velocypack::Buffer<uint8_t>>();
-    store = ii.get("readDB");
+    store = ii;
     index = arangodb::basics::StringUtils::uint64(ii.get("_key").copyString());
     term = ii.get("term").getNumber<uint64_t>();
     LOG_TOPIC(INFO, Logger::AGENCY)