diff --git a/bin/block-for-time b/bin/block-for-time
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e2a1422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/block-for-time
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname -- "$( readlink -f -- "$0"; )";)"
+
+DEXORDER_RPC_URL=arbitrum_alchemy PYTHONPATH="$SCRIPT_DIR/../src" python -m dexorder.bin.block_for_time "$@"
diff --git a/src/dexorder/blocks.py b/src/dexorder/blocks.py
index 8908e5e..cf622ba 100644
--- a/src/dexorder/blocks.py
+++ b/src/dexorder/blocks.py
@@ -53,11 +53,7 @@ async def _fetch(fetch: FetchLock, chain_id: int, block_id: Union[int,bytes]) ->
         else:
             found = db.session.get(DbBlock, dict(chain=chain, hash=block_id))  # by-hash is the primary key
         if found:
-            log.debug(f'found block: {found}')
-            try:
-                return Block(chain_id, found.data)
-            except AttributeError:
-                log.exception(f'found was {found}')
+            return Block(chain_id, found.data)
 
     # fetch from RPC
     try: