diff --git a/components/chainhook-cli/src/scan/bitcoin.rs b/components/chainhook-cli/src/scan/bitcoin.rs
index 63d75224..37d37afb 100644
--- a/components/chainhook-cli/src/scan/bitcoin.rs
+++ b/components/chainhook-cli/src/scan/bitcoin.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ pub async fn scan_bitcoin_chainstate_via_rpc_using_predicate(
         cursor += 1;
         blocks_scanned += 1;
 
+        if let Some(ref inscriptions_db_conn) = inscriptions_db_conn {
+            if !get_any_entry_in_ordinal_activities(&cursor, &inscriptions_db_conn, &ctx) {
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
         let block_hash = retrieve_block_hash_with_retry(&cursor, &bitcoin_config, ctx).await?;
         let block_breakdown =
             download_and_parse_block_with_retry(&block_hash, &bitcoin_config, ctx).await?;
@@ -121,10 +127,6 @@ pub async fn scan_bitcoin_chainstate_via_rpc_using_predicate(
         };
 
         if let Some(ref inscriptions_db_conn) = inscriptions_db_conn {
-            if !get_any_entry_in_ordinal_activities(&cursor, &inscriptions_db_conn, &ctx) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
             // Evaluating every single block is required for also keeping track of transfers.
             let local_traverals =
                 match find_all_inscriptions_in_block(&cursor, &inscriptions_db_conn, &ctx)