diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index b5f4c742..d67b42f9 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ Pool.prototype._addPeer = function _addPeer() {
   });
 
   peer.on('merkleblock', function(block) {
-    self.chain.add(block);
     self._response(block);
+    self.chain.add(block);
     self.emit('block', block);
   });
 
@@ -439,6 +439,9 @@ Pool.prototype._request = function _request(type, hash, options, cb) {
     if (has)
       return;
 
+    if (self.destroyed)
+      return;
+
     var req = new LoadRequest(self, type, hex, cb);
     req.add(options.noQueue);
   }
@@ -600,15 +603,15 @@ Pool.prototype.destroy = function destroy() {
   if (this.peers.load)
     this.peers.load.destroy();
 
+  this.request.queue.slice().forEach(function(item) {
+    item.finish(null);
+  });
   this.peers.pending.slice().forEach(function(peer) {
     peer.destroy();
   });
   this.peers.block.slice().forEach(function(peer) {
     peer.destroy();
   });
-  this.request.queue.slice().forEach(function(item) {
-    item.finish(null);
-  });
 };
 
 Pool.prototype.toJSON = function toJSON() {
diff --git a/lib/bcoin/tx-pool.js b/lib/bcoin/tx-pool.js
index f5a208a5..f54d7e93 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/tx-pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/tx-pool.js
@@ -51,10 +51,9 @@ TXPool.prototype.add = function add(tx, noWrite) {
   // Do not add TX two times
   if (this._all[hash]) {
     // Transaction was confirmed, update it in storage
-    if (tx.ts !== 0 && this._all[hash].ts === 0) {
+    if (this._storage && tx.ts !== 0 && this._all[hash].ts === 0) {
       this._all[hash].ts = tx.ts;
-      if (this._storage)
-        this._storeTX(hash, tx);
+      this._storeTX(hash, tx);
     }
     return false;
   }