diff --git a/bench/Chainweb/Pact/Backend/Bench.hs b/bench/Chainweb/Pact/Backend/Bench.hs
index 67f0f101b5..ebd4d4b343 100644
--- a/bench/Chainweb/Pact/Backend/Bench.hs
+++ b/bench/Chainweb/Pact/Backend/Bench.hs
@@ -405,4 +405,4 @@ cpBenchLookupProcessedTx transactionCount cp = C.env (setup' cp) $ \ ~(ut) ->
     go CheckpointEnv{..} (NoopNFData _) = do
         _cpRestore _cpeCheckpointer (Just (BlockHeight 2, hash02)) >>= \case
           PactDbEnv' _ ->
-            _cpLookupProcessedTx _cpeCheckpointer Nothing (V.fromList [Pact.TypedHash "" | _ <- [1..transactionCount]])
+            _cpLookupProcessedTx _cpeCheckpointer (BlockHeight 2) Nothing (V.fromList [Pact.TypedHash "" | _ <- [1..transactionCount]])
diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Pact/Backend/RelationalCheckpointer.hs b/src/Chainweb/Pact/Backend/RelationalCheckpointer.hs
index f7cc85c80e..23ea1195c9 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Pact/Backend/RelationalCheckpointer.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Pact/Backend/RelationalCheckpointer.hs
@@ -296,28 +296,15 @@ doRegisterSuccessful :: Db -> PactHash -> IO ()
 doRegisterSuccessful dbenv (TypedHash hash) =
     runBlockEnv dbenv (indexPactTransaction $ BS.fromShort hash)
 
-doLookupSuccessful :: Db -> Maybe ConfirmationDepth -> V.Vector PactHash -> IO (HashMap.HashMap PactHash (T2 BlockHeight BlockHash))
-doLookupSuccessful dbenv confDepth hashes = runBlockEnv dbenv $ do
+doLookupSuccessful :: Db -> BlockHeight -> Maybe ConfirmationDepth -> V.Vector PactHash -> IO (HashMap.HashMap PactHash (T2 BlockHeight BlockHash))
+doLookupSuccessful dbenv (BlockHeight currentHeight) confDepth hashes = runBlockEnv dbenv $ do
     withSavepoint DbTransaction $ do
       r <- callDb "doLookupSuccessful" $ \db -> do
         let
-          currentHeightQ = "SELECT blockheight FROM BlockHistory \
-              \ ORDER BY blockheight DESC LIMIT 1"
-
-        -- if there is a confirmation depth, we get the current height and calculate
-        -- the block height, to look for the transactions in range [0, current block height - confirmation depth]
-        blockheight <- case confDepth of
-          Nothing -> pure Nothing
-          Just (ConfirmationDepth cd) -> do
-            currentHeight <- qry_ db currentHeightQ [RInt]
-            case currentHeight of
-              [[SInt bh]] -> pure $ Just (bh - fromIntegral cd)
-              _ -> fail "impossible"
-
-        let
-          blockheightval = maybe [] (\bh -> [SInt bh]) blockheight
-          qvals = [ SBlob (BS.fromShort hash) | (TypedHash hash) <- V.toList hashes ] ++ blockheightval
-
+          -- if there is a confirmation depth, we calculate the block height,
+          -- to look for the transactions in range [0, current block height - confirmation depth]
+          blockheight = maybe [] (\(ConfirmationDepth cd) -> [SInt $ fromIntegral currentHeight - fromIntegral cd]) confDepth
+          qvals = [ SBlob (BS.fromShort hash) | (TypedHash hash) <- V.toList hashes ] ++ blockheight
         qry db qtext qvals [RInt, RBlob] >>= mapM go
       return $ HashMap.fromList (zip (V.toList hashes) r)
   where
diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Pact/Backend/Types.hs b/src/Chainweb/Pact/Backend/Types.hs
index 94ed77ef52..73489efcbb 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Pact/Backend/Types.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Pact/Backend/Types.hs
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ data Checkpointer = Checkpointer
     , _cpRegisterProcessedTx :: !(P.PactHash -> IO ())
 
     , _cpLookupProcessedTx ::
-        !(Maybe ConfirmationDepth -> Vector P.PactHash -> IO (HashMap P.PactHash (T2 BlockHeight BlockHash)))
+        !(BlockHeight -> Maybe ConfirmationDepth -> Vector P.PactHash -> IO (HashMap P.PactHash (T2 BlockHeight BlockHash)))
     , _cpGetBlockHistory :: !(
         forall k v . (FromJSON v) => BlockHeader -> Domain k v -> IO BlockTxHistory)
     , _cpGetHistoricalLookup :: !(
diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Pact/PactService.hs b/src/Chainweb/Pact/PactService.hs
index db50582e52..14744022ea 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Pact/PactService.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Pact/PactService.hs
@@ -802,11 +802,9 @@ execLookupPactTxs restorePoint confDepth txs
     | otherwise = go
   where
     go = getCheckpointer >>= \(!cp) -> case restorePoint of
-      NoRewind _ ->
-        liftIO $! _cpLookupProcessedTx cp confDepth txs
       DoRewind parent -> withDiscardedBatch $ do
         withCheckpointerRewind Nothing (Just $ ParentHeader parent) "lookupPactTxs" $ \_ ->
-          liftIO $ Discard <$> _cpLookupProcessedTx cp confDepth txs
+          liftIO $ Discard <$> _cpLookupProcessedTx cp (_blockHeight parent) confDepth txs
 
 -- | Modified table gas module with free module loads
 --
diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Pact/PactService/ExecBlock.hs b/src/Chainweb/Pact/PactService/ExecBlock.hs
index 70674c6fb7..d2e5a7e365 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Pact/PactService/ExecBlock.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Pact/PactService/ExecBlock.hs
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ validateChainwebTxs logger v cid cp txValidationTime bh txs doBuyGas
 
     checkUnique :: ChainwebTransaction -> IO (Either InsertError ChainwebTransaction)
     checkUnique t = do
-      found <- HashMap.lookup (P._cmdHash t) <$> _cpLookupProcessedTx cp Nothing (V.singleton $ P._cmdHash t)
+      found <- HashMap.lookup (P._cmdHash t) <$> _cpLookupProcessedTx cp bh Nothing (V.singleton $ P._cmdHash t)
       case found of
         Nothing -> pure $ Right t
         Just _ -> pure $ Left InsertErrorDuplicate
diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Pact/RestAPI/Server.hs b/src/Chainweb/Pact/RestAPI/Server.hs
index 831a7933a2..b7d549d3d2 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Pact/RestAPI/Server.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Pact/RestAPI/Server.hs
@@ -408,7 +408,12 @@ spvHandler l cdb cid (SpvRequest rk (Pact.ChainId ptid)) = do
 
     liftIO $! logg (sshow ph)
 
-    T2 bhe _bha <- liftIO (_pactLookup pe (NoRewind cid) Nothing (pure ph)) >>= \case
+    -- get current best cut
+    cut <- liftIO $! CutDB._cut cdb
+    -- get leaf block header for our chain from current best cut
+    chainLeaf <- lookupCutM cid cut
+
+    T2 bhe _bha <- liftIO (_pactLookup pe (DoRewind chainLeaf) Nothing (pure ph)) >>= \case
       Left e ->
         toErr $ "Internal error: transaction hash lookup failed: " <> sshow e
       Right v -> case HM.lookup ph v of
@@ -487,7 +492,13 @@ spv2Handler l cdb cid r = case _spvSubjectIdType sid of
     proof f = SomePayloadProof <$> do
         validateRequestKey rk
         liftIO $! logg (sshow ph)
-        T2 bhe bha <- liftIO (_pactLookup pe (NoRewind cid) Nothing (pure ph)) >>= \case
+
+        -- get current best cut
+        cut <- liftIO $! CutDB._cut cdb
+        -- get leaf block header for our chain from current best cut
+        chainLeaf <- lookupCutM cid cut
+
+        T2 bhe bha <- liftIO (_pactLookup pe (DoRewind chainLeaf) Nothing (pure ph)) >>= \case
             Left e ->
                 toErr $ "Internal error: transaction hash lookup failed: " <> sshow e
             Right v -> case HM.lookup ph v of
diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Pact/Service/Types.hs b/src/Chainweb/Pact/Service/Types.hs
index fe43d8eebc..64cfdfc76d 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Pact/Service/Types.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Pact/Service/Types.hs
@@ -334,18 +334,11 @@ newtype TransactionOutputProofB64 = TransactionOutputProofB64 Text
     deriving stock (Eq, Show, Generic)
     deriving newtype (ToJSON, FromJSON)
 
--- | This data type marks whether or not a particular header is
--- expected to rewind or not. In the case of 'NoRewind', no
--- header data is given, and a chain id is given instead for
--- routing purposes
---
-data Rewind
-    = DoRewind !BlockHeader
-    | NoRewind {-# UNPACK #-} !ChainId
-    deriving (Eq, Show)
+-- | This data type marks the particular header for rewinding.
+newtype Rewind = DoRewind BlockHeader
+  deriving (Eq, Show)
 
 instance HasChainId Rewind where
     _chainId = \case
       DoRewind !bh -> _chainId bh
-      NoRewind !cid -> cid
     {-# INLINE _chainId #-}