diff --git a/lib/services/block/index.js b/lib/services/block/index.js
index e193a14e..73ad6be8 100644
--- a/lib/services/block/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/block/index.js
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ BlockService.prototype._resetTip = function(callback) {
         header = headers.getIndex(--height);
 
       // FLOSight Error Correction from RanchiMall 17th May 2021. removed the unhandled assert and replaced by looging of error
-        if (header = false) { 
+        if (header == false) { 
         log.error('Header not found for reset.');
         }
       //  assert(header, 'Header not found for reset.');
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ BlockService.prototype._findLatestValidBlockHeader = function(callback) {
     // 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
     // FLOSight Error Correction from RanchiMall 17th May 2021. removed the unhandled assert and replaced by looging of error
-      if (header = false) { 
+      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?');