diff --git a/chain/src/repository/balance.rs b/chain/src/repository/balance.rs
index c09bbdb5..a9ee0af0 100644
--- a/chain/src/repository/balance.rs
+++ b/chain/src/repository/balance.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ mod tests {
 
             insert_tokens(conn, vec![token.clone()])?;
 
-            seed_blocks_from_balances(conn, &vec![balance.clone()])?;
+            seed_blocks_from_balances(conn, &[balance.clone()])?;
 
             insert_balances(conn, vec![balance.clone()])?;
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ mod tests {
                 ..(balance.clone())
             };
 
-            seed_blocks_from_balances(conn, &vec![new_balance.clone()])?;
+            seed_blocks_from_balances(conn, &[new_balance.clone()])?;
             insert_balances(conn, vec![new_balance])?;
 
             let queried_balance =
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ mod tests {
 
             insert_tokens(conn, vec![token.clone()])?;
 
-            seed_blocks_from_balances(conn, &vec![balance.clone()])?;
+            seed_blocks_from_balances(conn, &[balance.clone()])?;
             insert_balances(conn, vec![balance.clone()])?;
 
             let queried_balance = query_balance_by_address(conn, owner, token)?;
@@ -515,10 +515,10 @@ mod tests {
 
     fn seed_blocks_from_balances(
         conn: &mut PgConnection,
-        balances: &Vec<Balance>,
+        balances: &[Balance],
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         for height in balances
-            .into_iter()
+            .iter()
             .map(|balance| balance.height as i32)
             .collect::<HashSet<_>>()
         {
diff --git a/shared/src/block.rs b/shared/src/block.rs
index ccfb0c56..efd3fb4b 100644
--- a/shared/src/block.rs
+++ b/shared/src/block.rs
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ pub struct Block {
     pub hash: Id,
     pub header: BlockHeader,
     pub transactions: Vec<(WrapperTransaction, Vec<InnerTransaction>)>,
+    pub epoch: Epoch
 }
 
 impl Block {
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ impl Block {
         block_results: &BlockResult,
         proposer_address_namada: &Option<Id>, // Provide the namada address of the proposer, if available
         checksums: Checksums,
+        epoch: Epoch,
         block_height: BlockHeight,
     ) -> Self {
         let transactions = block_response
@@ -152,6 +154,7 @@ impl Block {
                 app_hash: Id::from(&block_response.block.header.app_hash),
             },
             transactions,
+            epoch
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/transactions/src/main.rs b/transactions/src/main.rs
index abd728c7..fbaf35a5 100644
--- a/transactions/src/main.rs
+++ b/transactions/src/main.rs
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ async fn crawling_fn(
         &block_results,
         &proposer_address_namada,
         checksums,
+        1_u32, // placeholder, we dont need the epoch here
         block_height,
     );