diff --git a/statediff/indexer/database/sql/indexer_shared_test.go b/statediff/indexer/database/sql/indexer_shared_test.go
index feb492d62eff..0351fb13481d 100644
--- a/statediff/indexer/database/sql/indexer_shared_test.go
+++ b/statediff/indexer/database/sql/indexer_shared_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/statediff/indexer/database/sql"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/statediff/indexer/interfaces"
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ var (
 	db        sql.Database
 	err       error
 	ind       interfaces.StateDiffIndexer
-	chainConf = params.MainnetChainConfig
 	ipfsPgGet = `SELECT data FROM public.blocks
 					WHERE key = $1`
 	tx1, tx2, tx3, tx4, tx5, rct1, rct2, rct3, rct4, rct5  []byte
diff --git a/statediff/known_gaps.go b/statediff/known_gaps.go
index 46d5c6a11cc5..e7d0b7f73444 100644
--- a/statediff/known_gaps.go
+++ b/statediff/known_gaps.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ type KnownGapsState struct {
 	statediffMetrics statediffMetricsHandles
 }
 
-// Unused
+// Create a new KnownGapsState struct, currently unused.
 func NewKnownGapsState(checkForGaps bool, processingKey int64, expectedDifference *big.Int,
 	errorState bool, writeFilePath string, db sql.Database, statediffMetrics statediffMetricsHandles) *KnownGapsState {
 
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ func (kg *KnownGapsState) pushKnownGaps(startingBlockNumber *big.Int, endingBloc
 	}
 
 	log.Info("Updating Metrics for the start and end block")
-	//kg.statediffMetrics.knownGapStart.Update(startingBlockNumber.Int64())
-	//kg.statediffMetrics.knownGapEnd.Update(endingBlockNumber.Int64())
+	kg.statediffMetrics.knownGapStart.Update(startingBlockNumber.Int64())
+	kg.statediffMetrics.knownGapEnd.Update(endingBlockNumber.Int64())
 
 	var writeErr error
 	log.Info("Writing known gaps to the DB")
@@ -227,11 +227,11 @@ func (kg *KnownGapsState) upsertKnownGapsFile(knownGaps models.KnownGapsModel) e
 
 func (kg *KnownGapsState) writeSqlFileStmtToDb() error {
 	log.Info("Writing the local SQL file for KnownGaps to the DB")
-	file, ioErr := ioutil.ReadFile(kg.writeFilePath)
+	file, err := ioutil.ReadFile(kg.writeFilePath)
 
-	if ioErr != nil {
+	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("Unable to open local SQL File for writing")
-		return ioErr
+		return err
 	}
 
 	requests := strings.Split(string(file), ";")