diff --git a/cmd/cli/app/verify.go b/cmd/cli/app/verify.go
index d83d038df048e30097d3d460aec4cab6d1fee418..0495f57180f230937fff88972deb07fce71b2e1a 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/app/verify.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/app/verify.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (v *verifyCmdOutput) String() string {
 	result, _ := hex.DecodeString(v.EntryUUID)
 	for i, h := range v.Hashes {
 		if i < inner && (v.Index>>uint(i))&1 == 0 {
-			left = []byte(hex.EncodeToString([]byte(v.RootHash)))
+			left = result
 			right, _ = hex.DecodeString(h)
 		} else {
 			left, _ = hex.DecodeString(h)