diff --git a/yarn-project/archiver/src/archiver/archiver.ts b/yarn-project/archiver/src/archiver/archiver.ts
index cccef6420c9..5707fbf86cf 100644
--- a/yarn-project/archiver/src/archiver/archiver.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/archiver/src/archiver/archiver.ts
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ export class Archiver implements ArchiveSource {
       block = await this.getBlock(block.number - 1);
     }
 
-    return blocks;
+    return blocks.reverse();
   }
 
   public async isEpochComplete(epochNumber: bigint): Promise<boolean> {
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_prover/full.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_prover/full.test.ts
index 316b65b42d7..fb53e7845a4 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_prover/full.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_prover/full.test.ts
@@ -60,12 +60,19 @@ describe('full_prover', () => {
       await expect(t.circuitProofVerifier?.verifyProof(publicTx)).resolves.not.toThrow();
       await expect(t.circuitProofVerifier?.verifyProof(privateTx)).resolves.not.toThrow();
 
-      // Sends the txs to node and awaits them to be mined
-      logger.info(`Sending txs`);
+      // Sends the txs to node and awaits them to be mined separately, so they land on different blocks,
+      // and we have more than one block in the epoch we end up proving
+      logger.info(`Sending private tx`);
       const sendOpts = { skipPublicSimulation: true };
-      const txs = [privateInteraction.send(sendOpts), publicInteraction.send(sendOpts)];
-      logger.info(`Awaiting txs to be mined`);
-      await Promise.all(txs.map(tx => tx.wait({ timeout: 300, interval: 10, proven: false })));
+      const txPrivate = privateInteraction.send(sendOpts);
+      await txPrivate.wait({ timeout: 300, interval: 10, proven: false });
+
+      logger.info(`Sending public tx`);
+      const txPublic = publicInteraction.send(sendOpts);
+      await txPublic.wait({ timeout: 300, interval: 10, proven: false });
+
+      logger.info(`Both txs have been mined`);
+      const txs = [txPrivate, txPublic];
 
       // Flag the transfers on the token simulator
       tokenSim.transferPrivate(sender, recipient, privateSendAmount);
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/bond/bond-manager.ts b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/bond/bond-manager.ts
index 6404c148470..75c3bacfc8f 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/bond/bond-manager.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/bond/bond-manager.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export class BondManager {
 
     try {
       const current = await this.escrowContract.getProverDeposit();
-      if (current > minimum) {
+      if (current >= minimum) {
         this.logger.debug(`Current prover bond ${current} is above minimum ${minimum}`);
         return;
       }
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/job/epoch-proving-job.ts b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/job/epoch-proving-job.ts
index 22c2f640d54..1fcb0f0801c 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-node/src/job/epoch-proving-job.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-node/src/job/epoch-proving-job.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,12 @@ export class EpochProvingJob {
 
     try {
       this.prover.startNewEpoch(epochNumber, epochSize);
-      let previousHeader = await this.l2BlockSource.getBlockHeader(this.blocks[0].number - 1);
+
+      // Get the genesis header if the first block of the epoch is the first block of the chain
+      let previousHeader =
+        this.blocks[0].number === 1
+          ? this.publicProcessorFactory.getInitialHeader()
+          : await this.l2BlockSource.getBlockHeader(this.blocks[0].number - 1);
 
       for (const block of this.blocks) {
         // Gather all data to prove this block
diff --git a/yarn-project/simulator/src/public/public_processor.ts b/yarn-project/simulator/src/public/public_processor.ts
index 486747c7f92..7879d0457b7 100644
--- a/yarn-project/simulator/src/public/public_processor.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/simulator/src/public/public_processor.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ export class PublicProcessorFactory {
       this.telemetryClient,
     );
   }
+
+  public getInitialHeader() {
+    return this.merkleTree.getInitialHeader();
+  }
 }
 
 /**