diff --git a/crates/era-downloader/src/fs.rs b/crates/era-downloader/src/fs.rs
index 19532f01cf..eaab1f3f4b 100644
--- a/crates/era-downloader/src/fs.rs
+++ b/crates/era-downloader/src/fs.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ pub fn read_dir(
     start_from: BlockNumber,
 ) -> eyre::Result<impl Stream<Item = eyre::Result<EraLocalMeta>> + Send + Sync + 'static + Unpin> {
     let mut checksums = None;
+
+    // read all the files in the given dir and also read the checksums file
     let mut entries = fs::read_dir(dir)?
         .filter_map(|entry| {
             (|| {
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ pub fn read_dir(
                         return Ok(Some((number, path.into_boxed_path())));
                     }
                 }
+
                 if path.file_name() == Some("checksums.txt".as_ref()) {
                     let file = fs::open(path)?;
                     let reader = io::BufReader::new(file);
@@ -43,9 +46,15 @@ pub fn read_dir(
         .collect::<eyre::Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
     let mut checksums = checksums.ok_or_eyre("Missing file `checksums.txt` in the `dir`")?;
 
+    let start_index = start_from as usize / BLOCKS_PER_FILE;
+    for _ in 0..start_index {
+        // skip the first entries in the checksums iterator so that both iters align
+        checksums.next().transpose()?.ok_or_eyre("Got less checksums than ERA files")?;
+    }
+
     entries.sort_by(|(left, _), (right, _)| left.cmp(right));
 
-    Ok(stream::iter(entries.into_iter().skip(start_from as usize / BLOCKS_PER_FILE).map(
+    Ok(stream::iter(entries.into_iter().skip_while(move |(n, _)| *n < start_index).map(
         move |(_, path)| {
             let expected_checksum =
                 checksums.next().transpose()?.ok_or_eyre("Got less checksums than ERA files")?;