diff --git a/balancer/grpc.go b/balancer/grpc.go
index af51813..f2f6d5e 100644
--- a/balancer/grpc.go
+++ b/balancer/grpc.go
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ package balancer
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/sha256"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/pysel/dkvs/prototypes"
 	pbbalancer "github.com/pysel/dkvs/prototypes/balancer"
+	pbpartition "github.com/pysel/dkvs/prototypes/partition"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 
 	"github.com/pysel/dkvs/types"
 )
@@ -50,19 +53,30 @@ func (bs *BalancerServer) Get(ctx context.Context, req *prototypes.GetRequest) (
 	}
 
 	var response *prototypes.GetResponse
-	errCounter := 0
+	maxLamport := uint64(0)
 	for _, client := range responsibleClients {
 		resp, err := client.Get(ctx, &prototypes.GetRequest{Key: key})
 		if err != nil {
-			errCounter++
 			continue
 		}
 
-		response = resp
-		break // break here since other replicas would return the same value
+		// since returned value will be a tuple of lamport timestamp and value, check which returned value
+		// has the highest lamport timestamp
+		var storedValue pbpartition.StoredValue
+		err = proto.Unmarshal(resp.Value, &storedValue)
+		if err != nil {
+			// TODO: partition is in incorrect state, should remove it from active set
+			fmt.Println("Error unmarshalling value from partition", err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if storedValue.Lamport > maxLamport {
+			maxLamport = storedValue.Lamport
+			response = resp
+		}
 	}
 
-	if errCounter == len(responsibleClients) {
+	if response == nil {
 		return nil, ErrAllReplicasFailed
 	}
 
diff --git a/partition/stored_value.go b/partition/stored_value.go
index ba8d9e1..b60598f 100644
--- a/partition/stored_value.go
+++ b/partition/stored_value.go
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 package partition
 
 import (
-	"encoding/binary"
-
 	pbpartition "github.com/pysel/dkvs/prototypes/partition"
 )
 
 // toStoredValue converts a value with lamport timestamp to a stored value.
 func toStoredValue(lamport uint64, value []byte) *pbpartition.StoredValue {
-	lamportBz := make([]byte, 8)
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(lamportBz, lamport)
 	return &pbpartition.StoredValue{
-		Lamport: lamportBz,
+		Lamport: lamport,
 		Value:   value,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/proto/dkvs/partition/store.proto b/proto/dkvs/partition/store.proto
index c093936..05dbaed 100644
--- a/proto/dkvs/partition/store.proto
+++ b/proto/dkvs/partition/store.proto
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ package dkvs.partition;
 option go_package = "github.com/pysel/dkvs/prototypes/partition";
 
 message StoredValue {
-    bytes lamport = 1;
-    bytes value = 2;
+    bytes value = 1;
+    uint64 lamport = 2;
 }
diff --git a/prototypes/partition/store.pb.go b/prototypes/partition/store.pb.go
index a39d0f5..ae99dce 100644
--- a/prototypes/partition/store.pb.go
+++ b/prototypes/partition/store.pb.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ type StoredValue struct {
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 
-	Lamport []byte `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=lamport,proto3" json:"lamport,omitempty"`
-	Value   []byte `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=value,proto3" json:"value,omitempty"`
+	Value   []byte `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=value,proto3" json:"value,omitempty"`
+	Lamport uint64 `protobuf:"varint,2,opt,name=lamport,proto3" json:"lamport,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (x *StoredValue) Reset() {
@@ -61,18 +61,18 @@ func (*StoredValue) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
 	return file_dkvs_partition_store_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{0}
 }
 
-func (x *StoredValue) GetLamport() []byte {
+func (x *StoredValue) GetValue() []byte {
 	if x != nil {
-		return x.Lamport
+		return x.Value
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (x *StoredValue) GetValue() []byte {
+func (x *StoredValue) GetLamport() uint64 {
 	if x != nil {
-		return x.Value
+		return x.Lamport
 	}
-	return nil
+	return 0
 }
 
 var File_dkvs_partition_store_proto protoreflect.FileDescriptor
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ var file_dkvs_partition_store_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
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diff --git a/prototypes/partition/store.pb.validate.go b/prototypes/partition/store.pb.validate.go
index fb2e2b2..9b4dfc6 100644
--- a/prototypes/partition/store.pb.validate.go
+++ b/prototypes/partition/store.pb.validate.go
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ func (m *StoredValue) validate(all bool) error {
 
 	var errors []error
 
-	// no validation rules for Lamport
-
 	// no validation rules for Value
 
+	// no validation rules for Lamport
+
 	if len(errors) > 0 {
 		return StoredValueMultiError(errors)
 	}