diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index de411691d..91cb7541f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
     "multiaddr": "^2.0.3",
     "multipart-stream": "^2.0.1",
     "ndjson": "^1.4.3",
-    "peer-id": "^0.7.0",
-    "peer-info": "^0.7.1",
+    "peer-id": "^0.8.0",
+    "peer-info": "^0.8.0",
     "promisify-es6": "^1.0.2",
     "qs": "^6.3.0",
     "stream-http": "^2.4.1",
diff --git a/src/api/block.js b/src/api/block.js
index 3e2bd2b81..41c880408 100644
--- a/src/api/block.js
+++ b/src/api/block.js
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
           return callback(err)
         }
         if (Buffer.isBuffer(res)) {
-          Block.create(res, callback)
+          callback(null, new Block(res))
         } else {
           res.pipe(bl((err, data) => {
             if (err) {
               return callback(err)
             }
-            Block.create(data, callback)
+            callback(null, new Block(data))
           }))
         }
       })
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ module.exports = (send) => {
         if (err) {
           return callback(err)
         }
-
-        Block.create(block, callback)
+        callback(null, new Block(block))
       })
     })
   }