diff --git a/common/common.go b/common/common.go
index e7a3d04..90c495d 100644
--- a/common/common.go
+++ b/common/common.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func GetBlock(cache *BlockCache, height int) (*walletrpc.CompactBlock, error) {
 }
 
 // GetBlockRange returns a sequence of consecutive blocks in the given range.
-func GetBlockRange(cache *BlockCache, blockOut chan<- walletrpc.CompactBlock, errOut chan<- error, start, end int) {
+func GetBlockRange(cache *BlockCache, blockOut chan<- *walletrpc.CompactBlock, errOut chan<- error, start, end int) {
 	// Go over [start, end] inclusive
 	for i := start; i <= end; i++ {
 		block, err := GetBlock(cache, i)
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func GetBlockRange(cache *BlockCache, blockOut chan<- walletrpc.CompactBlock, er
 			errOut <- err
 			return
 		}
-		blockOut <- *block
+		blockOut <- block
 	}
 	errOut <- nil
 }
diff --git a/common/common_test.go b/common/common_test.go
index 09f3b63..7257b2b 100644
--- a/common/common_test.go
+++ b/common/common_test.go
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func TestGetBlockRange(t *testing.T) {
 	RawRequest = getblockStub
 	os.RemoveAll(unitTestPath)
 	testcache := NewBlockCache(unitTestPath, unitTestChain, 380640, true)
-	blockChan := make(chan walletrpc.CompactBlock)
+	blockChan := make(chan *walletrpc.CompactBlock)
 	errChan := make(chan error)
 	go GetBlockRange(testcache, blockChan, errChan, 380640, 380642)
 
diff --git a/frontend/service.go b/frontend/service.go
index eb86345..aa14375 100644
--- a/frontend/service.go
+++ b/frontend/service.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (s *LwdStreamer) GetBlock(ctx context.Context, id *walletrpc.BlockID) (*wal
 // (as also returned by GetBlock) from the block height 'start' to height
 // 'end' inclusively.
 func (s *LwdStreamer) GetBlockRange(span *walletrpc.BlockRange, resp walletrpc.CompactTxStreamer_GetBlockRangeServer) error {
-	blockChan := make(chan walletrpc.CompactBlock)
+	blockChan := make(chan *walletrpc.CompactBlock)
 	errChan := make(chan error)
 
 	go common.GetBlockRange(s.cache, blockChan, errChan, int(span.Start.Height), int(span.End.Height))
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (s *LwdStreamer) GetBlockRange(span *walletrpc.BlockRange, resp walletrpc.C
 			// this will also catch context.DeadlineExceeded from the timeout
 			return err
 		case cBlock := <-blockChan:
-			err := resp.Send(&cBlock)
+			err := resp.Send(cBlock)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}