diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/getters.go b/beacon-chain/state/getters.go
index 7484fbe709d5..87c8e97f15b6 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/state/getters.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/state/getters.go
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ func (b *BeaconState) LatestBlockHeader() *ethpb.BeaconBlockHeader {
 	var stateRoot [32]byte
 
 	copy(parentRoot[:], b.state.LatestBlockHeader.ParentRoot)
-	copy(bodyRoot[:], b.state.LatestBlockHeader.StateRoot)
-	copy(stateRoot[:], b.state.LatestBlockHeader.BodyRoot)
+	copy(bodyRoot[:], b.state.LatestBlockHeader.BodyRoot)
+	copy(stateRoot[:], b.state.LatestBlockHeader.StateRoot)
 	hdr.ParentRoot = parentRoot[:]
 	hdr.BodyRoot = bodyRoot[:]
 	hdr.StateRoot = stateRoot[:]
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ func (b *BeaconState) JustificationBits() bitfield.Bitvector4 {
 	if b.state.JustificationBits == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	res := bitfield.Bitvector4{}
-	copy(res, b.state.JustificationBits)
+	res := make([]byte, len(b.state.JustificationBits.Bytes()))
+	copy(res, b.state.JustificationBits.Bytes())
 	return res
 }
 
diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/types_test.go b/beacon-chain/state/types_test.go
index 5c11ebc8f715..53b63bc60c3d 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/state/types_test.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/state/types_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 	ethpb "github.com/prysmaticlabs/ethereumapis/eth/v1alpha1"
 	pb "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/proto/beacon/p2p/v1"
-
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/shared/interop"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/shared/params"
 	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/shared/stateutil"
@@ -20,6 +19,12 @@ func TestBeaconState_ProtoBeaconStateCompatibility(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	cloned := proto.Clone(genesis).(*pb.BeaconState)
+	custom := customState.Clone()
+	if !proto.Equal(cloned, custom) {
+		t.Fatal("Cloned states did not match")
+	}
+
 	r1 := customState.HashTreeRoot()
 	r2, err := stateutil.HashTreeRootState(genesis)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -117,6 +122,30 @@ func BenchmarkCloneValidators_Manual(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
+func BenchmarkStateClone_Proto(b *testing.B) {
+	b.StopTimer()
+	params.UseMinimalConfig()
+	genesis := setupGenesisState(b, 64)
+	b.StartTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_ = proto.Clone(genesis).(*pb.BeaconState)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkStateClone_Manual(b *testing.B) {
+	b.StopTimer()
+	params.UseMinimalConfig()
+	genesis := setupGenesisState(b, 64)
+	st, err := InitializeFromProto(genesis)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	b.StartTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_ = st.Clone()
+	}
+}
+
 func cloneValidatorsWithProto(vals []*ethpb.Validator) []*ethpb.Validator {
 	res := make([]*ethpb.Validator, len(vals))
 	for i := 0; i < len(res); i++ {