diff --git a/lib/blocks.js b/lib/blocks.js
index aed7ac4..5fba166 100644
--- a/lib/blocks.js
+++ b/lib/blocks.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var _ = flocore.deps._;
 var pools = require('../pools.json');
 var LRU = require('lru-cache');
 var Common = require('./common');
+var bcoin = require('fcoin');
 var JsonStream = require('JSONStream');
 
 function BlockController(options) {
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ BlockController.prototype._getBlockSummary = function(hash, moreTimestamp, next)
         return next();
       }
 
-      var block = flocore.Block.fromRawBlock(blockBuffer);
+      var block = bcoin.block.fromRaw(blockBuffer, 'hex');
 
       // if we don't we a block header back, this is highly unusual,
       // but possible if there was a very recent reorg and the header
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d20fb7e..f7e68b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "flosight-api",
   "description": "A Florincoin blockchain REST and web socket API service for Flocore Node.",
-  "version": "5.0.0-beta.47",
+  "version": "5.0.0-beta.48",
   "repository": "git://github.com/bitpay/flosight-api.git",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/bitpay/flosight-api/issues"
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "JSONStream": "^1.3.1",
     "async": "*",
+    "fcoin": "1.0.0-beta.17",
     "flocore-lib": "0.15.0",
     "flocore-message": "^1.0.3",
     "body-parser": "^1.13.3",