diff --git a/chaind/runnable/list.py b/chaind/runnable/list.py
index 05a6a87..390fe46 100644
--- a/chaind/runnable/list.py
+++ b/chaind/runnable/list.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import os
 import logging
 import sys
+import argparse
 
 # external imports
 from hexathon import add_0x
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ from chainqueue.sql.backend import SQLBackend
 from chaind.sql.session import SessionIndex
 from chainqueue.adapters.sessionindex import SessionIndexAdapter
 from chainqueue.cli import Outputter
+from chainqueue.enum import StatusBits
 
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
@@ -24,7 +26,12 @@ script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 config_dir = os.path.join(script_dir, '..', 'data', 'config')
 
 arg_flags = chainlib.cli.argflag_std_base | chainlib.cli.Flag.CHAIN_SPEC
-argparser = chainlib.cli.ArgumentParser(arg_flags)
+argparser = chainlib.cli.ArgumentParser(
+    arg_flags,
+    description="""Lists and queue items by session id, filterable by timestamp and state.
+
+By default all columns will be displayed. Columns can be explicitly selected instead by passing one or more column names using the -o,--column flag. Valid column names are: chainspec, hash, statustext, statuscode.
+""")
 argparser.add_argument('--backend', type=str, default='sql', help='Backend to use (currently only "sql")')
 argparser.add_argument('--start', type=str, help='Oldest transaction hash to include in results')
 argparser.add_argument('--end', type=str, help='Newest transaction hash to include in results')
@@ -33,6 +40,7 @@ argparser.add_argument('--pending', action='store_true', help='Omit finalized tr
 argparser.add_argument('--status-mask', type=int, dest='status_mask', help='Manually specify status bitmask value to match (overrides --error and --pending)')
 argparser.add_argument('--summary', action='store_true', help='output summary for each status category')
 argparser.add_argument('--address', dest='address', type=str, help='filter by address')
+argparser.add_argument('-o', '--column', dest='column', action='append', type=str, help='add a column to display')
 argparser.add_positional('session_id', type=str, help='Ethereum address of recipient')
 args = argparser.parse_args()
 extra_args = {
@@ -44,6 +52,7 @@ extra_args = {
     'pending': None,
     'status_mask': None,
     'summary': None,
+    'column': None,
     'session_id': 'SESSION_ID',
         }
 
@@ -82,10 +91,10 @@ dsn = dsn_from_config(config)
 backend = SQLBackend(dsn, debug=config.true('DATABASE_DEBUG'))
 session_index_backend = SessionIndex(config.get('SESSION_ID'))
 adapter = SessionIndexAdapter(backend, session_index_backend=session_index_backend)
-
+output_cols = config.get('_COLUMN')
 
 def main():
-   outputter = Outputter(chain_spec, sys.stdout, tx_getter, session_method=session_method, decode_status=config.true('_RAW'))
+   outputter = Outputter(chain_spec, sys.stdout, tx_getter, session_method=session_method, decode_status=config.true('_RAW'), cols=output_cols)
    txs = session_index_backend.get(chain_spec, adapter)
    if config.get('_SUMMARY'):
         for k in txs.keys():
diff --git a/chainqueue/adapters/sessionindex.py b/chainqueue/adapters/sessionindex.py
index 44e3ea1..c8e374d 100644
--- a/chainqueue/adapters/sessionindex.py
+++ b/chainqueue/adapters/sessionindex.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 import datetime
 
 # external imports
-from hexathon import add_0x
+from hexathon import (
+        add_0x,
+        strip_0x,
+        )
 from chainqueue.adapters.base import Adapter
 from chainqueue.enum import StatusBits
 
@@ -14,7 +17,8 @@ class SessionIndexAdapter(Adapter):
         self.session_index_backend = session_index_backend
 
 
-    def add(self, bytecode, chain_spec, session=None):
+    def add(self, tx_raw_signed_hex, chain_spec, session=None):
+        bytecode = bytes.fromhex(strip_0x(tx_raw_signed_hex))
         tx = self.translate(bytecode, chain_spec)
         r = self.backend.create(chain_spec, tx['nonce'], tx['from'], tx['hash'], add_0x(bytecode.hex()), session=session)
         if r:
@@ -38,4 +42,6 @@ class SessionIndexAdapter(Adapter):
         return txs
 
 
-
+    def get(self, tx_hash, chain_spec, session=None):
+        tx_summary = self.backend.get_otx(chain_spec, tx_hash, session=session)
+        return tx_summary['signed_tx']
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a83b8f2..26a6d05 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 chainlib>=0.0.9a3,<=0.1.0
-chainqueue>=0.0.5a1,<=0.0.5
+chainqueue>=0.0.5a3,<=0.0.5
 chainsyncer>=0.0.6a3,<=0.0.6
 confini>=0.4.1a1,<0.5.0
 crypto-dev-signer>=0.4.15a3,<0.5.0