diff --git a/evmrpc/simulate.go b/evmrpc/simulate.go
index ba7de81afe..a552771ac3 100644
--- a/evmrpc/simulate.go
+++ b/evmrpc/simulate.go
@@ -365,12 +365,10 @@ func (b *Backend) StateAtTransaction(ctx context.Context, block *ethtypes.Block,
 }
 
 func (b *Backend) StateAtBlock(ctx context.Context, block *ethtypes.Block, reexec uint64, base vm.StateDB, readOnly bool, preferDisk bool) (vm.StateDB, tracers.StateReleaseFunc, error) {
-	fmt.Println("DEBUG: In simulate.go: StateAtBlock")
 	emptyRelease := func() {}
 	statedb := state.NewDBImpl(b.ctxProvider(block.Number().Int64()-1), b.keeper, true)
 	signer := ethtypes.MakeSigner(b.ChainConfig(), block.Number(), block.Time())
 	for _, tx := range block.Transactions() {
-		fmt.Println("DEBUG: In simulate.go: StateAtBlock: tx", tx)
 		msg, _ := core.TransactionToMessage(tx, signer, block.BaseFee())
 
 		// set address association for the sender if not present. Note that here we take the shortcut
@@ -378,19 +376,14 @@ func (b *Backend) StateAtBlock(ctx context.Context, block *ethtypes.Block, reexe
 		// at all then its association must be present in the latest height
 		_, associated := b.keeper.GetSeiAddress(statedb.Ctx(), msg.From)
 		if !associated {
-			fmt.Println("DEBUG: In simulate.go: StateAtBlock: !associated")
 			seiAddr, associatedNow := b.keeper.GetSeiAddress(b.ctxProvider(LatestCtxHeight), msg.From)
 			if !associatedNow {
-				fmt.Println("DEBUG: In simulate.go: StateAtBlock: !associatedNow, continuing")
 				err := types.NewAssociationMissingErr(msg.From.Hex())
 				metrics.IncrementAssociationError("state_at_block", err)
-				continue
-				// return nil, emptyRelease, err
+				continue // don't return error, just continue bc we want to process the rest of the txs and return the statedb
 			}
 			if err := helpers.NewAssociationHelper(b.keeper, b.keeper.BankKeeper(), b.keeper.AccountKeeper()).AssociateAddresses(statedb.Ctx(), seiAddr, msg.From, nil); err != nil {
-				fmt.Println("DEBUG: In simulate.go: StateAtBlock: AssociateAddresses error", err, "continuing")
-				continue
-				// return nil, emptyRelease, err
+				return nil, emptyRelease, err
 			}
 		}
 	}