diff --git a/peripherals/eos-evm-ws-proxy/block-monitor.js b/peripherals/eos-evm-ws-proxy/block-monitor.js
index 8172366..6a6e24c 100644
--- a/peripherals/eos-evm-ws-proxy/block-monitor.js
+++ b/peripherals/eos-evm-ws-proxy/block-monitor.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const axios = require('axios');
 const {Web3} = require('web3');
 const Deque = require('collections/deque');
 const {num_from_id} = require('./utils');
+const { clearTimeout } = require('timers');
 class BlockMonitor extends EventEmitter {
 
   constructor({ web3_rpc_endpoint, nodeos_rpc_endpoint, poll_interval, logger}) {
@@ -40,22 +41,63 @@ class BlockMonitor extends EventEmitter {
     this.emit('block_appended', {block});
   }
 
+  async getBlockWithLogs(number_) {
+    let number = Number(number_);
+    
+    let id1 = "get_block_" + number;
+    let id2 = "get_logs_" + number;
+    let requests = [
+      {jsonrpc:"2.0",method:"eth_getBlockByNumber",params:["0x" + number.toString(16), true], id: id1},
+      {jsonrpc:"2.0",method:"eth_getLogs",params:[{fromBlock: "0x" + number.toString(16), toBlock: "0x" + number.toString(16)}], id: id2}
+    ]
+    const results = await axios.post(this.web3_rpc_endpoint, requests);
+
+    if (!Array.isArray(results.data) || results.data.length != 2) {
+      throw new Error("invalid RPC response of [getBlock, GetPastLogs] batch request");
+    }
+    const block = results.data[0].result;
+    const logs = results.data[1].result;
+
+    block.logs = logs;
+    //console.log("RPC batch result:" + JSON.stringify(block));
+    return block;
+  }
+
   async poll() {
+    let next_block = null;
     try {
+      // need to be conservative, sometimes getLogs return empty result for head block
+      let head_block = await this.web3.eth.getBlock("latest", true);
+      let max_block_num = Number(head_block.number) - 1;
+
       let last = this.reversible_blocks.peekBack();
       if( last == undefined ) {
-        last = await this.web3.eth.getBlock("latest", true);
-        this.append_new_block(last);
+        last = await this.getBlockWithLogs(max_block_num);
+        if (last != null) {
+          this.append_new_block(last);
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (last != null && Number(last.number) + 1 < max_block_num) {
+        next_block = await this.getBlockWithLogs(Number(last.number) + 1);
+      } else {
+        next_block = null;
       }
 
-      let next_block = await this.web3.eth.getBlock(last.number+BigInt(1), true);
       let found_next_block = false;
+
       while(last != null && next_block != null) {
         found_next_block = true;
         if(next_block.parentHash == last.hash) {
           this.append_new_block(next_block);
           last = next_block;
-          next_block = await this.web3.eth.getBlock(last.number+BigInt(1), true);
+
+          if (Number(last.number) + 1 < max_block_num) {
+            next_block = await this.getBlockWithLogs(Number(last.number) + 1);
+          } else {
+            next_block = null;
+          }
+
         } else {
           last = this.fork_last_block();
         }
@@ -74,6 +116,7 @@ class BlockMonitor extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     if(this.run == true) {
+      if (this.timer_id != null) clearTimeout(this.timer_id);
       this.timer_id = setTimeout(() => this.poll(), this.poll_interval || 5000);
     } else {
       this.reversible_blocks.clear();
@@ -84,13 +127,14 @@ class BlockMonitor extends EventEmitter {
   start() {
     this.logger.info("BlockMonitor start");
     this.run = true;
-    setTimeout(() => this.poll(), 0);
+    if (this.timer_id != null) clearTimeout(this.timer_id);
+    this.timer_id = setTimeout(() => this.poll(), 0);
   }
 
   stop() {
-    clearTimeout(this.timer_id);
     this.logger.info("BlockMonitor stopping");
-    this.run = false;
+    this.run = false; 
+    // don't clean up timeout. let poll() cleanup reversible_blocks
   }
 
   is_running() {
diff --git a/peripherals/eos-evm-ws-proxy/subscription-server.js b/peripherals/eos-evm-ws-proxy/subscription-server.js
index a442112..1100064 100644
--- a/peripherals/eos-evm-ws-proxy/subscription-server.js
+++ b/peripherals/eos-evm-ws-proxy/subscription-server.js
@@ -144,9 +144,8 @@ class SubscriptionServer extends EventEmitter {
     // Process all `logs` subscriptions
     // Get logs from the recently appended block 
     if(this.logs_subs.size > 0) {
-      const logs = await this.web3.eth.getPastLogs({fromBlock:block.number, toBlock:block.number});
-      this.logger.debug("LOG => ", JSON.stringify(logs, bigint_replacer));
-      for(const log of logs) {
+      this.logger.debug("LOG => ", JSON.stringify(block.logs, bigint_replacer));
+      for(const log of block.logs) {
         for(const [subid, client] of this.logs_subs) {
           if(this.logs_filter_match(client.filter, log)) {
             this.send_logs_response_and_save(block, client, subid, log);
diff --git a/tests/nodeos_eos_evm_ws_test_basic.py b/tests/nodeos_eos_evm_ws_test_basic.py
index 737c594..cbde096 100755
--- a/tests/nodeos_eos_evm_ws_test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/nodeos_eos_evm_ws_test_basic.py
@@ -681,8 +681,10 @@ def makeReservedEvmAddress(account):
         time.sleep(0.5)
         recevied_msg=ws.recv()
         res=json.loads(recevied_msg)
+        if block_count == 0:
+            Utils.Print("recevied block message from websocket:" + recevied_msg)
         block_json=res["params"]["result"]
-        num=(int)(block_json["number"])
+        num=block_json["number"] # number can be decimal or hex (with 0x prefix)
         hash=block_json["hash"]
         parent_hash=block_json["parentHash"]
         Utils.Print("received block {0} from websocket, hash={1}..., parent={2}...".format(num, hash[0:8], parent_hash[0:8]))
@@ -727,7 +729,8 @@ def makeReservedEvmAddress(account):
         res=json.loads(recevied_msg)
         Utils.Print("last ws msg is:" + recevied_msg)
         if ("method" in res and res["method"] == "eth_subscription"):
-            assert(res["params"]["result"]["transaction"]["value"] == "93000000000000000") # 0.103 - 0.01(fee)=0.093
+            assert(res["params"]["result"]["transaction"]["value"] == "93000000000000000" or \
+                res["params"]["result"]["transaction"]["value"] == "0x14a6701dc1c8000") # 0.103 - 0.01(fee)=0.093
             break
         try_count = try_count - 1
     if (try_count == 0):