diff --git a/src/consensus/state.rs b/src/consensus/state.rs
index b244c858a..173482516 100644
--- a/src/consensus/state.rs
+++ b/src/consensus/state.rs
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ impl ValidatorState {
 
     /// Wrapper for coins::is_leader
     pub fn is_slot_leader(&self) -> (bool, usize) {
-        coins::is_leader(self.current_slot(), &self.consensus.coins)
+        coins::is_leader(self.relative_slot(self.current_slot()), &self.consensus.coins)
     }
 
     /// Generate a block proposal for the current slot, containing all
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ impl ValidatorState {
         // TODO: Retrieve previous lead proof
         let eta: [u8; 32] = *blake3::hash(b"let there be dark!").as_bytes();
         // Generating leader proof
-        let coin = self.consensus.coins[slot as usize][idx];
+        let coin = self.consensus.coins[self.relative_slot(slot) as usize][idx];
         let proof = lead_proof::create_lead_proof(&self.proving_key, coin)?;
         let participants = self.consensus.participants.values().cloned().collect();
         let metadata = Metadata::new(
diff --git a/src/consensus/task/proposal.rs b/src/consensus/task/proposal.rs
index 5aef92e8e..54db70477 100644
--- a/src/consensus/task/proposal.rs
+++ b/src/consensus/task/proposal.rs
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ pub async fn proposal_task(consensus_p2p: P2pPtr, sync_p2p: P2pPtr, state: Valid
         sleep(seconds_next_slot).await;
 
         // Node checks if epoch has changed, to broadcast a new participation message
-        match state.write().await.epoch_changed().await {
+        let epoch_changed = state.write().await.epoch_changed().await;
+        match epoch_changed {
             Ok(changed) => {
                 if changed {
-                    let lock = state.read().await;
-                    info!("consensus: New epoch started: {}", lock.current_epoch());
-                    let public = lock.public;
-                    let address = lock.address;
+                    info!("consensus: New epoch started: {}", state.read().await.current_epoch());
+                    let public = state.read().await.public;
+                    let address = state.read().await.address;
                     let mut coins = vec![];
-                    for slot_coins in &lock.consensus.coins {
+                    for slot_coins in &state.read().await.consensus.coins {
                         let mut slot_coins_inputs = vec![];
                         for slot_coin in slot_coins {
                             slot_coins_inputs.push(slot_coin.public_inputs());
@@ -89,10 +89,8 @@ pub async fn proposal_task(consensus_p2p: P2pPtr, sync_p2p: P2pPtr, state: Valid
 
         // Node checks if it's the slot leader to generate a new proposal
         // for that slot.
-        let lock = state.read().await;
-        let (won, idx) = lock.is_slot_leader();
-        let result = if won { lock.propose(idx) } else { Ok(None) };
-
+        let (won, idx) = state.read().await.is_slot_leader();
+        let result = if won { state.read().await.propose(idx) } else { Ok(None) };
         let proposal = match result {
             Ok(prop) => {
                 if prop.is_none() {