diff --git a/lib/services/header/index.js b/lib/services/header/index.js
index a87c86e1..86cb2b3f 100644
--- a/lib/services/header/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/header/index.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ inherits(HeaderService, BaseService);
 HeaderService.dependencies = [ 'p2p', 'db' ];
 
 HeaderService.MAX_CHAINWORK = new BN(1).ushln(256);
-HeaderService.STARTING_CHAINWORK = '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100010001';
+HeaderService.STARTING_CHAINWORK = '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100010';
 
 HeaderService.prototype.subscribe = function(name, emitter) {
   this.subscriptions[name].push(emitter);
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ HeaderService.prototype._setGenesisBlock = function(callback) {
     chainwork: HeaderService.STARTING_CHAINWORK,
     version: 1,
     prevHash: new Array(65).join('0'),
-    timestamp: 1231006505,
-    nonce: 2083236893,
-    bits: 0x1d00ffff,
-    merkleRoot: '4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b'
+    timestamp: 1371488396,
+    nonce: 1000112548,
+    bits: 0x1e0ffff0,
+    merkleRoot: '730f0c8ddc5a592d5512566890e2a73e45feaa6748b24b849d1c29a7ab2b2300'
   };
 
   this._lastHeader = genesisHeader;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8f7e0884..fee97603 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "node": ">=8.0.0"
   },
   "author": "BitPay <dev@bitpay.com>",
-  "version": "5.0.0-beta.59",
+  "version": "5.0.0-beta.60",
   "main": "./index.js",
   "repository": "git://github.com/oipwg/flocore-node.git",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/oipwg/flocore-node",