diff --git a/ethchain/state_manager.go b/ethchain/state_manager.go
index 27eaa5e601..8c442cf449 100644
--- a/ethchain/state_manager.go
+++ b/ethchain/state_manager.go
@@ -132,8 +132,19 @@ func (sm *StateManager) ApplyTransaction(state *State, block *Block, tx *Transac
 	}
 }
 
+func (sm *StateManager) Process(block *Block, dontReact bool) error {
+	if !sm.bc.HasBlock(block.PrevHash) {
+		return ParentError(block.PrevHash)
+	}
+
+	parent := sm.bc.GetBlock(block.PrevHash)
+
+	return sm.ProcessBlock(parent.State(), parent, block, dontReact)
+
+}
+
 // Block processing and validating with a given (temporarily) state
-func (sm *StateManager) ProcessBlock(state *State, block *Block, dontReact bool) error {
+func (sm *StateManager) ProcessBlock(state *State, parent, block *Block, dontReact bool) error {
 	// Processing a blocks may never happen simultaneously
 	sm.mutex.Lock()
 	defer sm.mutex.Unlock()
@@ -186,7 +197,7 @@ func (sm *StateManager) ProcessBlock(state *State, block *Block, dontReact bool)
 		sm.bc.Add(block)
 		sm.notifyChanges(state)
 
-		ethutil.Config.Log.Infof("[STATE] Added block #%d (%x)\n", block.BlockInfo().Number, block.Hash())
+		ethutil.Config.Log.Infof("[STATE] Added block #%d (%x)\n", block.Number, block.Hash())
 		if dontReact == false {
 			sm.Ethereum.Reactor().Post("newBlock", block)
 
diff --git a/ethminer/miner.go b/ethminer/miner.go
index 26b28d82ff..e052d0207f 100644
--- a/ethminer/miner.go
+++ b/ethminer/miner.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func (miner *Miner) listener() {
 			// Search the nonce
 			miner.block.Nonce = miner.pow.Search(miner.block, miner.quitChan)
 			if miner.block.Nonce != nil {
-				err := miner.ethereum.StateManager().ProcessBlock(miner.ethereum.StateManager().CurrentState(), miner.block, true)
+				err := miner.ethereum.StateManager().Process(miner.block, true)
 				if err != nil {
 					ethutil.Config.Log.Infoln(err)
 					miner.txs = []*ethchain.Transaction{} // Move this somewhere neat
diff --git a/peer.go b/peer.go
index 690281da9f..cd3cc7635d 100644
--- a/peer.go
+++ b/peer.go
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ func (p *Peer) HandleInbound() {
 					block = ethchain.NewBlockFromRlpValue(msg.Data.Get(i))
 
 					//p.ethereum.StateManager().PrepareDefault(block)
-					state := p.ethereum.StateManager().CurrentState()
-					err = p.ethereum.StateManager().ProcessBlock(state, block, false)
+					//state := p.ethereum.StateManager().CurrentState()
+					err = p.ethereum.StateManager().Process(block, false)
 
 					if err != nil {
 						if ethutil.Config.Debug {