diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/adaptors/v0-34/responses.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/adaptors/v0-34/responses.ts
index 7f5ffa0e..1260b805 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/adaptors/v0-34/responses.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/adaptors/v0-34/responses.ts
@@ -284,10 +284,10 @@ interface RpcBlockId {
 
 function decodeBlockId(data: RpcBlockId): responses.BlockId {
   return {
-    hash: fromHex(assertNotEmpty(data.hash)),
+    hash: fromHex(data.hash),
     parts: {
-      total: assertNotEmpty(data.parts.total),
-      hash: fromHex(assertNotEmpty(data.parts.hash)),
+      total: data.parts.total,
+      hash: fromHex(data.parts.hash),
     },
   };
 }
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ function decodeHeader(data: RpcHeader): responses.Header {
     validatorsHash: fromHex(assertNotEmpty(data.validators_hash)),
     nextValidatorsHash: fromHex(assertNotEmpty(data.next_validators_hash)),
     consensusHash: fromHex(assertNotEmpty(data.consensus_hash)),
-    appHash: fromHex(assertNotEmpty(data.app_hash)),
+    appHash: fromHex(data.app_hash),
     lastResultsHash: fromHex(assertSet(data.last_results_hash)),
 
     evidenceHash: fromHex(assertSet(data.evidence_hash)),
diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/tendermint34client.spec.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/tendermint34client.spec.ts
index abb58468..e03d5cd2 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/tendermint34client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/tendermint34client.spec.ts
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ function defaultTestSuite(rpcFactory: () => RpcClient, expected: ExpectedValues)
       const query = buildQuery({ raw: "block.height >= 1 AND block.height <= 3" });
 
       const sall = await client.blockSearchAll({ query: query, per_page: 2 });
-      expect(sall.totalCount).toEqual(5);
-      expect(sall.blocks.length).toEqual(5);
+      expect(sall.totalCount).toEqual(3);
+      expect(sall.blocks.length).toEqual(3);
       // make sure there are in order from lowest to highest height
       const [b1, b2, b3] = sall.blocks;
       expect(b2.block.header.height).toEqual(b1.block.header.height + 1);