diff --git a/chain/beacon/drand/drand.go b/chain/beacon/drand/drand.go
index 74818d312..f2e0fcb54 100644
--- a/chain/beacon/drand/drand.go
+++ b/chain/beacon/drand/drand.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log"
 
+	dbeacon "github.com/drand/drand/beacon"
 	"github.com/drand/drand/core"
 	dkey "github.com/drand/drand/key"
 	dnet "github.com/drand/drand/net"
@@ -149,10 +150,19 @@ func (db *DrandBeacon) getCachedValue(round uint64) *types.BeaconEntry {
 	return &v
 }
 
-func (db *DrandBeacon) VerifyEntry(from types.BeaconEntry, to types.BeaconEntry) error {
-	return nil
-	// TODO: this doesnt work for some reason
-	//return dbeacon.Verify(db.pubkey.Key(), from.Data, to.Round, from.Round)
+func (db *DrandBeacon) VerifyEntry(curr types.BeaconEntry, prev types.BeaconEntry) error {
+	if prev.Round == 0 {
+		// TODO handle genesis better
+		return nil
+	}
+	b := &dbeacon.Beacon{
+		PreviousRound: prev.Round,
+		PreviousSig:   prev.Data,
+		Round:         curr.Round,
+		Signature:     curr.Data,
+	}
+	//log.Warnw("VerifyEntry", "beacon", b)
+	return dbeacon.VerifyBeacon(db.pubkey.Key(), b)
 }
 
 func (db *DrandBeacon) MaxBeaconRoundForEpoch(filEpoch abi.ChainEpoch, prevEntry types.BeaconEntry) uint64 {
diff --git a/chain/store/store.go b/chain/store/store.go
index fc032f5f9..6d8bf4ce9 100644
--- a/chain/store/store.go
+++ b/chain/store/store.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opencensus.io/stats"
 	"go.opencensus.io/trace"
 	"go.uber.org/multierr"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
 	amt "github.com/filecoin-project/go-amt-ipld/v2"
 
@@ -894,7 +893,7 @@ func (cs *ChainStore) TryFillTipSet(ts *types.TipSet) (*FullTipSet, error) {
 }
 
 func DrawRandomness(rbase []byte, pers crypto.DomainSeparationTag, round abi.ChainEpoch, entropy []byte) ([]byte, error) {
-	log.Desugar().WithOptions(zap.AddCallerSkip(2)).Sugar().Warnw("DrawRandomness", "base", rbase, "dsep", pers, "round", round, "entropy", entropy)
+	//log.Desugar().WithOptions(zap.AddCallerSkip(2)).Sugar().Warnw("DrawRandomness", "base", rbase, "dsep", pers, "round", round, "entropy", entropy)
 	h := blake2b.New256()
 	if err := binary.Write(h, binary.BigEndian, int64(pers)); err != nil {
 		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("deriving randomness: %w", err)