diff --git a/client/go/main.go b/client/go/main.go
index 53f741a4ef363e465702480084722c3682b65e6b..64ad9644bd7da7ad38fc07360ddef6256083597c 100644
--- a/client/go/main.go
+++ b/client/go/main.go
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 var glog = x.Log("client")
-var port = flag.String("port", "9090", "Port to communicate with server")
+var ip = flag.String("ip", "127.0.0.1:9090", "Port to communicate with server")
 var query = flag.String("query", "", "Query sent to the server")
 
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 	// TODO(pawan): Pick address for server from config
-	conn, err := grpc.Dial("127.0.0.1:"+*port, grpc.WithInsecure())
+	conn, err := grpc.Dial(*ip, grpc.WithInsecure())
 	if err != nil {
 		x.Err(glog, err).Fatal("DialTCPConnection")
 	}
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	c := pb.NewDGraphClient(conn)
 
-	r, err := c.GetResponse(context.Background(), &pb.GraphRequest{Query: *query})
+	r, err := c.Query(context.Background(), &pb.GraphRequest{Query: *query})
 	if err != nil {
 		x.Err(glog, err).Fatal("Error in getting response from server")
 	}
diff --git a/query/pb/graphresponse.pb.go b/query/pb/graphresponse.pb.go
index 83c48b386c0bdf3b08337472ec493373d18960a8..55014d70b55686d2340fbe30697e096461799fbf 100644
--- a/query/pb/graphresponse.pb.go
+++ b/query/pb/graphresponse.pb.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ const _ = grpc.SupportPackageIsVersion2
 // Client API for DGraph service
 
 type DGraphClient interface {
-	GetResponse(ctx context.Context, in *GraphRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*GraphResponse, error)
+	Query(ctx context.Context, in *GraphRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*GraphResponse, error)
 }
 
 type dGraphClient struct {
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ func NewDGraphClient(cc *grpc.ClientConn) DGraphClient {
 	return &dGraphClient{cc}
 }
 
-func (c *dGraphClient) GetResponse(ctx context.Context, in *GraphRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*GraphResponse, error) {
+func (c *dGraphClient) Query(ctx context.Context, in *GraphRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (*GraphResponse, error) {
 	out := new(GraphResponse)
-	err := grpc.Invoke(ctx, "/pb.DGraph/GetResponse", in, out, c.cc, opts...)
+	err := grpc.Invoke(ctx, "/pb.DGraph/Query", in, out, c.cc, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -135,27 +135,27 @@ func (c *dGraphClient) GetResponse(ctx context.Context, in *GraphRequest, opts .
 // Server API for DGraph service
 
 type DGraphServer interface {
-	GetResponse(context.Context, *GraphRequest) (*GraphResponse, error)
+	Query(context.Context, *GraphRequest) (*GraphResponse, error)
 }
 
 func RegisterDGraphServer(s *grpc.Server, srv DGraphServer) {
 	s.RegisterService(&_DGraph_serviceDesc, srv)
 }
 
-func _DGraph_GetResponse_Handler(srv interface{}, ctx context.Context, dec func(interface{}) error, interceptor grpc.UnaryServerInterceptor) (interface{}, error) {
+func _DGraph_Query_Handler(srv interface{}, ctx context.Context, dec func(interface{}) error, interceptor grpc.UnaryServerInterceptor) (interface{}, error) {
 	in := new(GraphRequest)
 	if err := dec(in); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if interceptor == nil {
-		return srv.(DGraphServer).GetResponse(ctx, in)
+		return srv.(DGraphServer).Query(ctx, in)
 	}
 	info := &grpc.UnaryServerInfo{
 		Server:     srv,
-		FullMethod: "/pb.DGraph/GetResponse",
+		FullMethod: "/pb.DGraph/Query",
 	}
 	handler := func(ctx context.Context, req interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
-		return srv.(DGraphServer).GetResponse(ctx, req.(*GraphRequest))
+		return srv.(DGraphServer).Query(ctx, req.(*GraphRequest))
 	}
 	return interceptor(ctx, in, info, handler)
 }
@@ -165,29 +165,29 @@ var _DGraph_serviceDesc = grpc.ServiceDesc{
 	HandlerType: (*DGraphServer)(nil),
 	Methods: []grpc.MethodDesc{
 		{
-			MethodName: "GetResponse",
-			Handler:    _DGraph_GetResponse_Handler,
+			MethodName: "Query",
+			Handler:    _DGraph_Query_Handler,
 		},
 	},
 	Streams: []grpc.StreamDesc{},
 }
 
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 }
diff --git a/query/pb/graphresponse.proto b/query/pb/graphresponse.proto
index cd04f3fb1d668ddbdc4ae4e88af04c37a30c8584..f13499b9724f2330a951d10f7f10ceff5a137921 100644
--- a/query/pb/graphresponse.proto
+++ b/query/pb/graphresponse.proto
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ syntax="proto3";
 package pb;
 
 service DGraph {
-  rpc GetResponse (GraphRequest) returns (GraphResponse) {}
+  rpc Query (GraphRequest) returns (GraphResponse) {}
 }
 
 message UidList {
diff --git a/query/query.go b/query/query.go
index c94c94f66672bcb66677a49860ee8dc905b4a4fc..13f8dfd026610162e627d783db6ed105fa1b8c83 100644
--- a/query/query.go
+++ b/query/query.go
@@ -252,22 +252,14 @@ func (g *SubGraph) ToJson(l *Latency) (js []byte, rerr error) {
 	return json.Marshal(r)
 }
 
-func preTraverse(g *SubGraph) (gr *pb.GraphResponse, rerr error) {
-	gr = &pb.GraphResponse{}
-	if len(g.query) == 0 {
-		return gr, nil
-	}
-
-	gr.Attribute = g.Attr
-	ro := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(g.result)
-	r := new(task.Result)
-	r.Init(g.result, ro)
-
+// This method take in a flatbuffer result, extracts values and uids from it
+// and converts it to a protocol buffer result
+func extract(r *task.Result) (*pb.Result, error) {
+	var result = &pb.Result{}
 	var ul task.UidList
-	result := &pb.Result{}
 	for i := 0; i < r.UidmatrixLength(); i++ {
 		if ok := r.Uidmatrix(&ul, i); !ok {
-			return gr, fmt.Errorf("While parsing UidList")
+			return result, fmt.Errorf("While parsing UidList")
 		}
 
 		uidList := &pb.UidList{}
@@ -281,12 +273,12 @@ func preTraverse(g *SubGraph) (gr *pb.GraphResponse, rerr error) {
 	var tv task.Value
 	for i := 0; i < r.ValuesLength(); i++ {
 		if ok := r.Values(&tv, i); !ok {
-			return gr, fmt.Errorf("While parsing value")
+			return result, fmt.Errorf("While parsing value")
 		}
 
 		var ival interface{}
 		if err := posting.ParseValue(&ival, tv.ValBytes()); err != nil {
-			return gr, err
+			return result, err
 		}
 
 		if ival == nil {
@@ -294,11 +286,29 @@ func preTraverse(g *SubGraph) (gr *pb.GraphResponse, rerr error) {
 		}
 		result.Values = append(result.Values, []byte(ival.(string)))
 	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func (g *SubGraph) PreTraverse() (gr *pb.GraphResponse, rerr error) {
+	gr = &pb.GraphResponse{}
+	if len(g.query) == 0 {
+		return gr, nil
+	}
+
+	gr.Attribute = g.Attr
+	ro := flatbuffers.GetUOffsetT(g.result)
+	r := new(task.Result)
+	r.Init(g.result, ro)
+
+	result, err := extract(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return gr, err
+	}
 
 	gr.Result = result
 
 	for _, child := range g.Children {
-		childPb, err := preTraverse(child)
+		childPb, err := child.PreTraverse()
 		if err != nil {
 			x.Err(glog, err).Error("Error while traversal")
 			return gr, err
@@ -309,16 +319,6 @@ func preTraverse(g *SubGraph) (gr *pb.GraphResponse, rerr error) {
 	return gr, nil
 }
 
-func (g *SubGraph) ToProtocolBuffer() (gr *pb.GraphResponse, rerr error) {
-	gr, err := preTraverse(g)
-	if err != nil {
-		x.Err(glog, err).Error("Error while traversal")
-		return gr, err
-	}
-
-	return gr, nil
-}
-
 func treeCopy(gq *gql.GraphQuery, sg *SubGraph) {
 	for _, gchild := range gq.Children {
 		dst := new(SubGraph)
diff --git a/query/query_test.go b/query/query_test.go
index 8e89be8799d7b5f5a5016c595a24a4831b0f31f4..56dc9dfb369ccabc1e34ed6278cabdfbaa98371d 100644
--- a/query/query_test.go
+++ b/query/query_test.go
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func TestToJson(t *testing.T) {
 	fmt.Printf(string(js))
 }
 
-func TestToProtocolBuffer(t *testing.T) {
+func TestPreTraverse(t *testing.T) {
 	dir, _ := populateGraph(t)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
 
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func TestToProtocolBuffer(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	ugr, err := sg.ToProtocolBuffer()
+	ugr, err := sg.PreTraverse()
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
diff --git a/server/main.go b/server/main.go
index 39f710e6daff7d41ce3465e0caf4b9fa2ad10e69..33c62744e872a98b4134cc5557088640b9070e64 100644
--- a/server/main.go
+++ b/server/main.go
@@ -205,17 +205,16 @@ func queryHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 // server is used to implement pb.DGraphServer
 type server struct{}
 
-func (s *server) GetResponse(ctx context.Context, r *pb.GraphRequest) (gr *pb.GraphResponse, rerr error) {
-	q := []byte(r.Query)
-	if len(q) == 0 {
+func (s *server) Query(ctx context.Context, r *pb.GraphRequest) (gr *pb.GraphResponse, rerr error) {
+	if len(r.Query) == 0 {
 		glog.Error("While reading query")
 		return gr, fmt.Errorf("Empty query")
 	}
 
 	// TODO(pawan): Refactor query parsing and graph processing code to a common
-	// function used by pbQueryHandler and queryHandler
-	glog.WithField("q", string(q)).Debug("Query received.")
-	gq, _, err := gql.Parse(string(q))
+	// function used by Query and queryHandler
+	glog.WithField("q", r.Query).Debug("Query received.")
+	gq, _, err := gql.Parse(r.Query)
 	if err != nil {
 		x.Err(glog, err).Error("While parsing query")
 		return gr, err
@@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ func (s *server) GetResponse(ctx context.Context, r *pb.GraphRequest) (gr *pb.Gr
 		x.Err(glog, err).Error("While conversion to internal format")
 		return gr, err
 	}
-	glog.WithField("q", string(q)).Debug("Query parsed.")
+	glog.WithField("q", r.Query).Debug("Query parsed.")
 
 	rch := make(chan error)
 	go query.ProcessGraph(sg, rch)
@@ -236,17 +235,17 @@ func (s *server) GetResponse(ctx context.Context, r *pb.GraphRequest) (gr *pb.Gr
 		return gr, err
 	}
 
-	glog.WithField("q", string(q)).Debug("Graph processed.")
-	gr, err = sg.ToProtocolBuffer()
+	glog.WithField("q", r.Query).Debug("Graph processed.")
+	gr, err = sg.PreTraverse()
 	if err != nil {
-		x.Err(glog, err).Error("While converting to Json.")
+		x.Err(glog, err).Error("While converting to protocol buffer.")
 		return gr, err
 	}
 
 	return gr, err
 }
 
-func runServerForClient(address string) error {
+func runGrpcServer(address string) error {
 	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", address)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Fatalf("While running server for client: %v", err)
@@ -306,7 +305,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	worker.Connect(addrs)
 
-	runServerForClient(":" + *clientPort)
+	runGrpcServer(":" + *clientPort)
 
 	http.HandleFunc("/query", queryHandler)
 	glog.WithField("port", *port).Info("Listening for requests...")