diff --git a/beem/block.py b/beem/block.py
index f7a70c8497d2084825c05feb8ad4e197562e57d7..9ec7b9f44b52cb9f0ad3fabfffc553c4fd61734a 100644
--- a/beem/block.py
+++ b/beem/block.py
@@ -159,9 +159,7 @@ class Block(BlockchainObject):
                          'timestamp': ops[0]["timestamp"],
                          'operations': ops}
             else:
-                block = {'block': [],
-                         'timestamp': '',
-                         'operations': []}
+                block = {}
         else:
             if self.steem.rpc.get_use_appbase():
                 block = self.steem.rpc.get_block({"block_num": self.identifier}, api="block")
diff --git a/beemapi/steemnoderpc.py b/beemapi/steemnoderpc.py
index a5475a2c627af4f07fc52b5fe47620db942faac1..d021750b7af9e0641e65d230e2c6706f47d6db0b 100644
--- a/beemapi/steemnoderpc.py
+++ b/beemapi/steemnoderpc.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class SteemNodeRPC(GrapheneRPC):
             self.nodes.increase_error_cnt()
             self.nodes.sleep_and_check_retries(str(msg), sleep=False)
             self.next()
-            doRetry = True            
+            doRetry = True
         elif msg:
             raise exceptions.UnhandledRPCError(msg)
         else:
diff --git a/tests/beem/test_blockchain_threading.py b/tests/beem/test_blockchain_threading.py
index f8790764b0d1197597ba5c3f476c4f7bd60845b8..a4c73aebfd18e45bf52e102b32a1cddb2fa16ca1 100644
--- a/tests/beem/test_blockchain_threading.py
+++ b/tests/beem/test_blockchain_threading.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Testcases(unittest.TestCase):
         for op in b.stream(opNames=opNames, start=self.start, stop=self.stop, threading=True, thread_num=16, thread_limit=thread_limit):
             ops_stream.append(op)
             if op["block_num"] not in block_num_list:
-                block_num_list.append(op["block_num"])            
+                block_num_list.append(op["block_num"])
         block_num_list2 = []
         for op in b.stream(opNames=opNames, start=self.start, stop=self.stop, threading=False):
             ops_stream_no_threading.append(op)