diff --git a/blockchain/reactor.go b/blockchain/reactor.go
index 23d399426..2b334c232 100644
--- a/blockchain/reactor.go
+++ b/blockchain/reactor.go
@@ -72,18 +72,20 @@ func NewBlockchainReactor(state sm.State, blockExec *sm.BlockExecutor, store *Bl
 	fastSync bool) *BlockchainReactor {
 
 	if state.LastBlockHeight != store.Height() {
-		cmn.PanicSanity(cmn.Fmt("state (%v) and store (%v) height mismatch", state.LastBlockHeight,
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("state (%v) and store (%v) height mismatch", state.LastBlockHeight,
 			store.Height()))
 	}
 
 	const cap = 1000 // must be bigger than peers count
 	requestsCh := make(chan BlockRequest, cap)
 	errorsCh := make(chan peerError, cap) // so we don't block in #Receive#pool.AddBlock
+
 	pool := NewBlockPool(
 		store.Height()+1,
 		requestsCh,
 		errorsCh,
 	)
+
 	bcR := &BlockchainReactor{
 		params:       state.ConsensusParams,
 		initialState: state,
diff --git a/blockchain/store.go b/blockchain/store.go
index a9a543436..b949bc904 100644
--- a/blockchain/store.go
+++ b/blockchain/store.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (bs *BlockStore) LoadBlock(height int64) *types.Block {
 	}
 	blockMeta := wire.ReadBinary(&types.BlockMeta{}, r, 0, &n, &err).(*types.BlockMeta)
 	if err != nil {
-		cmn.PanicCrisis(cmn.Fmt("Error reading block meta: %v", err))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error reading block meta: %v", err))
 	}
 	bytez := []byte{}
 	for i := 0; i < blockMeta.BlockID.PartsHeader.Total; i++ {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (bs *BlockStore) LoadBlock(height int64) *types.Block {
 	}
 	block := wire.ReadBinary(&types.Block{}, bytes.NewReader(bytez), 0, &n, &err).(*types.Block)
 	if err != nil {
-		cmn.PanicCrisis(cmn.Fmt("Error reading block: %v", err))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error reading block: %v", err))
 	}
 	return block
 }
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (bs *BlockStore) LoadBlockPart(height int64, index int) *types.Part {
 	}
 	part := wire.ReadBinary(&types.Part{}, r, 0, &n, &err).(*types.Part)
 	if err != nil {
-		cmn.PanicCrisis(cmn.Fmt("Error reading block part: %v", err))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error reading block part: %v", err))
 	}
 	return part
 }
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (bs *BlockStore) LoadBlockMeta(height int64) *types.BlockMeta {
 	}
 	blockMeta := wire.ReadBinary(&types.BlockMeta{}, r, 0, &n, &err).(*types.BlockMeta)
 	if err != nil {
-		cmn.PanicCrisis(cmn.Fmt("Error reading block meta: %v", err))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error reading block meta: %v", err))
 	}
 	return blockMeta
 }
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (bs *BlockStore) LoadBlockCommit(height int64) *types.Commit {
 	}
 	commit := wire.ReadBinary(&types.Commit{}, r, 0, &n, &err).(*types.Commit)
 	if err != nil {
-		cmn.PanicCrisis(cmn.Fmt("Error reading commit: %v", err))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error reading commit: %v", err))
 	}
 	return commit
 }
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (bs *BlockStore) LoadSeenCommit(height int64) *types.Commit {
 	}
 	commit := wire.ReadBinary(&types.Commit{}, r, 0, &n, &err).(*types.Commit)
 	if err != nil {
-		cmn.PanicCrisis(cmn.Fmt("Error reading commit: %v", err))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error reading commit: %v", err))
 	}
 	return commit
 }
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func LoadBlockStoreStateJSON(db dbm.DB) BlockStoreStateJSON {
 	bsj := BlockStoreStateJSON{}
 	err := json.Unmarshal(bytes, &bsj)
 	if err != nil {
-		cmn.PanicCrisis(cmn.Fmt("Could not unmarshal bytes: %X", bytes))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Could not unmarshal bytes: %X", bytes))
 	}
 	return bsj
 }