diff --git a/.changeset/yellow-schools-glow.md b/.changeset/yellow-schools-glow.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb386c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/yellow-schools-glow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@minima-global/mds": patch
+---
+
+added getStateVariable util function
diff --git a/packages/mds/src/mds.ts b/packages/mds/src/mds.ts
index 84a5488..bcabbc8 100644
--- a/packages/mds/src/mds.ts
+++ b/packages/mds/src/mds.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { createCommandFunction } from './helpers.js';
-import type { MDSObj } from './index.js';
+import type { Coin, MDSObj } from './index.js';
 
 var MDS_MAIN_CALLBACK: any;
 var API_CALLS: any[] = [];
@@ -341,6 +341,21 @@ export const MDS: MDSObj = {
       }
       return bytes.buffer;
     },
+
+    getStateVariable: (coin, port) => {
+      //Get the state vars
+      var statvars = coin.state;
+      if (Array.isArray(statvars)) {
+        var len = statvars.length;
+        for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+          var state = statvars[i];
+          if (state?.port == port) {
+            return state.data;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return undefined;
+    },
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/mds/src/types.ts b/packages/mds/src/types.ts
index efbc4f3..5a67135 100644
--- a/packages/mds/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/mds/src/types.ts
@@ -378,5 +378,12 @@ export interface MDSObj {
      * @param hex The HEX string to convert
      */
     base64ToArrayBuffer: (base64: string) => ArrayBuffer;
+
+    /**
+     * Get a state variable from a coin
+     * @param coin The coin to get the state variable from
+     * @param port The port to get the state variable from
+     */
+    getStateVariable: (coin: Coin, port: number) => string | undefined;
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/test-app-new/src/AppContext.tsx b/tests/test-app-new/src/AppContext.tsx
index 615a0ec..2c327c2 100644
--- a/tests/test-app-new/src/AppContext.tsx
+++ b/tests/test-app-new/src/AppContext.tsx
@@ -24,17 +24,9 @@ const AppProvider: React.FC<React.PropsWithChildren> = ({ children }) => {
 
           const coins = await MDS.cmd.coins()
 
-          coins.response.forEach((coin) => {
-            if (coin.state) {
-              if (Array.isArray(coin.state)) {
-                coin.state.forEach((state) => {
-                  console.log(state.data)
-                })
-              } else {
-                console.log(coin.state["0"])
-              }
-            }
-          })
+          console.log(coins.response[0])
+
+          console.log(MDS.util.getStateVariable(coins.response[0], 2))
         }
       })
     }
diff --git a/tests/test-app-new/test-app-0.1.0.mds.zip b/tests/test-app-new/test-app-0.1.0.mds.zip
index 11fc0dd..791c70a 100644
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