diff --git a/cmd/nitro/nitro.go b/cmd/nitro/nitro.go
index a7dc7f26f9..47fafba2e2 100644
--- a/cmd/nitro/nitro.go
+++ b/cmd/nitro/nitro.go
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ func applyChainParameters(ctx context.Context, k *koanf.Koanf, chainId uint64, c
 	if chainInfo.ParentChainIsArbitrum != nil {
 		parentChainIsArbitrum = *chainInfo.ParentChainIsArbitrum
 	} else {
-		log.Warn("Chain information parentChainIsArbitrum field missing, in the future this will be required", "chainId", chainId, "parentChainId", chainInfo.ParentChainId)
+		log.Warn("Chain information parentChainIsArbitrum field missing, in the future this will be required", "chainId", chainInfo.ChainConfig.ChainID, "parentChainId", chainInfo.ParentChainId)
 		_, err := chaininfo.ProcessChainInfo(chainInfo.ParentChainId, "", combinedL2ChainInfoFiles, "")
 		if err == nil {
 			parentChainIsArbitrum = true
diff --git a/go-ethereum b/go-ethereum
index 3f2e789b38..45efc8230c 160000
--- a/go-ethereum
+++ b/go-ethereum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3f2e789b3857ccdd647c319e16f1a00805d1d6bd
+Subproject commit 45efc8230c2561cf56652dabccdd670101f75b0c
diff --git a/nodeInterface/NodeInterface.go b/nodeInterface/NodeInterface.go
index 6984255393..f13f8ce6c0 100644
--- a/nodeInterface/NodeInterface.go
+++ b/nodeInterface/NodeInterface.go
@@ -598,6 +598,9 @@ func (n NodeInterface) BlockL1Num(c ctx, evm mech, l2BlockNum uint64) (uint64, e
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
+	if blockHeader == nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("nil header for l2 block: %d", l2BlockNum)
+	}
 	blockL1Num := types.DeserializeHeaderExtraInformation(blockHeader).L1BlockNumber
 	return blockL1Num, nil
 }
diff --git a/system_tests/nodeinterface_test.go b/system_tests/nodeinterface_test.go
index 63b3d7bb7b..167f2204cd 100644
--- a/system_tests/nodeinterface_test.go
+++ b/system_tests/nodeinterface_test.go
@@ -30,40 +30,46 @@ func TestL2BlockRangeForL1(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	nodeInterface, err := node_interfacegen.NewNodeInterface(types.NodeInterfaceAddress, l2client)
-	Require(t, err)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error creating node interface: %v", err)
+	}
 
 	l1BlockNums := map[uint64]*[2]uint64{}
 	latestL2, err := l2client.BlockNumber(ctx)
-	Require(t, err)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error querying most recent l2 block: %v", err)
+	}
 	for l2BlockNum := uint64(0); l2BlockNum <= latestL2; l2BlockNum++ {
 		l1BlockNum, err := nodeInterface.BlockL1Num(&bind.CallOpts{}, l2BlockNum)
-		Require(t, err)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Error quering l1 block number for l2 block: %d, error: %v", l2BlockNum, err)
+		}
 		if _, ok := l1BlockNums[l1BlockNum]; !ok {
 			l1BlockNums[l1BlockNum] = &[2]uint64{l2BlockNum, l2BlockNum}
-		} else {
-			l1BlockNums[l1BlockNum][1] = l2BlockNum
 		}
+		l1BlockNums[l1BlockNum][1] = l2BlockNum
 	}
 
-	// Test success
+	// Test success.
 	for l1BlockNum := range l1BlockNums {
 		rng, err := nodeInterface.L2BlockRangeForL1(&bind.CallOpts{}, l1BlockNum)
-		Require(t, err)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Error getting l2 block range for l1 block: %d, error: %v", l1BlockNum, err)
+		}
 		expected := l1BlockNums[l1BlockNum]
 		if rng.FirstBlock != expected[0] || rng.LastBlock != expected[1] {
 			unexpectedL1BlockNum, err := nodeInterface.BlockL1Num(&bind.CallOpts{}, rng.LastBlock)
-			Require(t, err)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Error quering l1 block number for l2 block: %d, error: %v", rng.LastBlock, err)
+			}
 			// Handle the edge case when new l2 blocks are produced between latestL2 was last calculated and now.
 			if unexpectedL1BlockNum != l1BlockNum || rng.LastBlock < expected[1] || rng.FirstBlock != expected[0] {
 				t.Errorf("L2BlockRangeForL1(%d) = (%d %d) want (%d %d)", l1BlockNum, rng.FirstBlock, rng.LastBlock, expected[0], expected[1])
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	// Test invalid case
-	finalValidL1BlockNumber, err := nodeInterface.BlockL1Num(&bind.CallOpts{}, latestL2)
-	Require(t, err)
-	if _, err := nodeInterface.L2BlockRangeForL1(&bind.CallOpts{}, finalValidL1BlockNumber+1); err == nil {
+	// Test invalid case.
+	if _, err := nodeInterface.L2BlockRangeForL1(&bind.CallOpts{}, 1e5); err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("GetL2BlockRangeForL1 didn't fail for an invalid input")
 	}
-
 }