diff --git a/lib/block-listeners/cosmos-node-subscription.js b/lib/block-listeners/cosmos-node-subscription.js
index 83676b228a..25609ace79 100644
--- a/lib/block-listeners/cosmos-node-subscription.js
+++ b/lib/block-listeners/cosmos-node-subscription.js
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ class CosmosNodeSubscription {
   async pollForNewBlock() {
     this.pollingTimeout = setTimeout(async () => {
       const block = await this.cosmosAPI.getBlockByHeight()
-
       if (this.height !== block.height) {
         // apparently the cosmos db takes a while to serve the content after a block has been updated
         // if we don't do this, we run into errors as the data is not yet available
         setTimeout(() => this.newBlockHandler(block), COSMOS_DB_DELAY)
+        this.height = block.height // this needs to be set somewhere
 
         // we are safe, that the chain produced a block so it didn't hang up
         if (this.chainHangup) clearTimeout(this.chainHangup)
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ class CosmosNodeSubscription {
 
     // if there are no new blocks for some time, trigger an error
     // TODO: show this error automatically in the UI
+    // clearing previous timeout, otherwise it will execute
+    if (this.chainHangup) clearTimeout(this.chainHangup)
     this.chainHangup = setTimeout(() => {
       console.error(`Chain ${this.network.id} seems to have halted.`)
       Sentry.captureException(
diff --git a/lib/source/cosmosV0-source.js b/lib/source/cosmosV0-source.js
index 5e7bd66a01..2a27297151 100644
--- a/lib/source/cosmosV0-source.js
+++ b/lib/source/cosmosV0-source.js
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ class CosmosV0API extends RESTDataSource {
   }
 
   async getRetry(url, intent = 0) {
+    // cleareing memoizedResults
+    this.memoizedResults.clear()
     try {
-      return await this.get(url)
+      return await this.get(url, null, { cacheOptions: { ttl: 1 } }) // normally setting cacheOptions should be enought, but...
     } catch (error) {
       // give up
       if (intent >= 3) {