diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3eb64195..44f64011 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ RUST_LOG=web3_proxy=trace,info cargo nextest run
 Run more tests:
 
 ```
-RUST_LOG=web3_proxy=trace,info cargo nextest run --features tests-needing-docker,tests_utils
+RUST_LOG=web3_proxy=trace,info cargo nextest run --features tests-needing-docker
 ```
 
 ## Mysql
diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/blockchain.rs b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/blockchain.rs
index 377af889..25593a59 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/blockchain.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/rpcs/blockchain.rs
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
 
         let mut block: Option<ArcBlock> = if let Some(rpc) = rpc {
             // ask a specific rpc
-            // this doesn't have retries, so we do retries with `self.internal_request` below (note the "self" vs "rpc")
+            // if this errors, other rpcs will be tried
             rpc.internal_request::<_, Option<ArcBlock>>(
                 "eth_getBlockByHash",
                 &get_block_params,
@@ -306,7 +306,9 @@ impl Web3Rpcs {
                 max_tries,
                 max_wait,
             )
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .ok()
+            .flatten()
         } else {
             None
         };