diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/flows/FlowStackSnapshot.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/flows/FlowStackSnapshot.kt
index c1866adcc8..5ab6afd37c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/flows/FlowStackSnapshot.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/core/flows/FlowStackSnapshot.kt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ private class FlowStackSnapshotDefaultFactory : FlowStackSnapshotFactory {
  */
 data class FlowStackSnapshot constructor(
         val timestamp: Long = System.currentTimeMillis(),
-        val flowClass: Class<*>? = null,
+        val flowClass: String? = null,
         val stackFrames: List<Frame> = listOf()
 ) {
     data class Frame(
diff --git a/experimental/intellij-plugin/build.gradle b/experimental/intellij-plugin/build.gradle
index 083a2e9dfe..1174bb03d3 100644
--- a/experimental/intellij-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/experimental/intellij-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ intellij {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    compile project(':core')
     // For JSON
     compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.8.5"
 }
diff --git a/experimental/intellij-plugin/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/ideaplugin/toolwindow/CordaFlowToolWindow.kt b/experimental/intellij-plugin/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/ideaplugin/toolwindow/CordaFlowToolWindow.kt
index d87eddcd14..1e6fb1d9a0 100644
--- a/experimental/intellij-plugin/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/ideaplugin/toolwindow/CordaFlowToolWindow.kt
+++ b/experimental/intellij-plugin/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/ideaplugin/toolwindow/CordaFlowToolWindow.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import com.intellij.ui.components.JBScrollPane
 import com.intellij.ui.content.Content
 import com.intellij.ui.content.ContentFactory
 import com.intellij.ui.treeStructure.Tree
-import net.corda.ideaplugin.module.CordaModuleType
 import java.awt.*
 import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter
 import java.awt.event.MouseEvent
@@ -187,10 +186,10 @@ class CordaFlowToolWindow : ToolWindowFactory {
     private class SnapshotTreeRenderer : DefaultTreeCellRenderer() {
         override fun getTreeCellRendererComponent(tree: JTree?, value: Any?, sel: Boolean, expanded: Boolean, leaf: Boolean, row: Int, hasFocus: Boolean): Component {
             super.getTreeCellRendererComponent(tree, value, sel, expanded, leaf, row, hasFocus)
-            val descriptor = (value as DefaultMutableTreeNode).userObject as SnapshotDataDescriptor
+            val descriptor = (value as DefaultMutableTreeNode).userObject as Descriptor
             icon = descriptor.icon
-            if (!descriptor.key.isNullOrEmpty()) {
-                text = "${descriptor.key}: ${descriptor.data.toString()}"
+            if (!descriptor.label.isNullOrEmpty()) {
+                text = descriptor.label + if (leaf) ": ${descriptor.value?.toString()}" else ""
             }
             return this
         }
diff --git a/experimental/intellij-plugin/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/ideaplugin/toolwindow/FlowSnapshotTreeDataManager.kt b/experimental/intellij-plugin/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/ideaplugin/toolwindow/FlowSnapshotTreeDataManager.kt
index 90953d01ce..d4d6f4ae05 100644
--- a/experimental/intellij-plugin/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/ideaplugin/toolwindow/FlowSnapshotTreeDataManager.kt
+++ b/experimental/intellij-plugin/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/ideaplugin/toolwindow/FlowSnapshotTreeDataManager.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package net.corda.ideaplugin.toolwindow
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.intellij.icons.AllIcons
+import net.corda.core.flows.FlowStackSnapshot
 import java.io.File
 import javax.swing.Icon
 import javax.swing.JTree
@@ -10,13 +11,6 @@ import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode
 import javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeModel
 import javax.swing.tree.MutableTreeNode
 
-/**
- * Snapshot tree data descriptor. It is used as userObject in the [DefaultMutableTreeNode] class.
- */
-class SnapshotDataDescriptor(val data: Any?, val icon: Icon, val key: String? = null) {
-    override fun toString(): String = data?.toString() ?: "null"
-}
-
 /**
  * Manager class for flow snapshots. It is responsible for parsing data read from a snapshot file and constructing
  * tree model from it.
@@ -27,7 +21,7 @@ class FlowSnapshotTreeDataManager(tree: JTree) {
     }
 
     // Root node for the snapshot hierarchy, which is an empty node.
-    private val root = DefaultMutableTreeNode(SnapshotDataDescriptor(null, AllIcons.Json.Object))
+    private val root = DefaultMutableTreeNode(Descriptor())
     // Snapshot tree model
     private val snapshotModel = DefaultTreeModel(root)
 
@@ -62,8 +56,8 @@ class FlowSnapshotTreeDataManager(tree: JTree) {
      * the model is updated accordingly.
      */
     fun addNodeToSnapshotModel(snapshotFile: File) {
-        val insertionIndex = -(root.childNodes().map {
-            (it.userObject as SnapshotDataDescriptor).key
+        val insertionIndex = -(root.childNodes.map {
+            it.file?.name
         }.binarySearch(extractFileName(snapshotFile))) - 1
         insertNodeToSnapshotModel(snapshotFile, insertionIndex)
     }
@@ -72,8 +66,9 @@ class FlowSnapshotTreeDataManager(tree: JTree) {
      * Removes the snapshot file from the snapshot hierarchy. The model is also updated after this operation.
      */
     fun removeNodeFromSnapshotModel(snapshotFile: File) {
-        val node = root.childNodes().find {
-            (it.userObject as SnapshotDataDescriptor).data == extractFileName(snapshotFile)
+        val snapshotFileName = extractFileName(snapshotFile)
+        val node = root.childNodes.find {
+            it.file?.name == snapshotFileName
         } as MutableTreeNode?
         if (node != null) {
             snapshotModel.removeNodeFromParent(node)
@@ -83,7 +78,23 @@ class FlowSnapshotTreeDataManager(tree: JTree) {
     }
 
     private fun insertNodeToSnapshotModel(snapshotFile: File, insertionIndex: Int = -1) {
-        buildChildrenModel(mapper.readTree(snapshotFile), root, extractFileName(snapshotFile), insertionIndex)
+        val fileNode = DefaultMutableTreeNode(Descriptor(snapshotFile, AllIcons.FileTypes.Custom, snapshotFile.name))
+        val snapshot = mapper.readValue(snapshotFile, FlowStackSnapshot::class.java)
+        fileNode.add(DefaultMutableTreeNode(Descriptor(snapshot.timestamp, AllIcons.Debugger.Db_primitive, "timestamp")))
+        fileNode.add(DefaultMutableTreeNode(Descriptor(snapshot.flowClass, AllIcons.Debugger.Db_primitive, "flowClass")))
+        val framesNode = DefaultMutableTreeNode(Descriptor(icon = AllIcons.Debugger.Db_array, label = "stackFrames"))
+        fileNode.add(framesNode)
+        snapshot.stackFrames.forEach {
+            val ste = it.stackTraceElement!!
+            val label = "${ste.className}.${ste.methodName}(line:${ste.lineNumber}) - ${ste.fileName}"
+            val frameNode = DefaultMutableTreeNode(Descriptor(icon = AllIcons.Debugger.StackFrame, label = label))
+            framesNode.add(frameNode)
+            it.stackObjects.mapIndexed { index: Int, stackItem: Any? ->
+                buildChildrenModel(mapper.convertValue(stackItem, JsonNode::class.java), frameNode, index.toString())
+            }
+        }
+
+        addToModelAndRefresh(snapshotModel, fileNode, root, insertionIndex)
     }
 
     private fun extractFileName(file: File): String {
@@ -92,26 +103,26 @@ class FlowSnapshotTreeDataManager(tree: JTree) {
 
     private fun buildChildrenModel(
             node: JsonNode?,
-            parent: DefaultMutableTreeNode, key: String? = null,
-            insertionIndex: Int = -1) {
+            parent: DefaultMutableTreeNode, label: String? = null) {
         val child: DefaultMutableTreeNode
         if (node == null || !node.isContainerNode) {
-            child = DefaultMutableTreeNode(SnapshotDataDescriptor(node, AllIcons.Debugger.Db_primitive, key))
-            addToModelAndRefresh(snapshotModel, child, parent, insertionIndex)
+            parent.add(DefaultMutableTreeNode(Descriptor(node, AllIcons.Debugger.Db_primitive, label)))
         } else {
             if (node.isArray) {
-                child = DefaultMutableTreeNode(SnapshotDataDescriptor(key, AllIcons.Debugger.Db_array))
-                addToModelAndRefresh(snapshotModel, child, parent, insertionIndex)
+                child = DefaultMutableTreeNode(Descriptor(icon = AllIcons.Debugger.Db_array, label = label))
+                parent.add(child)
                 node.mapIndexed { index: Int, item: JsonNode? ->
                     buildChildrenModel(item, child, index.toString())
                 }
             } else {
-                child = DefaultMutableTreeNode(SnapshotDataDescriptor(key, AllIcons.Json.Object))
-                addToModelAndRefresh(snapshotModel, child, parent, insertionIndex)
+                child = DefaultMutableTreeNode(Descriptor(icon = AllIcons.Json.Object, label = label))
+                parent.add(child)
                 node.fields().forEach {
                     buildChildrenModel(it.value, child, it.key)
                 }
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+class Descriptor(val value:Any? = null, val icon: Icon? = null, val label:String? = null)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/experimental/intellij-plugin/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/ideaplugin/toolwindow/FlowTreeDataManager.kt b/experimental/intellij-plugin/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/ideaplugin/toolwindow/FlowTreeDataManager.kt
index 82054a0b60..9dfaaf0a2e 100644
--- a/experimental/intellij-plugin/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/ideaplugin/toolwindow/FlowTreeDataManager.kt
+++ b/experimental/intellij-plugin/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/ideaplugin/toolwindow/FlowTreeDataManager.kt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class FlowTreeDataManager(val tree: JTree, val snapshotModel: FlowSnapshotTreeDa
      * Builds the flow directory hierarchy with the root being associated with the passed [flowsDirectory].
      * If the parameter is missing the function rebuilds current hierarchy and reloads (refreshes) current model.
      */
-    fun loadFlows(flowsDirectory: File? = root.userObjectAsFile()) {
+    fun loadFlows(flowsDirectory: File? = root.file) {
         root.userObject = flowsDirectory ?: return
         root.removeAllChildren()
 
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ class FlowTreeDataManager(val tree: JTree, val snapshotModel: FlowSnapshotTreeDa
     }
 
     private fun isSelected(dir: File?): Boolean {
-        val node = tree.selectedNode()
-        return node != null && dir == node.userObjectAsFile()
+        val node = tree.selectedNode
+        return node != null && dir == node.file
     }
 
     private fun startWatching(dir: File) {
@@ -100,18 +100,18 @@ class FlowTreeDataManager(val tree: JTree, val snapshotModel: FlowSnapshotTreeDa
         val parent = dir.parentFile
         if (parent.name == FLOWS_DIRECTORY) {
             // if a date directory has been added this means that that its parent is [FLOWS_DIRECTORY]
-            insertDateDirectory(dir, findInsertionIndex(root.childNodes(), dir.name))
+            insertDateDirectory(dir, findInsertionIndex(root.childNodes, dir.name))
         } else if (parent.parentFile.name == FLOWS_DIRECTORY) {
             // if a flow directory has been added this means that that the parent of its parent is [FLOWS_DIRECTORY]
-            val parentNode = root.childNodes().findByFile(parent) ?: return
-            flowModel.insertNodeInto(DefaultMutableTreeNode(dir), parentNode, findInsertionIndex(parentNode.childNodes(), dir.name))
+            val parentNode = root.childNodes.findByFile(parent) ?: return
+            flowModel.insertNodeInto(DefaultMutableTreeNode(dir), parentNode, findInsertionIndex(parentNode.childNodes, dir.name))
             startWatching(dir)
         }
     }
 
     private fun removeNodeFromFlowModel(dir: File) {
-        val selectedNode = tree.selectedNode()
-        if (selectedNode != null && selectedNode.userObjectAsFile() == dir) {
+        val selectedNode = tree.selectedNode
+        if (selectedNode != null && selectedNode.file == dir) {
             // Reload flows if the [dir] is currently selected
             loadFlows()
             return
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ class FlowTreeDataManager(val tree: JTree, val snapshotModel: FlowSnapshotTreeDa
             parentNode = root
         } else if (parent.parentFile.name == FLOWS_DIRECTORY) {
             // if a flow directory has been added this means that that the parent of its parent is [FLOWS_DIRECTORY]
-            parentNode = root.childNodes().findByFile(parent)
+            parentNode = root.childNodes.findByFile(parent)
         }
         if (parentNode != null) {
-            val node = parentNode.childNodes().findByFile(dir) ?: return
+            val node = parentNode.childNodes.findByFile(dir) ?: return
             flowModel.removeNodeFromParent(node)
         }
     }
@@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ class FlowTreeDataManager(val tree: JTree, val snapshotModel: FlowSnapshotTreeDa
     }
 }
 
-internal fun DefaultMutableTreeNode.userObjectAsFile() = userObject as? File
-internal fun DefaultMutableTreeNode.childNodes() = children().toList().mapNotNull { it as? DefaultMutableTreeNode }
-private fun List<DefaultMutableTreeNode>.findByFile(file: File) = find { it.userObjectAsFile() == file }
-private fun JTree.selectedNode() = lastSelectedPathComponent as? DefaultMutableTreeNode
+internal val DefaultMutableTreeNode.file get() = userObject as? File
+internal val DefaultMutableTreeNode.childNodes get() = children().toList().mapNotNull { it as? DefaultMutableTreeNode }
+private val JTree.selectedNode get() = lastSelectedPathComponent as? DefaultMutableTreeNode
+private fun List<DefaultMutableTreeNode>.findByFile(file: File) = find { it.file == file }
 
 internal fun addToModelAndRefresh(model: DefaultTreeModel,
                                   child: DefaultMutableTreeNode,
diff --git a/test-utils/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/testing/FlowStackSnapshot.kt b/test-utils/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/testing/FlowStackSnapshot.kt
index 13ec465284..1423ffdec8 100644
--- a/test-utils/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/testing/FlowStackSnapshot.kt
+++ b/test-utils/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/testing/FlowStackSnapshot.kt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class FlowStackSnapshotFactoryImpl : FlowStackSnapshotFactory {
                 Frame(element, listOf())
             }
         }
-        return FlowStackSnapshot(flowClass = flowClass, stackFrames = frames)
+        return FlowStackSnapshot(flowClass = flowClass.name, stackFrames = frames)
     }
 
     private fun getInstrumentedAnnotation(element: StackTraceElement): Instrumented? {