diff --git a/boa/contracts/vyper/decoder_utils.py b/boa/contracts/vyper/decoder_utils.py
index 9102dd95..bbe03031 100644
--- a/boa/contracts/vyper/decoder_utils.py
+++ b/boa/contracts/vyper/decoder_utils.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 class ByteAddressableStorage:
     def __init__(self, evm, address: Address, key: int):
         self.evm = evm
-        self.address = address.canonical_address
+        self.address = address
         self.key = key
 
     def __getitem__(self, subscript):
diff --git a/boa/environment.py b/boa/environment.py
index 90657e9a..ede96e63 100644
--- a/boa/environment.py
+++ b/boa/environment.py
@@ -151,8 +151,12 @@ def reset_gas_used(self):
     # to the snapshot on exiting the with statement
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def anchor(self):
-        with self.evm.anchor():
-            yield
+        snapshot_id = self.evm.snapshot()
+        try:
+            with self.evm.patch.anchor():
+                yield
+        finally:
+            self.evm.revert(snapshot_id)
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def sender(self, address):
@@ -312,11 +316,11 @@ def get_code(self, address):
 
     @property
     def block_number(self):
-        return self.evm.block_number
+        return self.evm.patch.block_number
 
     @property
     def timestamp(self):
-        return self.evm.timestamp
+        return self.evm.patch.timestamp
 
     # function to time travel
     def time_travel(
@@ -332,4 +336,6 @@ def time_travel(
         else:
             assert blocks is not None  # mypy hint
             seconds = blocks * block_delta
-        self.evm.time_travel(seconds, blocks)
+
+        self.evm.patch.timestamp += seconds
+        self.evm.patch.block_number += blocks
diff --git a/boa/network.py b/boa/network.py
index d528d339..4efaa33c 100644
--- a/boa/network.py
+++ b/boa/network.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def anchor(self):
         if not self._rpc_has_snapshot:
             raise RuntimeError("RPC does not have `evm_snapshot` capability!")
         try:
-            block_id = self.evm.block_id
+            block_id = self.evm.patch.block_id
             snapshot_id = self._rpc.fetch("evm_snapshot", [])
             yield
             # note we cannot call super.anchor() because vm/accountdb fork
diff --git a/boa/vm/py_evm.py b/boa/vm/py_evm.py
index 0ae15a7a..dc961b69 100644
--- a/boa/vm/py_evm.py
+++ b/boa/vm/py_evm.py
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ def _init_vm(self, account_db_class=AccountDB):
         self.vm = self.chain.get_vm()
         self.vm.__class__._state_class.account_db_class = account_db_class
 
-        self.vm.patch = VMPatcher(self.vm)
+        self.patch = VMPatcher(self.vm)
 
         c: Type[titanoboa_computation] = type(
             "TitanoboaComputation",
@@ -392,8 +392,8 @@ def fork_rpc(self, rpc: RPC, block_identifier: str, **kwargs):
         self._init_vm(account_db_class)
         block_info = self.vm.state._account_db._block_info
 
-        self.vm.patch.timestamp = int(block_info["timestamp"], 16)
-        self.vm.patch.block_number = int(block_info["number"], 16)
+        self.patch.timestamp = int(block_info["timestamp"], 16)
+        self.patch.block_number = int(block_info["number"], 16)
         # TODO patch the other stuff
 
         self.vm.state._account_db._rpc._init_mem_db()
@@ -430,15 +430,6 @@ def reset_access_counters(self):
     def snapshot(self) -> Any:
         return self.vm.state.snapshot()
 
-    @contextlib.contextmanager
-    def anchor(self):
-        snapshot_id = self.snapshot()
-        try:
-            with self.vm.patch.anchor():
-                yield
-        finally:
-            self.revert(snapshot_id)
-
     def revert(self, snapshot_id: Any) -> None:
         self.vm.state.revert(snapshot_id)
 
@@ -516,26 +507,10 @@ def execute_code(
         tx_ctx = BaseTransactionContext(origin=origin, gas_price=gas_price)
         return self.vm.state.computation_class.apply_message(self.vm.state, msg, tx_ctx)
 
-    @property
-    def block_id(self):
-        return self.vm.state._account_db._block_id
-
-    @property
-    def block_number(self):
-        return self.vm.state.block_number
-
-    @property
-    def timestamp(self):
-        return self.vm.state.timestamp
-
     def get_storage_slot(self, address: Address, slot: int) -> bytes:
         data = self.vm.state._account_db.get_storage(address.canonical_address, slot)
         return data.to_bytes(32, "big")
 
-    def time_travel(self, add_seconds: int, add_blocks: int):
-        self.vm.patch.timestamp += add_seconds
-        self.vm.patch.block_number += add_blocks
-
 
 GENESIS_PARAMS = {"difficulty": constants.GENESIS_DIFFICULTY, "gas_limit": int(1e8)}