diff --git a/electrumx/server/block_processor.py b/electrumx/server/block_processor.py
index e0ccf57..a7ecc0a 100644
--- a/electrumx/server/block_processor.py
+++ b/electrumx/server/block_processor.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import electrumx
 from electrumx.server.daemon import DaemonError
 from electrumx.lib.hash import hash_to_hex_str, HASHX_LEN
 from electrumx.lib.util import chunks, formatted_time, class_logger
-import electrumx.server.db
+from electrumx.server.db import DB, FlushData
 
 
 class Prefetcher(object):
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class ChainError(Exception):
     '''Raised on error processing blocks.'''
 
 
-class BlockProcessor(electrumx.server.db.DB):
+class BlockProcessor(DB):
     '''Process blocks and update the DB state to match.
 
     Employ a prefetcher to prefetch blocks in batches for processing.
@@ -325,37 +325,23 @@ class BlockProcessor(electrumx.server.db.DB):
         else:
             await self.run_in_thread_with_lock(self._flush_body, flush_utxos)
 
-    def _flush_body(self, flush_utxos):
-        '''Flush out cached state.
+    def flush_data(self):
+        return FlushData(self.height, self.tx_count, self.headers,
+                         self.tx_hashes, self.undo_infos, self.utxo_cache,
+                         self.db_deletes, self.tip)
 
-        History is always flushed.  UTXOs are flushed if flush_utxos.'''
-        flush_start = time.time()
+    def _flush_body(self, flush_utxos):
+        '''Flush out cached state. UTXOs are flushed if flush_utxos.'''
         last_flush = self.last_flush
         tx_diff = self.tx_count - self.last_flush_tx_count
 
-        # Flush to file system
-        self.flush_fs(self.height, self.tx_count, self.headers,
-                      self.tx_hashes)
+        self.flush_dbs(self.flush_data(), flush_utxos)
         self.tx_hashes = []
         self.headers = []
-
-        # Then history
-        self.flush_history()
-
-        # Flush state last as it reads the wall time.
-        with self.utxo_db.write_batch() as batch:
-            if flush_utxos:
-                self.flush_utxos(batch)
-            self.flush_state(batch)
-
-        # Update and put the wall time again - otherwise we drop the
-        # time it took to commit the batch
-        self.flush_state(self.utxo_db)
-
-        self.logger.info('flush #{:,d} took {:.1f}s.  Height {:,d} txs: {:,d}'
-                         .format(self.history.flush_count,
-                                 self.last_flush - flush_start,
-                                 self.height, self.tx_count))
+        if flush_utxos:
+            self.db_deletes = []
+            self.utxo_cache = {}
+            self.undo_infos = []
 
         # Catch-up stats
         if self.utxo_db.for_sync:
@@ -407,10 +393,14 @@ class BlockProcessor(electrumx.server.db.DB):
                          .format(nremoves))
 
         with self.utxo_db.write_batch() as batch:
+            self.flush_utxo_db(batch, self.flush_data())
             # Flush state last as it reads the wall time.
-            self.flush_utxos(batch)
             self.flush_state(batch)
 
+        self.db_deletes = []
+        self.utxo_cache = {}
+        self.undo_infos = []
+
         self.logger.info('backup flush #{:,d} took {:.1f}s.  '
                          'Height {:,d} txs: {:,d}'
                          .format(self.history.flush_count,
@@ -672,15 +662,6 @@ class BlockProcessor(electrumx.server.db.DB):
         raise ChainError('UTXO {} / {:,d} not found in "h" table'
                          .format(hash_to_hex_str(tx_hash), tx_idx))
 
-    def flush_utxos(self, batch):
-        '''Flush the cached DB writes and UTXO set to the batch.'''
-        self.flush_utxo_db(batch, self.db_deletes, self.utxo_cache,
-                           self.undo_infos, self.height, self.tx_count,
-                           self.tip)
-        self.db_deletes = []
-        self.utxo_cache = {}
-        self.undo_infos = []
-
     async def _process_prefetched_blocks(self):
         '''Loop forever processing blocks as they arrive.'''
         while True:
diff --git a/electrumx/server/db.py b/electrumx/server/db.py
index f86bcd8..d5d62ca 100644
--- a/electrumx/server/db.py
+++ b/electrumx/server/db.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from collections import namedtuple
 from glob import glob
 from struct import pack, unpack
 
+import attr
 from aiorpcx import run_in_thread
 
 import electrumx.lib.util as util
@@ -29,6 +30,17 @@ from electrumx.server.history import History
 
 UTXO = namedtuple("UTXO", "tx_num tx_pos tx_hash height value")
 
+@attr.s(slots=True)
+class FlushData(object):
+    height = attr.ib()
+    tx_count = attr.ib()
+    headers = attr.ib()
+    block_tx_hashes = attr.ib()
+    # The following are flushed to the UTXO DB if undo_infos is not None
+    undo_infos = attr.ib()
+    adds = attr.ib()
+    deletes = attr.ib()
+    tip = attr.ib()
 
 class DB(object):
     '''Simple wrapper of the backend database for querying.
@@ -155,7 +167,34 @@ class DB(object):
         return await self.header_mc.branch_and_root(length, height)
 
     # Flushing
-    def flush_fs(self, to_height, to_tx_count, headers, block_tx_hashes):
+    def flush_dbs(self, flush_data, flush_utxos):
+        '''Flush out cached state.  History is always flushed; UTXOs are
+        flushed if flush_utxos.'''
+        start_time = time.time()
+        tx_delta = flush_data.tx_count - self.last_flush_tx_count
+
+        # Flush to file system
+        self.flush_fs(flush_data)
+
+        # Then history
+        self.flush_history()
+
+        # Flush state last as it reads the wall time.
+        with self.utxo_db.write_batch() as batch:
+            if flush_utxos:
+                self.flush_utxo_db(batch, flush_data)
+            self.flush_state(batch)
+
+        # Update and put the wall time again - otherwise we drop the
+        # time it took to commit the batch
+        self.flush_state(self.utxo_db)
+
+        elapsed = self.last_flush - start_time
+        self.logger.info(f'flush #{self.history.flush_count:,d} took '
+                         f'{elapsed:.1f}s.  Height {flush_data.height:,d} '
+                         f'txs: {flush_data.tx_count:,d} ({tx_delta:+,d})')
+
+    def flush_fs(self, flush_data):
         '''Write headers, tx counts and block tx hashes to the filesystem.
 
         The first height to write is self.fs_height + 1.  The FS
@@ -164,38 +203,38 @@ class DB(object):
         '''
         prior_tx_count = (self.tx_counts[self.fs_height]
                           if self.fs_height >= 0 else 0)
-        assert len(block_tx_hashes) == len(headers)
-        assert to_height == self.fs_height + len(headers)
-        assert to_tx_count == self.tx_counts[-1] if self.tx_counts else 0
-        assert len(self.tx_counts) == to_height + 1
-        hashes = b''.join(block_tx_hashes)
+        assert len(flush_data.block_tx_hashes) == len(flush_data.headers)
+        assert flush_data.height == self.fs_height + len(flush_data.headers)
+        assert flush_data.tx_count == (self.tx_counts[-1] if self.tx_counts
+                                       else 0)
+        assert len(self.tx_counts) == flush_data.height + 1
+        hashes = b''.join(flush_data.block_tx_hashes)
         assert len(hashes) % 32 == 0
-        assert len(hashes) // 32 == to_tx_count - prior_tx_count
+        assert len(hashes) // 32 == flush_data.tx_count - prior_tx_count
 
         # Write the headers, tx counts, and tx hashes
         start_time = time.time()
         height_start = self.fs_height + 1
         offset = self.header_offset(height_start)
-        self.headers_file.write(offset, b''.join(headers))
-        self.fs_update_header_offsets(offset, height_start, headers)
+        self.headers_file.write(offset, b''.join(flush_data.headers))
+        self.fs_update_header_offsets(offset, height_start, flush_data.headers)
         offset = height_start * self.tx_counts.itemsize
         self.tx_counts_file.write(offset,
                                   self.tx_counts[height_start:].tobytes())
         offset = prior_tx_count * 32
         self.hashes_file.write(offset, hashes)
 
-        self.fs_height = to_height
-        self.fs_tx_count = to_tx_count
+        self.fs_height = flush_data.height
+        self.fs_tx_count = flush_data.tx_count
 
         if self.utxo_db.for_sync:
             elapsed = time.time() - start_time
-            self.logger.info(f'flushed to FS in {elapsed:.2f}s')
+            self.logger.info(f'flushed filesystem data in {elapsed:.2f}s')
 
     def flush_history(self):
         self.history.flush()
 
-    def flush_utxo_db(self, batch, deletes, adds, undo_infos,
-                      to_height, to_tx_count, to_tip):
+    def flush_utxo_db(self, batch, flush_data):
         '''Flush the cached DB writes and UTXO set to the batch.'''
         # Care is needed because the writes generated by flushing the
         # UTXO state may have keys in common with our write cache or
@@ -204,12 +243,12 @@ class DB(object):
 
         # Spends
         batch_delete = batch.delete
-        for key in sorted(deletes):
+        for key in sorted(flush_data.deletes):
             batch_delete(key)
 
         # New UTXOs
         batch_put = batch.put
-        for key, value in adds.items():
+        for key, value in flush_data.adds.items():
             # suffix = tx_idx + tx_num
             hashX = value[:-12]
             suffix = key[-2:] + value[-12:-8]
@@ -217,21 +256,23 @@ class DB(object):
             batch_put(b'u' + hashX + suffix, value[-8:])
 
         # New undo information
-        self.flush_undo_infos(batch_put, undo_infos)
+        self.flush_undo_infos(batch_put, flush_data.undo_infos)
 
         if self.utxo_db.for_sync:
-            block_count = to_height - self.db_height
-            tx_count = to_tx_count - self.db_tx_count
+            block_count = flush_data.height - self.db_height
+            tx_count = flush_data.tx_count - self.db_tx_count
+            add_count = len(flush_data.adds)
+            spend_count = len(flush_data.deletes) // 2
             elapsed = time.time() - start_time
             self.logger.info(f'flushed {block_count:,d} blocks with '
-                             f'{tx_count:,d} txs, {len(adds):,d} UTXO adds, '
-                             f'{len(deletes) // 2:,d} spends in '
+                             f'{tx_count:,d} txs, {add_count:,d} UTXO adds, '
+                             f'{spend_count:,d} spends in '
                              f'{elapsed:.1f}s, committing...')
 
         self.utxo_flush_count = self.history.flush_count
-        self.db_height = to_height
-        self.db_tx_count = to_tx_count
-        self.db_tip = to_tip
+        self.db_height = flush_data.height
+        self.db_tx_count = flush_data.tx_count
+        self.db_tip = flush_data.tip
 
     def flush_state(self, batch):
         '''Flush chain state to the batch.'''