diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/tracker.py b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/tracker.py
index f9f91629..5cc7f7e7 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/tracker.py
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/daemons/tracker.py
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ chain_spec = ChainSpec.from_chain_str(config.get('CIC_CHAIN_SPEC'))
 #RPCConnection.register_location(config.get('ETH_PROVIDER'), chain_spec, 'default')
 cic_base.rpc.setup(chain_spec, config.get('ETH_PROVIDER'))
 
-
 def main():
     # connect to celery
     celery.Celery(broker=config.get('CELERY_BROKER_URL'), backend=config.get('CELERY_RESULT_URL'))
@@ -76,7 +75,10 @@ def main():
 
     o = block_latest()
     r = rpc.do(o)
-    block_offset = int(strip_0x(r), 16) + 1
+    block_current = int(r, 16)
+    block_offset = block_current + 1
+
+    stat = init_chain_stat(rpc, block_current)
 
     logg.debug('starting at block {}'.format(block_offset))
 
diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
index 01bc68bb..c7572135 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ version = (
         0,
         11,
         0,
-        'alpha.4',
+        'beta.1',
         )
 
 version_object = semver.VersionInfo(
diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/docker/Dockerfile b/apps/cic-eth/docker/Dockerfile
index ee48c23d..d60dac16 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ RUN /usr/local/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 #	python merge_requirements.py | tee merged_requirements.txt 
 #RUN cd cic-base && \
 #	pip install $pip_extra_index_url_flag -r ./merged_requirements.txt 
-RUN pip install $pip_extra_index_url_flag cic-base[full_graph]==0.1.2a60
+RUN pip install $pip_extra_index_url_flag cic-base[full_graph]==0.1.2a61
 
 COPY cic-eth/scripts/ scripts/
 COPY cic-eth/setup.cfg cic-eth/setup.py ./
diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/requirements.txt b/apps/cic-eth/requirements.txt
index e8f809db..a4cf6a36 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/requirements.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ eth-address-index~=0.1.1a7
 chainlib~=0.0.2a4
 hexathon~=0.0.1a7
 chainsyncer~=0.0.1a21
-chainqueue~=0.0.1a6
+chainqueue~=0.0.1a7
 pysha3==1.0.2
 coincurve==15.0.0
-sarafu-faucet~=0.0.2a16
+sarafu-faucet~=0.0.2a19
diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/docker/Dockerfile b/apps/contract-migration/docker/Dockerfile
index 14784233..b2282e2b 100644
--- a/apps/contract-migration/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/contract-migration/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ USER grassroots
 
 ARG pip_extra_index_url=https://pip.grassrootseconomics.net:8433
 ARG cic_base_version=0.1.2a61
-ARG cic_eth_version=0.11.0a5
-ARG sarafu_faucet_version=0.0.2a16
+ARG cic_eth_version=0.11.0b1
+ARG sarafu_faucet_version=0.0.2a19
 ARG cic_contracts_version=0.0.2a2
 RUN pip install --user --extra-index-url $pip_extra_index_url cic-base[full_graph]==$cic_base_version \
 	cic-eth==$cic_eth_version \
diff --git a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/requirements.txt b/apps/contract-migration/scripts/requirements.txt
index 7a06dd35..5a62a439 100644
--- a/apps/contract-migration/scripts/requirements.txt
+++ b/apps/contract-migration/scripts/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-cic-base[full_graph]==0.1.2a60
-sarafu-faucet==0.0.2a16
-cic-eth==0.11.0a4
+cic-base[full_graph]==0.1.2a61
+sarafu-faucet==0.0.2a17
+cic-eth==0.11.0b1
 cic-types==0.1.0a10
 crypto-dev-signer==0.4.14a17