diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts
index 3b3c704c9..0e7bf22c4 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/bitcoin-api.ts
@@ -33,11 +33,17 @@ class BitcoinApi implements AbstractBitcoinApi {
   }
 
   $getRawTransaction(txId: string, skipConversion = false, addPrevout = false): Promise<IEsploraApi.Transaction> {
-    // If the transaction is in the mempool we also already fetched the fee, just prevouts are missing
+    // If the transaction is in the mempool we already converted and fetched the fee. Only prevouts are missing
     const txInMempool = mempool.getMempool()[txId];
     if (txInMempool && addPrevout) {
       return this.$addPrevouts(txInMempool);
     }
+
+    // Special case to fetch the Coinbase transaction
+    if (txId === '4a5e1e4baab89f3a32518a88c31bc87f618f76673e2cc77ab2127b7afdeda33b') {
+      return this.$returnCoinbaseTransaction();
+    }
+
     return this.bitcoindClient.getRawTransaction(txId, true)
       .then((transaction: IBitcoinApi.Transaction) => {
         if (skipConversion) {
@@ -201,6 +207,15 @@ class BitcoinApi implements AbstractBitcoinApi {
     return transaction;
   }
 
+  protected $returnCoinbaseTransaction(): Promise<IEsploraApi.Transaction> {
+    return this.bitcoindClient.getBlock('000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f', 2)
+      .then((block: IBitcoinApi.Block) => {
+        return this.$convertTransaction(Object.assign(block.tx[0], {
+          confirmations: blocks.getCurrentBlockHeight() + 1,
+          blocktime: 1231006505 }), false);
+      });
+  }
+
   private async $calculateFeeFromInputs(transaction: IEsploraApi.Transaction, addPrevout: boolean): Promise<IEsploraApi.Transaction> {
     if (transaction.vin[0].is_coinbase) {
       transaction.fee = 0;
diff --git a/backend/src/api/blocks.ts b/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
index a6b181c1e..4258b5260 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/blocks.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class Blocks {
 
       for (let i = 0; i < txIds.length; i++) {
         // When using bitcoind, just fetch the coinbase tx for now
-        if (config.MEMPOOL.BACKEND !== 'none' && i === 0) {
+        if (config.MEMPOOL.BACKEND !== 'esplora' && i === 0) {
           let txFound = false;
           let findCoinbaseTxTries = 0;
           // It takes Electrum Server a few seconds to index the transaction after a block is found
diff --git a/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts b/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts
index d4ca8124b..1b7fda068 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/transaction-utils.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class TransactionUtils {
       return this.extendTransaction(transaction);
     } catch (e) {
       logger.debug('getTransactionExtended error: ' + (e.message || e));
+      logger.debug(JSON.stringify(e));
       return null;
     }
   }
diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index 775372580..4c753fea7 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ class Server {
       } else {
         logger.debug(loggerMsg);
       }
+      logger.debug(JSON.stringify(e));
       setTimeout(this.runMainUpdateLoop.bind(this), 1000 * this.retryOnElectrsErrorAfterSeconds);
       this.retryOnElectrsErrorAfterSeconds *= 2;
       this.retryOnElectrsErrorAfterSeconds = Math.min(this.retryOnElectrsErrorAfterSeconds, 60);