diff --git a/pkg/util.go b/pkg/util.go
index b9bdb2e..6fac145 100644
--- a/pkg/util.go
+++ b/pkg/util.go
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 // PublishRaw derives a cid from raw bytes and provided codec and multihash type, and writes it to the db tx
-func PublishRaw(tx *sqlx.Tx, codec, mh uint64, raw []byte) (string, error) {
+func PublishRaw(tx *sqlx.Tx, codec, mh uint64, raw []byte, blockNumber uint64) (string, error) {
 	c, err := RawdataToCid(codec, raw, mh)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	dbKey := dshelp.MultihashToDsKey(c.Hash())
 	prefixedKey := blockstore.BlockPrefix.String() + dbKey.String()
-	_, err = tx.Exec(`INSERT INTO public.blocks (key, data) VALUES ($1, $2) ON CONFLICT (key) DO NOTHING`, prefixedKey, raw)
+	_, err = tx.Exec(`INSERT INTO public.blocks (key, data, block_number) VALUES ($1, $2, $3) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING`, prefixedKey, raw, blockNumber)
 	return c.String(), err
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/validator_test.go b/pkg/validator_test.go
index c128be1..e6da645 100644
--- a/pkg/validator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/validator_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
+	blockNumber       = uint64(1)
 	contractAddr      = common.HexToAddress("0xaE9BEa628c4Ce503DcFD7E305CaB4e29E7476592")
 	slot0StorageValue = common.Hex2Bytes("94703c4b2bd70c169f5717101caee543299fc946c7")
 	slot1StorageValue = common.Hex2Bytes("01")
@@ -302,11 +303,11 @@ func loadTrie(stateNodes, storageNodes [][]byte) {
 	tx, err := db.Beginx()
 	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 	for _, node := range stateNodes {
-		_, err := validator.PublishRaw(tx, cid.EthStateTrie, multihash.KECCAK_256, node)
+		_, err := validator.PublishRaw(tx, cid.EthStateTrie, multihash.KECCAK_256, node, blockNumber)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 	}
 	for _, node := range storageNodes {
-		_, err := validator.PublishRaw(tx, cid.EthStorageTrie, multihash.KECCAK_256, node)
+		_, err := validator.PublishRaw(tx, cid.EthStorageTrie, multihash.KECCAK_256, node, blockNumber)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 	}
 	err = tx.Commit()