diff --git a/premix/graphql_downloader.nim b/premix/graphql_downloader.nim
index e752c2a13..ec57db065 100644
--- a/premix/graphql_downloader.nim
+++ b/premix/graphql_downloader.nim
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ query getBlock($blockNumber: Long!) {
         address
         storageKeys
       }
+      index
     }
   }
 }
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ proc fromJson(_: type ChainId, n: JsonNode, name: string): ChainId =
   fromJson(n, name, chainId)
   ChainId(chainId)
 
-proc requestBlock*(blockNumber: BlockNumber): Block =
+proc requestBlock*(blockNumber: BlockNumber, parseTx = true): Block =
   let address = initTAddress("127.0.0.1:8545")
   let clientRes = GraphqlHttpClientRef.new(address)
   if clientRes.isErr:
@@ -92,12 +93,13 @@ proc requestBlock*(blockNumber: BlockNumber): Block =
   let chainId = ChainId.fromJson(n["data"], "chainID")
   result.header = parseBlockHeader(nh)
 
-  let txs = nh["transactions"]
-  for txn in txs:
-    var tx = parseTransaction(txn)
-    tx.chainId = chainId
-    validateTxSenderAndHash(txn, tx)
-    result.body.transactions.add tx
+  if parseTx:
+   let txs = nh["transactions"]
+   for txn in txs:
+     var tx = parseTransaction(txn)
+     tx.chainId = chainId
+     validateTxSenderAndHash(txn, tx)
+     result.body.transactions.add tx
 
   let uncles = nh["ommers"]
   for un in uncles:
diff --git a/premix/parser.nim b/premix/parser.nim
index fbeb72794..4447fb8f1 100644
--- a/premix/parser.nim
+++ b/premix/parser.nim
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ proc fromJson*[T](n: JsonNode, name: string, x: var Option[T]) =
     n.fromJson(name, val)
     x = some(val)
 
+proc fromJson*(n: JsonNode, name: string, x: var TxType) =
+  let node = n[name]
+  if node.kind == JInt:
+    x = TxType(node.getInt)
+  else:
+    x = hexToInt(node.getStr(), int).TxType
+
 proc parseBlockHeader*(n: JsonNode): BlockHeader =
   n.fromJson "parentHash", result.parentHash
   n.fromJson "sha3Uncles", result.ommersHash
@@ -130,14 +137,17 @@ proc parseTransaction*(n: JsonNode): Transaction =
   n.fromJson "s", tx.S
 
   if n["type"].kind != JNull:
-    tx.txType = TxType(n["type"].getInt)
+    n.fromJson "type", tx.txType
 
-  if tx.txType == TxEip1559:
+  if tx.txType >= TxEip1559:
     n.fromJson "maxPriorityFeePerGas", tx.maxPriorityFee
     n.fromJson "maxFeePerGas", tx.maxFee
 
-  if tx.txType == TxEip2930:
-    # chainId is set from top level query
+  if tx.txType >= TxEip2930:
+    if n.hasKey("chainId"):
+      let id = hexToInt(n["chainId"].getStr(), int)
+      tx.chainId = ChainId(id)
+
     let accessList = n["accessList"]
     if accessList.len > 0:
       for acn in accessList: