diff --git a/backend/src/api/blocks.ts b/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
index 562f49de1..6f036e533 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ class Blocks {
     if (skipMemoryCache === false) {
       // Check the memory cache
       const cachedSummary = this.getBlockSummaries().find((b) => b.id === hash);
-      if (cachedSummary) {
+      if (cachedSummary?.transactions?.length) {
         return cachedSummary.transactions;
       }
     }
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ class Blocks {
     // Check if it's indexed in db
     if (skipDBLookup === false && Common.blocksSummariesIndexingEnabled() === true) {
       const indexedSummary = await BlocksSummariesRepository.$getByBlockId(hash);
-      if (indexedSummary !== undefined) {
+      if (indexedSummary !== undefined && indexedSummary?.transactions?.length) {
         return indexedSummary.transactions;
       }
     }
diff --git a/backend/src/repositories/BlocksAuditsRepository.ts b/backend/src/repositories/BlocksAuditsRepository.ts
index 831a33e3d..81e68b67f 100644
--- a/backend/src/repositories/BlocksAuditsRepository.ts
+++ b/backend/src/repositories/BlocksAuditsRepository.ts
@@ -65,15 +65,16 @@ class BlocksAuditRepositories {
         rows[0].freshTxs = JSON.parse(rows[0].freshTxs);
         rows[0].transactions = JSON.parse(rows[0].transactions);
         rows[0].template = JSON.parse(rows[0].template);
-      } else {
-        // fallback to non-audited transaction summary
-        const strippedTransactions = await blocks.$getStrippedBlockTransactions(hash);
-        return {
-          transactions: strippedTransactions
+
+        if (rows[0].transactions.length) {
+          return rows[0];
         }
       }
-            
-      return rows[0];
+      // fallback to non-audited transaction summary
+      const strippedTransactions = await blocks.$getStrippedBlockTransactions(hash);
+      return {
+        transactions: strippedTransactions
+      };
     } catch (e: any) {
       logger.err(`Cannot fetch block audit from db. Reason: ` + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : e));
       throw e;