diff --git a/substrate/wasm-runtime/polkadot/src/runtime/governance.rs b/substrate/wasm-runtime/polkadot/src/runtime/governance.rs
index f6c41ff805..43a636f489 100644
--- a/substrate/wasm-runtime/polkadot/src/runtime/governance.rs
+++ b/substrate/wasm-runtime/polkadot/src/runtime/governance.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
 
 //! Governance system: Handles administration and dispatch of sensitive operations including
 //! setting new code, minting new tokens and changing parameters.
+//!
+//! For now this is limited to a simple qualified majority vote (whose parameter is retrieved from
+//! storage) between validators. A single vote may be proposed per era, and at most one approval
+//! vote may be cast by each validator. The tally is maintained
+//!
+//!
+//!
 
 use runtime_support::Vec;
 use keyedvec::KeyedVec;
@@ -34,27 +41,29 @@ pub fn propose(transactor: &AccountID, proposal: &Proposal) {
 	approve(transactor, staking::current_era());
 }
 
-pub fn approve(transactor: &AccountID, era_index: BlockNumber) {
+pub fn approve(validator: &AccountID, era_index: BlockNumber) {
 	if era_index != staking::current_era() {
 		panic!("approval vote applied on non-current era.")
 	}
 	if Proposal::lookup(b"gov:pro").is_none() {
 		panic!("there must be a proposal in order to approve.");
 	}
-	let key = transactor.to_keyed_vec(b"gov:app:");
+	if session::validators().into_iter().position(|v| &v == validator).is_none() {
+		panic!("transactor must be a validator to approve.");
+	}
+	let key = validator.to_keyed_vec(b"gov:app:");
 	if bool::lookup(&key).is_some() {
 		panic!("transactor may not approve a proposal twice in one era.");
 	}
 	true.store(&key);
-	(approval_count() + 1).store(b"gov:app");
+}
+
+pub fn set_approval_ppm_required(ppm: u32) {
+	ppm.store(b"gov:apr");
 }
 
 // INSPECTION API
 
-pub fn approval_count() -> u32 {
-	Storable::lookup_default(b"gov:app")
-}
-
 pub fn approval_ppm_required() -> u32 {
 	Storable::lookup(b"gov:apr").unwrap_or(1000)
 }
@@ -69,12 +78,11 @@ pub fn approvals_required() -> u32 {
 pub fn end_of_an_era() {
 	// tally up votes for the current proposal, if any. enact if there are sufficient approvals.
 	if let Some(proposal) = Proposal::lookup(b"gov:pro") {
-		let enact = approval_count() >= approvals_required();
-
-		// clear proposal
-		reset_proposal();
-
-		if enact {
+		kill(b"gov:pro");
+		let approved: u32 = session::validators().into_iter()
+			.map(|v| bool::take(&v.to_keyed_vec(b"gov:app:")).map(|_| 1).unwrap_or(0))
+			.sum();
+		if approved >= approvals_required() {
 			proposal.enact();
 		}
 	}
@@ -82,14 +90,6 @@ pub fn end_of_an_era() {
 
 // PRIVATE API
 
-fn reset_proposal() {
-	session::validators().into_iter().for_each(|v| {
-		kill(&v.to_keyed_vec(b"gov:app:"));
-	});
-	kill(b"gov:pro");
-	kill(b"gov:app");
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 	// TODO
diff --git a/substrate/wasm-runtime/polkadot/src/support/proposal.rs b/substrate/wasm-runtime/polkadot/src/support/proposal.rs
index bffd7aa76c..963a01b749 100644
--- a/substrate/wasm-runtime/polkadot/src/support/proposal.rs
+++ b/substrate/wasm-runtime/polkadot/src/support/proposal.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use runtime_support::size_of;
 use slicable::Slicable;
 use joiner::Joiner;
 use streamreader::StreamReader;
-use runtime::staking;
+use runtime::{system, governance, staking};
 
 /// Internal functions that can be dispatched to.
 #[cfg_attr(test, derive(PartialEq, Debug))]
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use runtime::staking;
 pub enum InternalFunction {
 	SystemSetCode,
 	StakingSetSessionsPerEra,
+	GovernanceSetApprovalPpmRequired,
 }
 
 impl InternalFunction {
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ impl InternalFunction {
 		match value {
 			x if x == InternalFunction::SystemSetCode as u8 => Some(InternalFunction::SystemSetCode),
 			x if x == InternalFunction::StakingSetSessionsPerEra as u8 => Some(InternalFunction::StakingSetSessionsPerEra),
+			x if x == InternalFunction::GovernanceSetApprovalPpmRequired as u8 => Some(InternalFunction::GovernanceSetApprovalPpmRequired),
 			_ => None,
 		}
 	}
@@ -77,13 +79,17 @@ impl Proposal {
 		let mut params = StreamReader::new(&self.input_data);
 		match self.function {
 			InternalFunction::SystemSetCode => {
-				let code = params.read().unwrap();
-				staking::set_sessions_per_era(code);
+				let code: Vec<u8> = params.read().unwrap();
+				system::set_code(&code);
 			}
 			InternalFunction::StakingSetSessionsPerEra => {
 				let value = params.read().unwrap();
 				staking::set_sessions_per_era(value);
 			}
+			InternalFunction::GovernanceSetApprovalPpmRequired => {
+				let value = params.read().unwrap();
+				governance::set_approval_ppm_required(value);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/substrate/wasm-runtime/polkadot/src/support/storable.rs b/substrate/wasm-runtime/polkadot/src/support/storable.rs
index 5cfa154937..61d9f080d9 100644
--- a/substrate/wasm-runtime/polkadot/src/support/storable.rs
+++ b/substrate/wasm-runtime/polkadot/src/support/storable.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ pub trait Storable {
 		unimplemented!()
 	}
 
+	/// Retrives and returns the serialised value of a key from storage, removing it immediately.
+	fn take(key: &[u8]) -> Option<Self> where Self: Sized {
+		if let Some(value) = Self::lookup(key) {
+			kill(key);
+			Some(value)
+		} else {
+			None
+		}
+	}
+
 	/// Place the value in storage under `key`.
 	fn store(&self, key: &[u8]);
 }