diff --git a/src/Actions.jl b/src/Actions.jl
index 3b5c55a..4a0f411 100644
--- a/src/Actions.jl
+++ b/src/Actions.jl
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ using Base64
 using FromFile
 
 @from "./MoreAnalysis.jl" import bound_variable_connections_graph
-@from "./Export.jl" import try_get_exact_pluto_version, try_fromcache, try_tocache
+@from "./Export.jl" import try_get_exact_pluto_version,
+    try_fromcache, try_tocache, write_statefile
 @from "./Types.jl" import NotebookSession, RunningNotebook, FinishedNotebook, RunResult
 @from "./Configuration.jl" import PlutoDeploySettings, is_glob_match
 @from "./FileHelpers.jl" import find_notebook_files_recursive
@@ -271,12 +272,6 @@ function generate_static_export(
     @debug "Written to $(export_html_path)"
 end
 
-function write_statefile(path, state)
-    data = Pluto.pack(state)
-    write(path, data)
-    @assert read(path) == data
-end
-
 tryrm(x) = isfile(x) && rm(x)
 
 function remove_static_export(path; settings, output_dir)
diff --git a/src/Export.jl b/src/Export.jl
index 277c4ae..d5a7a5f 100644
--- a/src/Export.jl
+++ b/src/Export.jl
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@ import Pluto: Pluto, ServerSession
 using HTTP
 import Pkg
 
+export write_statefile
+
+function write_statefile(path, state; verify::Bool=true)
+    data = Pluto.pack(state)
+    write(path, data)
+    if verify
+        input_data = read(path)
+        @assert input_data == data
+        input_state = Pluto.unpack(input_data)
+        @assert sort(collect(keys(state))) == sort(collect(keys(input_state)))
+    end
+end
+
 
 ## CACHE
 
@@ -32,9 +45,7 @@ try_fromcache(cache_dir::Nothing, current_hash) = nothing
 function try_tocache(cache_dir::String, current_hash::String, state)
     mkpath(cache_dir)
     try
-        open(cache_filename(cache_dir, current_hash), "w") do io
-            Pluto.pack(io, state)
-        end
+        write_statefile(cache_filename(cache_dir, current_hash), state)
     catch e
         @warn "Failed to write to cache file" current_hash exception =
             (e, catch_backtrace())