diff --git a/lib/bcoin/block.js b/lib/bcoin/block.js
index 6c67be5a..929e634c 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/block.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/block.js
@@ -126,9 +126,13 @@ Block.fromJSON = function fromJSON(json) {
 
   var raw = utils.toArray(json.block, 'hex');
 
-  var block = new bcoin.block(json.subtype === 'merkleblock'
-    ? new bcoin.protocol.parser().parseMerkleBlock(raw)
-    : new bcoin.protocol.parser().parseBlock(raw), type);
+  var parser = new bcoin.protocol.parser();
+
+  var data = json.subtype === 'merkleblock' ?
+    parser.parseMerkleBlock(raw) :
+    parser.parseBlock(raw);
+
+  var block = new bcoin.block(data, json.subtype);
 
   block._hash = json.hash;