diff --git a/lib/services/block/index.js b/lib/services/block/index.js
index f2579326..5648d902 100644
--- a/lib/services/block/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/block/index.js
@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ BlockService.prototype._queueBlock = function(block) {
     }
 
     log.info('Block Service: The best block hash is: ' + self._tip.hash +
-      ' at height: ' + self._tip.height + ' Time since last block: ' + utils.convertMillisecondsToHumanReadable(Date.now() - self._timeOfLastBlockReport));
+      ' at height: ' + self._tip.height + ' Time since last block: ' +
+        utils.convertMillisecondsToHumanReadable(Date.now() - self._timeOfLastBlockReport));
     self._timeOfLastBlockReport = Date.now();
 
     log.debug('Block Service: completed processing block: ' + block.rhash() +
@@ -638,7 +639,7 @@ BlockService.prototype._processBlock = function(block, callback) {
     return callback();
   }
 
-  log.debug('Block Service: new block: ' + block.rhash());
+  log.info('Block Service: new block: ' + block.rhash());
 
   // common case
   if (!self._detectReorg(block)) {
diff --git a/lib/services/header/index.js b/lib/services/header/index.js
index 3bf2f8f3..ee36840b 100644
--- a/lib/services/header/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/header/index.js
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ HeaderService.prototype._queueBlock = function(block) {
       return self._handleError(err);
     }
 
-    log.debug('Header Service: completed processing block: ' + block.rhash() + ' prev hash: ' + bcoin.util.revHex(block.prevBlock));
+    log.info('Header Service: completed processing block: ' + block.rhash() + ' prev hash: ' + bcoin.util.revHex(block.prevBlock));
 
   });
 
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ HeaderService.prototype._syncBlock = function(block, callback) {
 
   var dbOps = self._getDBOpForLastHeader(header);
   dbOps = dbOps.concat(self._onHeader(header));
+  console.log(dbOps);
   self._saveHeaders(dbOps, callback);
 };
 
@@ -591,6 +592,7 @@ HeaderService.prototype._detectReorg = function(block, callback) {
   }
 
   self.getBlockHeader(prevHash, function(err, header) {
+
     if (err) {
       return callback(err);
     }
@@ -599,7 +601,8 @@ HeaderService.prototype._detectReorg = function(block, callback) {
       return callback(null, header);
     }
 
-    log.warn('Block: ' + block.rhash() + ' references: ' + prevHash +
+    // this should be very rare
+    log.warn('Header Service: Block: ' + block.rhash() + ' references: ' + prevHash +
       ' as its previous block, yet we have not stored this block in our data set, thus ignoring this block.');
     callback(null, false);
 
diff --git a/lib/services/transaction/index.js b/lib/services/transaction/index.js
index 5e64fb8c..5e92676d 100644
--- a/lib/services/transaction/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/transaction/index.js
@@ -37,37 +37,8 @@ TransactionService.prototype.getAPIMethods = function() {
   ];
 };
 
-TransactionService.prototype.getDetailedTransaction = function(txid, options, callback) {
-  var self = this;
-
-  this.getTransaction(txid, options, function(err, tx) {
-
-    if (err) {
-      return callback(err);
-    }
-
-    if (!tx) {
-      return callback();
-    }
-
-    self._header.getBlockHeader(tx.__height, function(err, header) {
-
-      if (err) {
-        return callback(err);
-      }
-
-      assert(header, 'Tx must have a header entry in header db for given height.');
-
-      tx.__blockhash = header.hash;
-
-      callback(null, tx);
-
-    });
-
-  });
-};
-
-TransactionService.prototype.getTransaction = function(txid, options, callback) {
+TransactionService.prototype.getDetailedTransaction =
+  TransactionService.prototype.getTransaction = function(txid, options, callback) {
 
   var self = this;
 
@@ -93,8 +64,7 @@ TransactionService.prototype._getSupplementaryTransactionInfo = function(txid, t
   var self = this;
   tx.confirmations = self._block.getTip().height - tx.__height + 1;
 
-  // TODO maybe we should index the block hash along with the height on tx,
-  // so that this extra lookup isn't necessary
+  // TODO maybe we should index the block hash along with the height on tx
   self._header.getBlockHeader(tx.__height, function(err, header) {
 
     if (err) {
@@ -102,7 +72,9 @@ TransactionService.prototype._getSupplementaryTransactionInfo = function(txid, t
     }
 
     if (header) {
+      // Do we need both of these?
       tx.blockHash = header.hash;
+      tx.__blockHash = header.hash;
     }
 
     callback(null, txid, tx, options);
@@ -177,6 +149,7 @@ TransactionService.prototype._getMempoolTransaction = function(txid, tx, options
       tx.__inputValues = inputValues;
       tx.confirmations = 0;
       tx.blockHash = null;
+      tx.__blockHash = null;
       callback(null, tx, options);
 
     });