diff --git a/example/index.js b/example/index.js
index 451c21ed..227399d9 100755
--- a/example/index.js
+++ b/example/index.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function getBlocks(bitcoind) {
           var txid = block.tx[0].txid;
           // XXX Dies with a segfault
           // bitcoind.getTx(txid, hash, function(err, tx) {
-          bitcoind.getTx(txid, hash, function(err, tx) {
+          bitcoind.getTx(txid, function(err, tx) {
             if (err) return print(err.message);
             print('TX -----------------------------------------------------');
             print(tx);
diff --git a/src/bitcoindjs.cc b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
index d75da82d..af0ebc02 100644
--- a/src/bitcoindjs.cc
+++ b/src/bitcoindjs.cc
@@ -692,17 +692,10 @@ async_get_tx(uv_work_t *req) {
   uint256 hashBlock(data->blockHash);
   CTransaction tx;
 
-  if (GetTransaction(hash, tx, hashBlock, hashBlock == uint256(0) ? true : false)) {
+  if (GetTransaction(hash, tx, hashBlock, true)) {
     data->result_tx = tx;
   } else {
-    if (hashBlock != 0) {
-      hashBlock = uint256(0);
-      if (GetTransaction(hash, tx, hashBlock, true)) {
-        data->result_tx = tx;
-      } else {
-        data->err_msg = std::string("get_tx(): failed.");
-      }
-    }
+    data->err_msg = std::string("get_tx(): failed.");
   }
 }