diff --git a/neo.UnitTests/TestBlockchain.cs b/neo.UnitTests/TestBlockchain.cs
index b456dc820b..175a6ebfba 100644
--- a/neo.UnitTests/TestBlockchain.cs
+++ b/neo.UnitTests/TestBlockchain.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public static NeoSystem InitializeMockNeoSystem()
                 mockSnapshot.SetupGet(p => p.HeaderHashIndex).Returns(new TestMetaDataCache<HashIndexState>());
 
                 var mockStore = new Mock<Store>();
+                mockStore.Setup(p => p.Get(Consensus.Helper.CN_Context, It.IsAny<byte[]>())).Returns((byte[]) null);
 
                 var defaultTx = TestUtils.CreateRandomHashInvocationMockTransaction().Object;
                 mockStore.Setup(p => p.GetBlocks()).Returns(new TestDataCache<UInt256, BlockState>());
diff --git a/neo.UnitTests/UT_Consensus.cs b/neo.UnitTests/UT_Consensus.cs
index 741241978d..5168f53db5 100644
--- a/neo.UnitTests/UT_Consensus.cs
+++ b/neo.UnitTests/UT_Consensus.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 using Moq;
 using Neo.Consensus;
 using Neo.Cryptography;
-using Neo.IO;
 using Neo.Ledger;
 using Neo.Network.P2P;
 using Neo.Network.P2P.Payloads;
diff --git a/neo/Consensus/Helper.cs b/neo/Consensus/Helper.cs
index 9a5df8fe9f..16cf0f0778 100644
--- a/neo/Consensus/Helper.cs
+++ b/neo/Consensus/Helper.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using Neo.IO;
+using Neo.Network.P2P.Payloads;
 using Neo.Persistence;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 
 namespace Neo.Consensus
@@ -34,5 +36,12 @@ public static bool Load(this IConsensusContext context, Store store)
                 return true;
             }
         }
+
+        public static IEnumerable<Transaction> RetreiveTransactionsFromSavedConsensusContext(Store consensusStore)
+        {
+            IConsensusContext context = new ConsensusContext(null);
+            context.Load(consensusStore);
+            return context.Transactions?.Values ?? (IEnumerable<Transaction>)new Transaction[0];
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/neo/Ledger/Blockchain.cs b/neo/Ledger/Blockchain.cs
index a2cf256e76..9e69661292 100644
--- a/neo/Ledger/Blockchain.cs
+++ b/neo/Ledger/Blockchain.cs
@@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ static Blockchain()
         public Blockchain(NeoSystem system, Store store)
         {
             this.system = system;
-            this.MemPool = new MemoryPool(system, MemoryPoolMaxTransactions);
             this.Store = store;
+            this.MemPool = new MemoryPool(system, MemoryPoolMaxTransactions);
+
             lock (lockObj)
             {
                 if (singleton != null)
diff --git a/neo/NeoSystem.cs b/neo/NeoSystem.cs
index 91acf4c61e..e34e5b06ec 100644
--- a/neo/NeoSystem.cs
+++ b/neo/NeoSystem.cs
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ public class NeoSystem : IDisposable
         public IActorRef Consensus { get; private set; }
         public RpcServer RpcServer { get; private set; }
 
-        private readonly Store store;
+        private readonly Store consensusStore;
         private Peer.Start start_message = null;
         private bool suspend = false;
 
-        public NeoSystem(Store store)
+        public NeoSystem(Store store, Store consensusStore = null)
         {
-            this.store = store;
+            this.consensusStore = consensusStore ?? store;
             this.Blockchain = ActorSystem.ActorOf(Ledger.Blockchain.Props(this, store));
             this.LocalNode = ActorSystem.ActorOf(Network.P2P.LocalNode.Props(this));
             this.TaskManager = ActorSystem.ActorOf(Network.P2P.TaskManager.Props(this));
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ internal void ResumeNodeStartup()
             }
         }
 
-        public void StartConsensus(Wallet wallet, Store consensus_store = null, bool ignoreRecoveryLogs = false)
+        public void StartConsensus(Wallet wallet, bool ignoreRecoveryLogs = false)
         {
-            Consensus = ActorSystem.ActorOf(ConsensusService.Props(this.LocalNode, this.TaskManager, consensus_store ?? store, wallet));
+            Consensus = ActorSystem.ActorOf(ConsensusService.Props(this.LocalNode, this.TaskManager, consensusStore, wallet));
             Consensus.Tell(new ConsensusService.Start { IgnoreRecoveryLogs = ignoreRecoveryLogs });
         }
 
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ public void StartConsensus(Wallet wallet, Store consensus_store = null, bool ign
             };
             if (!suspend)
             {
+                var consensusTransactions = Neo.Consensus.Helper.RetreiveTransactionsFromSavedConsensusContext(consensusStore);
+                foreach (var tx in consensusTransactions)
+                    Blockchain.Tell(tx, ActorRefs.NoSender);
+
                 LocalNode.Tell(start_message);
                 start_message = null;
             }