diff --git a/pybtc/connector/connector.py b/pybtc/connector/connector.py
index f611de5..2b531e0 100644
--- a/pybtc/connector/connector.py
+++ b/pybtc/connector/connector.py
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ class Connector:
                     if raw_block:
                         q = time.time()
                         block = msgpack.loads(raw_block)
+                        block["hash"]
                         self.blocks_decode_time += time.time() - q
 
                 if not block:
diff --git a/pybtc/test/block.py b/pybtc/test/block.py
index 9d30f51..827d27e 100644
--- a/pybtc/test/block.py
+++ b/pybtc/test/block.py
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ class BlockDeserializeTests(unittest.TestCase):
         qt = time.time()
         p = pickle.loads(k)
         print("decoded block load", time.time() - qt)
+        print(p[0]["hash"])
         import cProfile
 
         # cProfile.run("import pybtc;"