diff --git a/apps/blockchain-node/src/aitbc_chain/consensus/poa.py b/apps/blockchain-node/src/aitbc_chain/consensus/poa.py
index eddcf101..0c1772ee 100755
--- a/apps/blockchain-node/src/aitbc_chain/consensus/poa.py
+++ b/apps/blockchain-node/src/aitbc_chain/consensus/poa.py
@@ -568,8 +568,11 @@ class PoAProposer:
             "http://localhost:8006",
         ]
         
+        self._logger.info(f"Attempting RPC bootstrap from peers: {trusted_peers}")
+        
         for peer_url in trusted_peers:
             try:
+                self._logger.info(f"Trying to fetch allocations from {peer_url}")
                 async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=5.0) as client:
                     response = await client.get(
                         f"{peer_url}/rpc/genesis_allocations",
@@ -577,14 +580,18 @@ class PoAProposer:
                     )
                     response.raise_for_status()
                     data = response.json()
+                    self._logger.info(f"RPC response from {peer_url}: {data}")
                     allocations = data.get("allocations", [])
                     if allocations:
                         self._logger.info(f"Successfully loaded {len(allocations)} allocations from {peer_url}")
                         return allocations
+                    else:
+                        self._logger.warning(f"RPC returned empty allocations from {peer_url}")
             except Exception as e:
-                self._logger.debug(f"Failed to fetch allocations from {peer_url}: {e}")
+                self._logger.error(f"Failed to fetch allocations from {peer_url}: {e}")
                 continue
         
+        self._logger.error("RPC bootstrap failed for all peers")
         return []
 
     def _create_accounts_from_allocations(self, session: Session, allocations: list) -> None:
diff --git a/apps/blockchain-node/src/aitbc_chain/rpc/router.py b/apps/blockchain-node/src/aitbc_chain/rpc/router.py
index 5b7c6b6d..5a1c8d47 100755
--- a/apps/blockchain-node/src/aitbc_chain/rpc/router.py
+++ b/apps/blockchain-node/src/aitbc_chain/rpc/router.py
@@ -257,9 +257,8 @@ class EstimateFeeRequest(BaseModel):
 async def get_genesis_allocations(chain_id: str = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Get genesis allocations from genesis block metadata for RPC bootstrap"""
     chain_id = get_chain_id(chain_id)
-    engine = get_chain_db(chain_id)
     
-    with session_scope(engine) as session:
+    with session_scope(chain_id) as session:
         # Get genesis block (height 0)
         genesis = session.exec(
             select(Block).where(Block.chain_id == chain_id).where(Block.height == 0)