diff --git a/keepers/validator-keeper/src/main.rs b/keepers/validator-keeper/src/main.rs
index 38ec6899..f1e2eebb 100644
--- a/keepers/validator-keeper/src/main.rs
+++ b/keepers/validator-keeper/src/main.rs
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ async fn mev_earned_loop(
         // Continuously runs throughout an epoch, polling for tip distribution accounts from the prev epoch with uploaded merkle roots
         // and submitting update_mev_earned (technically update_mev_comission) txs when the uploaded merkle roots are detected
         match update_mev_earned(
-            client.clone(),
-            keypair.clone(),
+            &client,
+            &keypair,
             &commission_history_program_id,
             &tip_distribution_program_id,
             &mut validators_updated,
@@ -399,16 +399,16 @@ async fn main() {
     }
 
     tokio::spawn(mev_commission_loop(
-        Arc::clone(&client),
-        Arc::clone(&keypair),
+        client.clone(),
+        keypair.clone(),
         args.program_id,
         args.tip_distribution_program_id,
         args.interval,
     ));
 
     tokio::spawn(mev_earned_loop(
-        Arc::clone(&client),
-        Arc::clone(&keypair),
+        client.clone(),
+        keypair.clone(),
         args.program_id,
         args.tip_distribution_program_id,
         args.interval,
diff --git a/keepers/validator-keeper/src/mev_commission.rs b/keepers/validator-keeper/src/mev_commission.rs
index 9645ac3f..469cf42b 100644
--- a/keepers/validator-keeper/src/mev_commission.rs
+++ b/keepers/validator-keeper/src/mev_commission.rs
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ pub async fn update_mev_commission(
 }
 
 pub async fn update_mev_earned(
-    client: Arc<RpcClient>,
-    keypair: Arc<Keypair>,
+    client: &Arc<RpcClient>,
+    keypair: &Arc<Keypair>,
     validator_history_program_id: &Pubkey,
     tip_distribution_program_id: &Pubkey,
     validators_updated: &mut HashMap<Pubkey, Pubkey>,
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ pub async fn update_mev_earned(
         .map(|vote_account| {
             ValidatorMevCommissionEntry::new(
                 vote_account,
-                epoch - 1, // TDA derived from the prev epoch since the merkle roots are uploaded shortly after rollover
+                epoch.saturating_sub(1), // TDA derived from the prev epoch since the merkle roots are uploaded shortly after rollover
                 validator_history_program_id,
                 tip_distribution_program_id,
                 &keypair.pubkey(),
@@ -232,10 +232,9 @@ pub async fn update_mev_earned(
         })
         .collect::<Vec<ValidatorMevCommissionEntry>>();
 
-    let uploaded_merkleroot_entries =
-        get_entries_with_uploaded_merkleroot(client.clone(), &entries)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|e| (e.into(), CreateUpdateStats::default()))?;
+    let uploaded_merkleroot_entries = get_entries_with_uploaded_merkleroot(&client, &entries)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| (e.into(), CreateUpdateStats::default()))?;
 
     let entries_to_update = uploaded_merkleroot_entries
         .into_iter()
@@ -288,7 +287,7 @@ async fn get_existing_entries(
 }
 
 async fn get_entries_with_uploaded_merkleroot(
-    client: Arc<RpcClient>,
+    client: &Arc<RpcClient>,
     entries: &[ValidatorMevCommissionEntry],
 ) -> Result<Vec<ValidatorMevCommissionEntry>, MultipleAccountsError> {
     /* Filters tip distribution tuples to the addresses, then fetches accounts to see which ones have an uploaded merkle root */
diff --git a/programs/validator-history/src/instructions/copy_tip_distribution_account.rs b/programs/validator-history/src/instructions/copy_tip_distribution_account.rs
index 4dae3ba0..1fab553e 100644
--- a/programs/validator-history/src/instructions/copy_tip_distribution_account.rs
+++ b/programs/validator-history/src/instructions/copy_tip_distribution_account.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub struct CopyTipDistributionAccount<'info> {
 }
 
 pub fn handler(ctx: Context<CopyTipDistributionAccount>, epoch: u64) -> Result<()> {
-    // Cannot set stake for future epochs
+    // cant set data in validator history for future epochs
     if epoch > Clock::get()?.epoch {
         return Err(ValidatorHistoryError::EpochOutOfRange.into());
     }