diff --git a/pkg/vm/stack/invocationstack.go b/pkg/vm/stack/invocationstack.go
index a3a66b8ec..49f058f62 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/stack/invocationstack.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/stack/invocationstack.go
@@ -29,11 +29,17 @@ func (i *Invocation) CurrentContext() (*Context, error) {
 	return i.peekContext(0)
 }
 
-// RemoveCurrentContext removes the context on the top of the invocation stack
-// This is a convenience method for Pop
-func (i *Invocation) RemoveCurrentContext() error {
-	_, err := i.Pop()
-	return err
+// PopCurrentContext Pops a context item from the top of the stack
+func (i *Invocation) PopCurrentContext() (*Context, error) {
+	item, err := i.Pop()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	ctx, err := item.Context()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return ctx, err
 }
 
 // CallingContext will return the cntext item
@@ -49,8 +55,7 @@ func (i *Invocation) CallingContext() (*Context, error) {
 // started the program
 func (i *Invocation) EntryContext() (*Context, error) {
 
-	// firstItemIndex refers to the first item
-	// that was popped on the stack
+	// firstItemIndex refers to the first item that was popped on the stack
 	firstItemIndex := uint16(i.Len() - 1) // N.B. if this overflows because len is zero, then an error will be returned
 	return i.peekContext(firstItemIndex)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/vm/stack/stack.go b/pkg/vm/stack/stack.go
index e857a9ada..8d1ac5b78 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/stack/stack.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/stack/stack.go
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ func (ras *RandomAccess) Peek(n uint16) (Item, error) {
 	return ras.vals[index], nil
 }
 
+// CopyTo will copy all of the stack items from `ras` into the stack that is passed as an argument
+// XXX: once maxstacksize is implemented, we will return error if size goes over
+// There will also be additional checks needed once stack isolation is added
+func (ras *RandomAccess) CopyTo(stack *RandomAccess) error {
+	stack.vals = append(stack.vals, ras.vals...)
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Convenience Functions
 
 // PopInt will remove the last stack item that was added