diff --git a/sync/src/chain.rs b/sync/src/chain.rs
index 4a2d941a7..332b78d83 100644
--- a/sync/src/chain.rs
+++ b/sync/src/chain.rs
@@ -298,8 +298,6 @@ impl ChainSync {
 	/// Restart sync
 	pub fn restart(&mut self, io: &mut SyncIo) {
 		self.reset();
-		self.last_imported_block = None;
-		self.last_imported_hash = None;
 		self.starting_block = 0;
 		self.highest_block = None;
 		self.have_common_block = false;
@@ -366,7 +364,7 @@ impl ChainSync {
 		for i in 0..item_count {
 			let info: BlockHeader = try!(r.val_at(i));
 			let number = BlockNumber::from(info.number);
-			if number <= self.current_base_block() || self.headers.have_item(&number) {
+			if (number <= self.current_base_block() && self.have_common_block) || self.headers.have_item(&number) {
 				trace!(target: "sync", "Skipping existing block header");
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -376,11 +374,17 @@ impl ChainSync {
 			}
 			let hash = info.hash();
 			match io.chain().block_status(BlockId::Hash(hash.clone())) {
-				BlockStatus::InChain => {
-					self.have_common_block = true;
-					self.last_imported_block = Some(number);
-					self.last_imported_hash = Some(hash.clone());
-					trace!(target: "sync", "Found common header {} ({})", number, hash);
+				BlockStatus::InChain | BlockStatus::Queued => {
+					if !self.have_common_block || self.current_base_block() < number {
+						self.last_imported_block = Some(number);
+						self.last_imported_hash = Some(hash.clone());
+					}
+					if !self.have_common_block {
+						self.have_common_block = true;
+						trace!(target: "sync", "Found common header {} ({})", number, hash);
+					} else {
+						trace!(target: "sync", "Header already in chain {} ({})", number, hash);
+					}
 				},
 				_ => {
 					if self.have_common_block {
@@ -588,7 +592,7 @@ impl ChainSync {
 	pub fn on_peer_connected(&mut self, io: &mut SyncIo, peer: PeerId) {
 		trace!(target: "sync", "== Connected {}", peer);
 		if let Err(e) = self.send_status(io) {
-			warn!(target:"sync", "Error sending status request: {:?}", e);
+			debug!(target:"sync", "Error sending status request: {:?}", e);
 			io.disable_peer(peer);
 		}
 	}
@@ -656,10 +660,7 @@ impl ChainSync {
 		let mut needed_numbers: Vec<BlockNumber> = Vec::new();
 
 		if self.have_common_block && !self.headers.is_empty() && self.headers.range_iter().next().unwrap().0 == self.current_base_block() + 1 {
-			for (start, ref items) in self.headers.range_iter() {
-				if needed_bodies.len() >= MAX_BODIES_TO_REQUEST {
-					break;
-				}
+			if let Some((start, ref items)) = self.headers.range_iter().next() {
 				let mut index: BlockNumber = 0;
 				while index != items.len() as BlockNumber && needed_bodies.len() < MAX_BODIES_TO_REQUEST {
 					let block = start + index;
@@ -703,7 +704,10 @@ impl ChainSync {
 		if !self.have_common_block {
 			// download backwards until common block is found 1 header at a time
 			let chain_info = io.chain().chain_info();
-			start = chain_info.best_block_number;
+			start = match self.last_imported_block {
+				Some(n) => n,
+				None => chain_info.best_block_number,
+			};
 			if !self.headers.is_empty() {
 				start = min(start, self.headers.range_iter().next().unwrap().0 - 1);
 			}
@@ -844,18 +848,12 @@ impl ChainSync {
 	/// Remove downloaded bocks/headers starting from specified number.
 	/// Used to recover from an error and re-download parts of the chain detected as bad.
 	fn remove_downloaded_blocks(&mut self, start: BlockNumber) {
-		for n in self.headers.get_tail(&start) {
-			if let Some(ref header_data) = self.headers.find_item(&n) {
-				let header_to_delete = HeaderView::new(&header_data.data);
-				let header_id = HeaderId {
-					transactions_root: header_to_delete.transactions_root(),
-					uncles: header_to_delete.uncles_hash()
-				};
-				self.header_ids.remove(&header_id);
-			}
-			self.downloading_bodies.remove(&n);
-			self.downloading_headers.remove(&n);
-		}
+		let ids = self.header_ids.drain().filter(|&(_, v)| v < start).collect();
+		self.header_ids = ids;
+		let hdrs = self.downloading_headers.drain().filter(|v| *v < start).collect();
+		self.downloading_headers = hdrs;
+		let bodies = self.downloading_bodies.drain().filter(|v| *v < start).collect();
+		self.downloading_bodies = bodies;
 		self.headers.remove_from(&start);
 		self.bodies.remove_from(&start);
 	}
@@ -1095,7 +1093,7 @@ impl ChainSync {
 		let rlp = UntrustedRlp::new(data);
 
 		if packet_id != STATUS_PACKET && !self.peers.contains_key(&peer) {
-			warn!(target:"sync", "Unexpected packet from unregistered peer: {}:{}", peer, io.peer_info(peer));
+			debug!(target:"sync", "Unexpected packet from unregistered peer: {}:{}", peer, io.peer_info(peer));
 			return;
 		}
 		let result = match packet_id {
diff --git a/sync/src/range_collection.rs b/sync/src/range_collection.rs
index 664d7c7a3..0628df401 100644
--- a/sync/src/range_collection.rs
+++ b/sync/src/range_collection.rs
@@ -300,12 +300,17 @@ fn test_range() {
 	let mut r = ranges.clone();
 	r.remove_from(&20);
 	assert_eq!(r.range_iter().cmp(vec![(2, &['b', 'c', 'd'][..]),  (16, &['p', 'q', 'r'][..])]),  Ordering::Equal);
-	r.remove_from(&17);
-	assert_eq!(r.range_iter().cmp(vec![(2, &['b', 'c', 'd'][..]),  (16, &['p'][..])]),  Ordering::Equal);
-	r.remove_from(&15);
+	r.remove_from(&18);
+	assert!(!r.have_item(&18));
+	assert_eq!(r.range_iter().cmp(vec![(2, &['b', 'c', 'd'][..]),  (16, &['p', 'q'][..])]),  Ordering::Equal);
+	r.remove_from(&16);
+	assert!(!r.have_item(&16));
 	assert_eq!(r.range_iter().cmp(vec![(2, &['b', 'c', 'd'][..])]),  Ordering::Equal);
 	r.remove_from(&3);
 	assert_eq!(r.range_iter().cmp(vec![(2, &['b'][..])]),  Ordering::Equal);
+	r.remove_from(&1);
+	assert_eq!(r.range_iter().next(), None);
+	let mut r = ranges.clone();
 	r.remove_from(&2);
 	assert_eq!(r.range_iter().next(), None);
 }