diff --git a/block_pool.go b/block_pool.go
index 73507a185fef03f3586d2debaf0b6c293602b987..26ef51992eb835458a74b2be26a1450da071f18f 100644
--- a/block_pool.go
+++ b/block_pool.go
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ func (self *BlockPool) SetBlock(b *ethchain.Block, peer *Peer) {
 		self.hashPool = append(self.hashPool, b.Hash())
 		self.pool[hash] = &block{peer, peer, b, time.Now(), 0}
 
-		if !self.eth.BlockChain().HasBlock(b.PrevHash) && self.pool[string(b.PrevHash)] == nil {
+		if !self.eth.BlockChain().HasBlock(b.PrevHash) {
+			poollogger.Infof("Unknown block, requesting parent (%x...)\n", b.PrevHash[0:4])
 			peer.QueueMessage(ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgGetBlockHashesTy, []interface{}{b.PrevHash, uint32(256)}))
 		}
 	} else if self.pool[hash] != nil {
diff --git a/peer.go b/peer.go
index 00f0a145cdc6560931c6c98c66085db0912ee137..e3c4c9e107c32a3d4259124c35f3787704e62f8c 100644
--- a/peer.go
+++ b/peer.go
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ out:
 		// Service timer takes care of peer broadcasting, transaction
 		// posting or block posting
 		case <-serviceTimer.C:
-
 			p.QueueMessage(ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgGetPeersTy, ""))
 
 		case <-p.quit: