diff --git a/fab3/ethservice.go b/fab3/ethservice.go
index 8046db49..f612a777 100644
--- a/fab3/ethservice.go
+++ b/fab3/ethservice.go
@@ -601,11 +601,11 @@ func (s *ethService) GetFilterChanges(_ *http.Request, filterID *types.FilterID,
 
 func (s *ethService) GetFilterLogs(_ *http.Request, filterID *types.FilterID, alwaysLogs *[]interface{}) error {
 	id := filterID.ID
-	var f logsFilter
+	var f *logsFilter
 	// get the filter
 	s.filterMapLock.Lock()
 	if e, ok := s.filterMap[id]; ok {
-		if f, ok := e.(*logsFilter); !ok {
+		if f, ok = e.(*logsFilter); !ok {
 			s.filterMapLock.Unlock()
 			return fmt.Errorf("Filter id %d is not for retrieving logs, it is %T", id, f)
 		}
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ func (s *ethService) GetFilterLogs(_ *http.Request, filterID *types.FilterID, al
 		// delegate to existing function
 		var removed bool
 		s.UninstallFilter(nil, filterID, &removed)
-		return fmt.Errorf("No filter found for id %d", id)
+		return fmt.Errorf("U No filter found for id %d", id)
 	}
 	// use the filter
 	var logs []types.Log
diff --git a/fab3/ethservice_test.go b/fab3/ethservice_test.go
index b29138a2..fe7a0da4 100644
--- a/fab3/ethservice_test.go
+++ b/fab3/ethservice_test.go
@@ -1483,10 +1483,29 @@ var _ = Describe("Ethservice", func() {
 			})
 		})
 
-		Context("logsFilter", func() {
+		Context("getFilterLogs", func() {
+			BeforeEach(func() {
+				By("setting the legder up to have one block")
+				mockLedgerClient.QueryInfoReturns(&fab.BlockchainInfoResponse{BCI: &common.BlockchainInfo{Height: 1}}, nil)
+			})
+
+			It("errors on asking for a newBlock filter", func() {
+				var reply string
+				By("Installing a newBlock filter")
+				Expect(ethservice.NewBlockFilter(&http.Request{}, nil, &reply)).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+				id, err := strconv.ParseUint(reply, 0, 16)
+				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+				filter := types.FilterID{ID: id}
+
+				var ret []interface{}
+				Expect(ethservice.GetFilterLogs(&http.Request{}, &filter, &ret)).To(HaveOccurred())
+			})
+
 			It("gets logs the same way as GetLogs", func() {
 				var logsArgs *types.GetLogsArgs = &types.GetLogsArgs{}
 				var reply string
+
 				By("creating the filter with default args")
 				Expect(ethservice.NewFilter(&http.Request{}, logsArgs, &reply)).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 				id, err := strconv.ParseUint(reply, 0, 16)