diff --git a/lib/services/block/index.js b/lib/services/block/index.js
index 86801226..548d2ab1 100644
--- a/lib/services/block/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/block/index.js
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ BlockService.prototype._resetTip = function(callback) {
 
       if (err || !block) {
         return callback(err ||
-          log.error('Block Service: none of the blocks from the headers match what is already indexed in the block service.'));
+          'Block Service: none of the blocks from the headers match what is already indexed in the block service.');
       }
 
       self._setTip({ hash: block.rhash(), height: height + 1 }, callback);
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ BlockService.prototype._getTimeSinceLastBlock = function(callback) {
   self._header.getBlockHeader(Math.max(self._tip.height - 1, 0), function(err, header) {
 
     if(err || !header) {
-      return callback(err || log.error('Block Service: we should have a header in order to get time since last block.'));
+      return callback(err || 'Block Service: we should have a header in order to get time since last block.');
     }
 
     async.map([ self._tip.hash, header.hash ], function(hash, next) {