diff --git a/app/lib/service/tx/lib/src/send_tx_dart.dart b/app/lib/service/tx/lib/src/send_tx_dart.dart
index 6725bf57f..550c89b1a 100644
--- a/app/lib/service/tx/lib/src/send_tx_dart.dart
+++ b/app/lib/service/tx/lib/src/send_tx_dart.dart
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class EWAuthorApi<P extends Provider> {
     String? blockHashHex;
 
     final sub = await submitAndWatchExtrinsic(extrinsic, (xtUpdate) async {
-      Log.d('ExtrinsicUpdate: ${xtUpdate.type}');
+      Log.d('ExtrinsicUpdate: type: ${xtUpdate.type}, value: ${xtUpdate.value}');
 
       if (xtUpdate.type == 'ready') {
         Log.p('Xt is ready');
diff --git a/app/lib/service/tx/lib/src/submit_tx_wrappers.dart b/app/lib/service/tx/lib/src/submit_tx_wrappers.dart
index 5aeddcb02..8d428b932 100644
--- a/app/lib/service/tx/lib/src/submit_tx_wrappers.dart
+++ b/app/lib/service/tx/lib/src/submit_tx_wrappers.dart
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ Future<void> submitClaimRewards(
     onFinish: (BuildContext txPageContext, ExtrinsicReport report) {
       // Claiming the rewards creates a new reputation if successful.
       // Hence, we should update the state afterwards.
-      store.dataUpdate.setInvalidated();
+      store.encointer.getEncointerBalance();
+      webApi.encointer.getReputations();
       return report;
     },
   );
diff --git a/app/lib/service/tx/lib/src/tx_builder.dart b/app/lib/service/tx/lib/src/tx_builder.dart
index 31ecb5a96..cf7579461 100644
--- a/app/lib/service/tx/lib/src/tx_builder.dart
+++ b/app/lib/service/tx/lib/src/tx_builder.dart
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class TxBuilder {
 
     // fetch recent relevant data from chain
     final runtimeVersion = await _getRuntimeVersion();
-    final blockNumber = await _getBlockNumber();
-    final blockHash = await _getBlockHash();
+    final finalizedHash = await _getLatestFinalizedHash();
+    final blockNumber = await _getBlockNumber(hash: finalizedHash);
     final genesisHash = await _getBlockHash(blockNumber: 0);
     final accountInfo = await encointerKusama.query.system.account(pair.publicKey.bytes);
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class TxBuilder {
       specVersion: runtimeVersion.specVersion,
       transactionVersion: runtimeVersion.transactionVersion,
       genesisHash: genesisHash,
-      blockHash: blockHash,
+      blockHash: finalizedHash,
       blockNumber: blockNumber,
       eraPeriod: 64,
       nonce: accountInfo.nonce,
@@ -85,8 +85,15 @@ class TxBuilder {
     return hash.replaceFirst('0x', '');
   }
 
-  Future<int> _getBlockNumber() async {
-    final block = await provider.send('chain_getBlock', []);
+  Future<String> _getLatestFinalizedHash() async {
+    final hash = (await provider.send('chain_getFinalizedHead', [])).result as String;
+    return hash.replaceFirst('0x', '');
+  }
+
+  Future<int> _getBlockNumber({String? hash}) async {
+    final params = hash != null ? [hash.replaceFirst('0x', '')] : <String>[];
+
+    final block = await provider.send('chain_getBlock', params);
 
     // ignore: avoid_dynamic_calls
     final blockNumber = int.parse(block.result['block']['header']['number'] as String);