diff --git a/database/bfgd/scripts/0009.sql b/database/bfgd/scripts/0009.sql
index e083ffddc..f63dbfdd0 100644
--- a/database/bfgd/scripts/0009.sql
+++ b/database/bfgd/scripts/0009.sql
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW btc_blocks_can AS WITH RECURSIVE bb AS (
 	WHERE -- find the parent block via header -> parent hash
 		(
 			substr(bb.header, 5, 32) = btc_blocks.hash
-			AND bb.height > btc_blocks.height
 		)
 ),
 __highest AS (
diff --git a/e2e/docker-compose.yml b/e2e/docker-compose.yml
index 5a8b8a9b7..e55f9b00a 100644
--- a/e2e/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/e2e/docker-compose.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ services:
       BFG_POSTGRES_URI: "postgres://postgres@bfgd-postgres:5432/bfg?sslmode=disable"
       BFG_BTC_START_HEIGHT: "1"
       BFG_EXBTC_ADDRESS: "electrumx:50001"
-      BFG_LOG_LEVEL: "INFO"
+      BFG_LOG_LEVEL: "TRACE"
       BFG_PUBLIC_ADDRESS: ":8383"
       BFG_PRIVATE_ADDRESS: ":8080"
 
diff --git a/service/bfg/bfg.go b/service/bfg/bfg.go
index b6194c67a..bd4fa6623 100644
--- a/service/bfg/bfg.go
+++ b/service/bfg/bfg.go
@@ -185,13 +185,24 @@ func (s *Server) invalidBlockChecker(ctx context.Context) {
 			}
 
 			log.Infof("received %d heights with no children, will re-check", len(heights))
+
+			// if all blocks have children, wait until next btc block to re-check
+			if len(heights) == 0 {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			// otherwise, reprocess blocks with missing children and re-check
+
 			for _, height := range heights {
 				log.Infof("reprocessing block at height %d", height)
 				if err := s.processBitcoinBlock(ctx, height); err != nil {
 					log.Errorf("error processing bitcoin block: %s", err)
 				}
 			}
-			s.queueCheckForInvalidBlocks()
+
+			go func() {
+				s.queueCheckForInvalidBlocks()
+			}()
 		}
 	}
 }