diff --git a/core/block_validator.go b/core/block_validator.go
index 56cdf5001c..36afb899ea 100644
--- a/core/block_validator.go
+++ b/core/block_validator.go
@@ -93,11 +93,13 @@ func (v *BlockValidator) ValidateBody(block *types.WorkObject) error {
 		if hash := types.CalcUncleHash(block.Uncles()); hash != header.UncleHash() {
 			return fmt.Errorf("uncle root hash mismatch: have %x, want %x", hash, header.UncleHash())
 		}
-		if hash := types.DeriveSha(block.Transactions(), trie.NewStackTrie(nil)); hash != header.TxHash() {
-			return fmt.Errorf("transaction root hash mismatch: have %x, want %x", hash, header.TxHash())
-		}
-		if hash := types.DeriveSha(block.ExtTransactions(), trie.NewStackTrie(nil)); hash != header.EtxHash() {
-			return fmt.Errorf("external transaction root hash mismatch: have %x, want %x", hash, header.EtxHash())
+		if v.hc.ProcessingState() {
+			if hash := types.DeriveSha(block.Transactions(), trie.NewStackTrie(nil)); hash != header.TxHash() {
+				return fmt.Errorf("transaction root hash mismatch: have %x, want %x", hash, header.TxHash())
+			}
+			if hash := types.DeriveSha(block.ExtTransactions(), trie.NewStackTrie(nil)); hash != header.EtxHash() {
+				return fmt.Errorf("external transaction root hash mismatch: have %x, want %x", hash, header.EtxHash())
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/internal/quaiapi/quai_api.go b/internal/quaiapi/quai_api.go
index ddf074d659..bbee7ae0e1 100644
--- a/internal/quaiapi/quai_api.go
+++ b/internal/quaiapi/quai_api.go
@@ -710,9 +710,11 @@ func (s *PublicBlockChainQuaiAPI) ReceiveMinedHeader(ctx context.Context, raw js
 		if err != nil {
 			s.b.Logger().WithField("err", err).Error("Error broadcasting block")
 		}
-		err = s.b.BroadcastHeader(block, s.b.NodeLocation())
-		if err != nil {
-			s.b.Logger().WithField("err", err).Error("Error broadcasting header")
+		if nodeCtx == common.ZONE_CTX {
+			err = s.b.BroadcastHeader(block, s.b.NodeLocation())
+			if err != nil {
+				s.b.Logger().WithField("err", err).Error("Error broadcasting header")
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	s.b.Logger().WithFields(log.Fields{
diff --git a/p2p/node/api.go b/p2p/node/api.go
index ea30606aaf..450369328e 100644
--- a/p2p/node/api.go
+++ b/p2p/node/api.go
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ func (p *P2PNode) handleBroadcast(sourcePeer peer.ID, topic string, data interfa
 		p.cacheAdd(v.Hash(), &v, nodeLocation)
 		log.Global.WithField("context", v.Location().Context()).Print("")
 	// TODO: send it to consensus
+	case types.WorkObjectHeaderView:
 	case types.Transactions:
 	case types.WorkObjectHeader:
 	default:
diff --git a/p2p/pb/proto_services.go b/p2p/pb/proto_services.go
index f083966a56..ea9a9924d9 100644
--- a/p2p/pb/proto_services.go
+++ b/p2p/pb/proto_services.go
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ func ConvertAndMarshal(data interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 // Unmarshals a protobuf message into a proto type and converts it to a custom go type
 func UnmarshalAndConvert(data []byte, sourceLocation common.Location, dataPtr *interface{}, datatype interface{}) error {
 	switch datatype.(type) {
-	case *types.WorkObjectHeaderView, *types.WorkObjectBlockView:
+	case *types.WorkObjectBlockView:
 		protoWorkObject := &types.ProtoWorkObject{}
 		err := proto.Unmarshal(data, protoWorkObject)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -285,6 +285,23 @@ func UnmarshalAndConvert(data []byte, sourceLocation common.Location, dataPtr *i
 		}
 		*dataPtr = *workObject
 		return nil
+	case *types.WorkObjectHeaderView:
+		protoWorkObject := &types.ProtoWorkObjectHeaderView{}
+		err := proto.Unmarshal(data, protoWorkObject)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		workObjectHeaderView := &types.WorkObjectHeaderView{}
+		if protoWorkObject.WoHeader.Location == nil {
+			return errors.New("location is nil")
+		}
+		workObjectHeaderView.WorkObject = &types.WorkObject{}
+		err = workObjectHeaderView.ProtoDecode(protoWorkObject, sourceLocation)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		*dataPtr = *workObjectHeaderView
+		return nil
 	case *types.WorkObjectHeader:
 		protoWorkObjectHeader := &types.ProtoWorkObjectHeader{}
 		err := proto.Unmarshal(data, protoWorkObjectHeader)
diff --git a/quai/p2p_backend.go b/quai/p2p_backend.go
index ed28892deb..6bd46c2205 100644
--- a/quai/p2p_backend.go
+++ b/quai/p2p_backend.go
@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@ func (qbe *QuaiBackend) OnNewBroadcast(sourcePeer p2p.PeerID, topic string, data
 		// TODO: Determine if the block information was lively or stale and rate
 		// the peer accordingly
 		backend.WriteBlock(&data)
+	case types.WorkObjectHeaderView:
+		backend := *qbe.GetBackend(nodeLocation)
+		if backend == nil {
+			log.Global.Error("no backend found")
+			return false
+		}
+		// Only append this in the case of the slice
+		if !backend.ProcessingState() && backend.NodeCtx() == common.ZONE_CTX {
+			backend.WriteBlock(data.ConvertToBlockView().WorkObject)
+		}
 	case types.Header:
 	case types.Transactions:
 		backend := *qbe.GetBackend(nodeLocation)