diff --git a/benchmarks/index.js b/benchmarks/index.js
index a6b7ecf4..be32186b 100644
--- a/benchmarks/index.js
+++ b/benchmarks/index.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ bitcoind.on('ready', function() {
           c = 0;
         }
         var hash = fixtureData.txHashes[c];
-        bitcoind.getTransaction(hash, function(err, tx) {
+        bitcoind.getTransaction(hash, true, function(err, tx) {
           if (err) {
             throw err;
           }
diff --git a/integration/index.js b/integration/index.js
index b018f3c1..bd2c2f22 100644
--- a/integration/index.js
+++ b/integration/index.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('Basic Functionality', function() {
       var tx = bitcore.Transaction();
       tx.fromString(data);
       it('for tx ' + tx.hash, function(done) {
-        bitcoind.getTransaction(tx.hash, function(err, response) {
+        bitcoind.getTransaction(tx.hash, true, function(err, response) {
           if (err) {
             throw err;
           }
diff --git a/integration/livenet-spents.json b/integration/livenet-spents.json
index 8c1eed28..35e57234 100644
--- a/integration/livenet-spents.json
+++ b/integration/livenet-spents.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
       "outputIndex": 0
     },
     {
-      "txid": "64b2da257d93ab44d19ef9b374788d82b6885bc3fb3c17704f42f09b1096e982",
-      "outputIndex": 0
+      "txid": "8131ffb0a2c945ecaf9b9063e59558784f9c3a74741ce6ae2a18d0571dac15bb",
+      "outputIndex": 1
     },
     {
       "txid": "226bbc4b1f851857f37aa96e9eb702946fc128b055e4decc684740005f5044cf",
diff --git a/lib/bitcoind.js b/lib/bitcoind.js
index bb022a84..9d1c0b5f 100644
--- a/lib/bitcoind.js
+++ b/lib/bitcoind.js
@@ -327,36 +327,8 @@ Bitcoin.prototype.isSpent = function(txid, outputIndex) {
   return bitcoindjs.isSpent(txid, outputIndex);
 };
 
-Bitcoin.prototype.getTransaction =
-Bitcoin.prototype.getTx = function(txid, blockhash, callback) {
-  if (bitcoin.stopping) return [];
-  if (typeof txid === 'object' && txid) {
-    var options = txid;
-    callback = blockhash;
-    txid = options.txid || options.tx || options.txhash || options.id || options.hash;
-    blockhash = options.blockhash || options.block;
-  }
-
-  if (typeof blockhash === 'function') {
-    callback = blockhash;
-    blockhash = '';
-  }
-
-  if (typeof blockhash !== 'string') {
-    if (blockhash) {
-      blockhash = blockhash.hash
-        || blockhash.blockhash
-        || (blockhash.getHash && blockhash.getHash())
-        || '';
-    } else {
-      blockhash = '';
-    }
-  }
-
-  return bitcoindjs.getTransaction(txid, blockhash, function(err, tx) {
-    if (err) return callback(err);
-    return callback(null, tx);
-  });
+Bitcoin.prototype.getTransaction = function(txid, queryMempool, callback) {
+  return bitcoindjs.getTransaction(txid, queryMempool, callback);
 };
 
 Bitcoin.prototype.getTransactionWithBlock = function(txid, blockhash, callback) {
diff --git a/src/bitcoindjs.cc b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
index b4fb8467..fcf700a9 100644
--- a/src/bitcoindjs.cc
+++ b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ struct async_tx_data {
   std::string err_msg;
   std::string txid;
   std::string blockhash;
+  bool queryMempool;
   CTransaction ctx;
   Eternal<Function> callback;
 };
@@ -425,10 +426,8 @@ start_node_thread(void) {
     argc++;
   }
 
-  if (g_txindex) {
-    argv[argc] = (char *)"-txindex";
-    argc++;
-  }
+  argv[argc] = (char *)"-txindex";
+  argc++;
 
   argv[argc] = NULL;
 
@@ -754,7 +753,7 @@ async_get_block_after(uv_work_t *req) {
 
 /**
  * GetTransaction()
- * bitcoind.getTransaction(txid, [blockhash], callback)
+ * bitcoind.getTransaction(txid, callback)
  * Read any transaction from disk asynchronously.
  */
 
@@ -763,14 +762,14 @@ NAN_METHOD(GetTransaction) {
   HandleScope scope(isolate);
   if (args.Length() < 3
       || !args[0]->IsString()
-      || !args[1]->IsString()
+      || !args[1]->IsBoolean()
       || !args[2]->IsFunction()) {
     return NanThrowError(
-      "Usage: bitcoindjs.getTransaction(txid, [blockhash], callback)");
+      "Usage: bitcoindjs.getTransaction(txid, callback)");
   }
 
   String::Utf8Value txid_(args[0]->ToString());
-  String::Utf8Value blockhash_(args[1]->ToString());
+  bool queryMempool = args[1]->BooleanValue();
   Local<Function> callback = Local<Function>::Cast(args[2]);
 
   async_tx_data *data = new async_tx_data();
@@ -779,16 +778,12 @@ NAN_METHOD(GetTransaction) {
   data->txid = std::string("");
 
   std::string txid = std::string(*txid_);
-  std::string blockhash = std::string(*blockhash_);
 
   data->txid = txid;
+  data->queryMempool = queryMempool;
   Eternal<Function> eternal(isolate, callback);
   data->callback = eternal;
 
-  if (blockhash == "") {
-    data->blockhash = uint256().GetHex();
-  }
-
   uv_work_t *req = new uv_work_t();
   req->data = data;
 
@@ -808,12 +803,38 @@ async_get_tx(uv_work_t *req) {
   uint256 hash = uint256S(data->txid);
   uint256 blockhash;
   CTransaction ctx;
-  
-  if (!GetTransaction(hash, ctx, blockhash, true)) {
-    data->err_msg = std::string("Transaction not found.");
-  } else {
-    data->ctx = ctx;
-    data->blockhash = blockhash.GetHex();
+
+  if (data->queryMempool) {
+    LOCK(cs_main);
+    {
+      if (mempool.lookup(hash, ctx))
+      {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  CDiskTxPos postx;
+  if (pblocktree->ReadTxIndex(hash, postx)) {
+
+    CAutoFile file(OpenBlockFile(postx, true), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+
+    if (file.IsNull()) {
+      data->err_msg = std::string("%s: OpenBlockFile failed", __func__);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const int HEADER_SIZE = sizeof(int32_t) + sizeof(uint32_t) * 3 + sizeof(char) * 64;
+
+    try {
+      fseek(file.Get(), postx.nTxOffset + HEADER_SIZE, SEEK_CUR);
+      file >> ctx;
+      data->ctx = ctx;
+    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+      data->err_msg = std::string("Deserialize or I/O error - %s", __func__);
+      return;
+    }
+
   }
 
 }
@@ -842,7 +863,7 @@ async_get_tx_after(uv_work_t *req) {
     ssTx << ctx;
     std::string stx = ssTx.str();
     Local<Value> rawNodeBuffer = node::Buffer::New(isolate, stx.c_str(), stx.size());
-    
+
     const unsigned argc = 2;
     Local<Value> argv[argc] = {
       Local<Value>::New(isolate, NanNull()),