diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/core/Block.java b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/core/Block.java
index ed09578d..0cfb9088 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/core/Block.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/core/Block.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ public class Block {
 	/* A scalar value equal to the mininum limit of gas expenditure per block */
 	private static long MIN_GAS_LIMIT = 125000L;
     public  static BigInteger BLOCK_REWARD = BigInteger.valueOf(1500000000000000000L);
+	public static BigInteger UNCLE_REWARD = BLOCK_REWARD.multiply(
+			BigInteger.valueOf(7)).divide(BigInteger.valueOf(8));
 
 	private BlockHeader header;
 	
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ public class Block {
         
         // Parse Transactions
         RLPList txReceipts = (RLPList) block.get(1);
-        this.processTxs(txReceipts);
+        this.parseTxs(txReceipts);
 
         // Parse Uncles
         RLPList uncleBlocks = (RLPList) block.get(2);
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ public class Block {
         return toStringBuff.toString();
     }
     
-    private void processTxs(RLPList txReceipts) {
+    private void parseTxs(RLPList txReceipts) {
 
         this.txsState = new Trie(null);
         for (int i = 0; i < txReceipts.size(); i++) {
diff --git a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/manager/WorldManager.java b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/manager/WorldManager.java
index d4d8ea85..3c05e5cc 100644
--- a/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/manager/WorldManager.java
+++ b/ethereumj-core/src/main/java/org/ethereum/manager/WorldManager.java
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ public class WorldManager {
         }
 	}
 	
-	private static BigInteger UNCLE_RATIO = BigInteger.valueOf(7).divide(BigInteger.valueOf(8));
 	public void applyBlock(Block block) {
 
 		int i = 0;
@@ -293,7 +292,7 @@ public class WorldManager {
 			repository.createAccount(block.getCoinbase());
 		repository.addBalance(block.getCoinbase(), Block.BLOCK_REWARD);
 		for (Block uncle : block.getUncleList()) {
-			repository.addBalance(uncle.getCoinbase(), Block.BLOCK_REWARD.multiply(UNCLE_RATIO));
+			repository.addBalance(uncle.getCoinbase(), Block.UNCLE_REWARD);
 		}		
 	}