diff --git a/src/chain.c b/src/chain.c
index 20c93994..f25778fb 100644
--- a/src/chain.c
+++ b/src/chain.c
@@ -589,6 +589,8 @@ hsk_chain_add(hsk_chain_t *chain, const hsk_header_t *h) {
   const uint8_t *hash = hsk_header_cache(hdr);
 
   hsk_chain_log(chain, "adding block: %s\n", hsk_hex_encode32(hash));
+  hsk_chain_log(chain, "tree_root %s timestamp %d \n",
+      hsk_hex_encode32(hdr->name_root), hdr->time);
 
   int64_t now = hsk_timedata_now(chain->td);
 
diff --git a/src/hesiod.c b/src/hesiod.c
index 6d50d7ac..9241d317 100644
--- a/src/hesiod.c
+++ b/src/hesiod.c
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ hsk_hesiod_resolve(hsk_dns_req_t *req, hsk_ns_t *ns) {
       goto fail;
   }
 
+  if (hsk_dns_is_subdomain(req->name, "name_root.tip.chain.hnsd.")) {
+    if (!hsk_hesiod_txt_push_hash("name_root.tip.chain.hnsd.", ns->pool->chain.tip->name_root, an))
+      goto fail;
+  }
+
   if (hsk_dns_is_subdomain(req->name, "time.tip.chain.hnsd.")) {
     if (!hsk_hesiod_txt_push_u64("time.tip.chain.hnsd.",
                                  ns->pool->chain.tip->time,