diff --git a/lib/services/block/index.js b/lib/services/block/index.js
index a8fbc7c6..e193a14e 100644
--- a/lib/services/block/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/block/index.js
@@ -258,7 +258,12 @@ BlockService.prototype._resetTip = function(callback) {
 
         block = _block;
         header = headers.getIndex(--height);
-        assert(header, 'Header not found for reset.');
+
+      // FLOSight Error Correction from RanchiMall 17th May 2021. removed the unhandled assert and replaced by looging of error
+        if (header = false) { 
+        log.error('Header not found for reset.');
+        }
+      //  assert(header, 'Header not found for reset.');
 
         if (!block) {
           log.debug('Block Service: trying block: ' + header.hash);
@@ -387,7 +392,11 @@ BlockService.prototype._loadRecentBlockHashes = function(callback) {
       return callback(err);
     }
 
-    assert(self._recentBlockHashes.length === times, 'Block Service: did not load enough recent block hashes from the index.');
+    // FLOSight Error Correction from RanchiMall 17th May 2021. removed the unhandled assert and replaced by looging of error
+        if (self._recentBlockHashes.length != times) { 
+        log.error('Block Service: did not load enough recent block hashes from the index.');
+        }
+    //assert(self._recentBlockHashes.length === times, 'Block Service: did not load enough recent block hashes from the index.');
     log.info('Block Service: loaded: ' + self._recentBlockHashes.length + ' hashes from the index.');
     callback();
 
@@ -711,11 +720,16 @@ BlockService.prototype._findLatestValidBlockHeader = function(callback) {
     // any of our recent block hashes in its indexes.
     // if some joker mines a block using an orphan block as its prev block, then the effect of this will be
     // us detecting a reorg, but not actually reorging anything
-    assert(header, 'Block Service: we could not locate any of our recent block hashes in the header service ' +
-      'index. Perhaps our header service sync\'ed to the wrong chain?');
+    // FLOSight Error Correction from RanchiMall 17th May 2021. removed the unhandled assert and replaced by looging of error
+      if (header = false) { 
+        log.error('Block Service: we could not locate any of our recent block hashes in the header service ' + 'index. Perhaps our header service sync\'ed to the wrong chain?');
+        }
+    // assert(header, 'Block Service: we could not locate any of our recent block hashes in the header service ' + 'index. Perhaps our header service sync\'ed to the wrong chain?');
 
-    assert(header.height <= self._tip.height, 'Block Service: we found a common ancestor header whose ' +
-      'height was greater than our current tip. This should be impossible.');
+      if (header.height > self._tip.height) { 
+        log.error('Block Service: we found a common ancestor header whose ' + 'height was greater than our current tip. This should be impossible.');
+       }
+    // assert(header.height <= self._tip.height, 'Block Service: we found a common ancestor header whose ' + 'height was greater than our current tip. This should be impossible.');
 
     callback(null, header);
 
@@ -815,8 +829,10 @@ BlockService.prototype._handleReorg = function(callback) {
 
         blocksToRemove = _blocksToRemove;
 
-        assert(blocksToRemove.length >= 1 && blocksToRemove.length <= self._recentBlockHashes.length,
-          'Block Service: the number of blocks to remove looks to be incorrect.');
+      // FLOSight Error Correction from RanchiMall 17th May 2021. removed the unhandled assert and replaced by looging of error
+      if (blocksToRemove.length < 1 || blocksToRemove.length > self._recentBlockHashes.length) { 
+        log.error('Block Service: the number of blocks to remove looks to be incorrect.');   }
+ //        assert(blocksToRemove.length >= 1 && blocksToRemove.length <= self._recentBlockHashes.length, 'Block Service: the number of blocks to remove looks to be incorrect.');
 
         log.warn('Block Service: chain reorganization detected, current height/hash: ' + self._tip.height + '/' +
           self._tip.hash + ' common ancestor hash: ' + commonAncestorHeader.hash + ' at height: ' + commonAncestorHeader.height +