diff --git a/lib/services/block/index.js b/lib/services/block/index.js
index d21dec8d..12f4c883 100644
--- a/lib/services/block/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/block/index.js
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ var BlockService = function(options) {
   this._blockCount = 0;
   this.GENESIS_HASH = constants.BITCOIN_GENESIS_HASH[this.node.network];
   this._initialSync = true;
-  this._reorgBackToBlock = null;
+  this._reorgBackToBlock = null; // use this to rewind your indexes to a specific point by height or hash
+  this._timeOfLastBestBlockReport = Date.now() - 30000;
 };
 
 inherits(BlockService, BaseService);
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ BlockService.prototype._resetTip = function(callback) {
       return callback(err || new Error('headers required'));
     }
 
-    log.info('Block Service: retrieved all the headers for lookups');
+    log.info('Block Service: retrieved all the headers for lookups.');
     async.until(function() {
 
       return block;
@@ -352,7 +353,6 @@ BlockService.prototype.start = function(callback) {
       }
 
       self._blockProcessor = async.queue(self._onBlock.bind(self));
-      self._setListeners();
       self._setTip(tip);
       self._bus = self.node.openBus({remoteAddress: 'localhost-block'});
 
@@ -382,6 +382,11 @@ BlockService.prototype._queueBlock = function(block) {
       return self._handleError(err);
     }
 
+    if (Date.now() - self._timeOfLastBestBlockReport >  30000) { // 30 seconds
+      log.info('Block Service: The best block hash is: ' + self._tip.hash +
+    ' at height: ' + self._tip.height);
+    }
+
     log.debug('Block Service: completed processing block: ' + block.rhash() +
       ' prev hash: ' + bcoin.util.revHex(block.prevBlock) + ' height: ' + self._tip.height);
 
@@ -518,6 +523,8 @@ BlockService.prototype.onHeaders = function(callback) {
 
   var self = this;
 
+  self._removeAllSubscriptions();
+
   self._resetTip(function(err) {
     if (err) {
       return callback(err);
@@ -722,15 +729,6 @@ BlockService.prototype._saveBlock = function(block, callback) {
   });
 };
 
-BlockService.prototype._onBestHeight = function(height) {
-  log.info('Block Service: Best Height is: ' + height);
-  this._removeAllSubscriptions();
-};
-
-BlockService.prototype._setListeners = function() {
-  this._p2p.on('bestHeight', this._onBestHeight.bind(this));
-};
-
 BlockService.prototype._handleError = function(err) {
   if (!this.node.stopping) {
     log.error('Block Service: ' + err);
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7bed5eac..25f09f2d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4233,6 +4233,14 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/statuses/-/statuses-1.3.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-+vUbnrdKrvOzrPStX2Gr8ky3uT4="
     },
+    "string_decoder": {
+      "version": "1.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4AH6Z5fzNNBcH+6XDMfA/BTt87skxqJlO0lAh3Dker5zThcAxG6mKz+iGu308UKoPPQ8Dcqx/4JhujzltRa+hQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "safe-buffer": "5.1.1"
+      }
+    },
     "string-length": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-length/-/string-length-1.0.1.tgz",
@@ -4252,14 +4260,6 @@
         "strip-ansi": "3.0.1"
       }
     },
-    "string_decoder": {
-      "version": "1.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4AH6Z5fzNNBcH+6XDMfA/BTt87skxqJlO0lAh3Dker5zThcAxG6mKz+iGu308UKoPPQ8Dcqx/4JhujzltRa+hQ==",
-      "requires": {
-        "safe-buffer": "5.1.1"
-      }
-    },
     "stringstream": {
       "version": "0.0.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stringstream/-/stringstream-0.0.5.tgz",
diff --git a/test/services/block/index.unit.js b/test/services/block/index.unit.js
index 800b9d9a..22ca27b9 100644
--- a/test/services/block/index.unit.js
+++ b/test/services/block/index.unit.js
@@ -126,17 +126,6 @@ describe('Block Service', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('#_setListeners', function() {
-
-    it('should set listeners for best height', function() {
-      var on = sandbox.stub();
-      blockService._p2p = { on: on };
-      blockService._setListeners();
-      expect(on.calledOnce).to.be.true;
-    });
-
-  });
-
   describe('#_setTip', function() {
 
     it('should set the tip if given a block', function() {
@@ -165,7 +154,7 @@ describe('Block Service', function() {
     it('should get the prefix', function(done) {
       var getPrefix = sandbox.stub().callsArgWith(1, null, blockService._encoding);
       var getServiceTip = sandbox.stub().callsArgWith(1, null, { height: 1, hash: 'aa' });
-      var setListeners = sandbox.stub(blockService, '_setListeners');
+      var performSanityCheck = sandbox.stub(blockService, '_performSanityCheck').callsArgWith(1, null, { hash: 'aa', height: 123 });
       var setTip = sandbox.stub(blockService, '_setTip');
       blockService.node = { openBus: sandbox.stub() };
       blockService._db = { getPrefix: getPrefix, getServiceTip: getServiceTip };