diff --git a/common/common.go b/common/common.go
index fbdad93..d0a2cc1 100644
--- a/common/common.go
+++ b/common/common.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ type (
 //TODO: this function is not currently used, but some of it's code
 // needs to be implemented elsewhere
 func GetSaplingInfo() (int, int, string, string, int, int, int, error) {
-	result, rpcErr := RawRequest("getblockchaininfo", []json.RawMessage{})
+	result, rpcErr := CallRpcWithRetries("getblockchaininfo", []json.RawMessage{})
 
 	var err error
 	var errCode int64
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ func GetSaplingInfo() (int, int, string, string, int, int, int, error) {
 }
 
 func GetLightdInfo() (*walletrpc.LightdInfo, error) {
-	// result, rpcErr := RawRequest("getinfo", []json.RawMessage{})
-	result, rpcErr := CallRpcWithRetries("getinfo")
+    params := []json.RawMessage{}
+    result, rpcErr := CallRpcWithRetries("getinfo", params)
 	if rpcErr != nil {
 		return nil, rpcErr
 	}
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ func GetLightdInfo() (*walletrpc.LightdInfo, error) {
 		return nil, rpcErr
 	}
 
-	// result, rpcErr = RawRequest("getblockchaininfo", []json.RawMessage{})
-	result, rpcErr = CallRpcWithRetries("getblockchaininfo")
+    params = []json.RawMessage{}
+    result, rpcErr = CallRpcWithRetries("getblockchaininfo", params)
 	if rpcErr != nil {
 		return nil, rpcErr
 	}
@@ -275,11 +275,12 @@ func FirstRPC() {
 	}
 }
 
-func CallRpcWithRetries(method string) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+func CallRpcWithRetries(method string, params []json.RawMessage) (json.RawMessage, error) {
     retryCount := 0
     maxRetries := 50
     for {
-        result, err := RawRequest(method, []json.RawMessage{})
+        // params := []json.RawMessage{}
+        result, err := RawRequest(method, params)
         if err == nil {
             if retryCount > 0 {
                 Log.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("%s RPC successful"), method)
@@ -317,8 +318,8 @@ func GetBlockChainInfo() (*HushdRpcReplyGetblockchaininfo, error) {
 }
 
 func GetCoinsupply() (string, string, int, int, int, int, error) {
-	//result1, rpcErr := RawRequest("coinsupply", []json.RawMessage{})
-	result1, rpcErr := CallRpcWithRetries("coinsupply")
+    params := []json.RawMessage{}
+	result1, rpcErr := CallRpcWithRetries("coinsupply", params)
 
 	var err error
 	var errCode int64
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ func getBlockFromRPC(height int) (*walletrpc.CompactBlock, error) {
 	// by height in case a reorg occurs between the two getblock calls;
 	// using block hash ensures that we're fetching the same block.
 	params[1] = json.RawMessage("1")
-	result, rpcErr := RawRequest("getblock", params)
+	result, rpcErr := CallRpcWithRetries("getblock", params)
 	if rpcErr != nil {
 		// Check to see if we are requesting a height the hushd doesn't have yet
 		if (strings.Split(rpcErr.Error(), ":"))[0] == "-8" {
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ func getBlockFromRPC(height int) (*walletrpc.CompactBlock, error) {
 	}
 	params[0] = blockHash
 	params[1] = json.RawMessage("0") // non-verbose (raw hex)
-	result, rpcErr = RawRequest("getblock", params)
+	result, rpcErr = CallRpcWithRetries("getblock", params)
 
 	// For some reason, the error responses are not JSON
 	if rpcErr != nil {
@@ -464,8 +465,8 @@ func BlockIngestor(c *BlockCache, rep int) {
 		default:
 		}
 
-		// result, err := RawRequest("getbestblockhash", []json.RawMessage{})
-		result, err := CallRpcWithRetries("getbestblockhash")
+        params := []json.RawMessage{}
+		result, err := CallRpcWithRetries("getbestblockhash", params)
 		if err != nil {
 			Log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
 				"error": err,
diff --git a/frontend/service.go b/frontend/service.go
index bbbbbfe..711fbf8 100644
--- a/frontend/service.go
+++ b/frontend/service.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (s *lwdStreamer) GetTaddressTxids(addressBlockFilter *walletrpc.Transparent
 		return err
 	}
 	params[0] = param
-	result, rpcErr := common.RawRequest("getaddresstxids", params)
+	result, rpcErr := common.CallRpcWithRetries("getaddresstxids", params)
 
 	// For some reason, the error responses are not JSON
 	if rpcErr != nil {
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func (s *lwdStreamer) GetTransaction(ctx context.Context, txf *walletrpc.TxFilte
 			leHashStringJSON,
 			json.RawMessage("1"),
 		}
-		result, rpcErr := common.RawRequest("getrawtransaction", params)
+		result, rpcErr := common.CallRpcWithRetries("getrawtransaction", params)
 
 		// For some reason, the error responses are not JSON
 		if rpcErr != nil {
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func (s *lwdStreamer) SendTransaction(ctx context.Context, rawtx *walletrpc.RawT
 		return &walletrpc.SendResponse{}, err
 	}
 	params[0] = txJSON
-	result, rpcErr := common.RawRequest("sendrawtransaction", params)
+	result, rpcErr := common.CallRpcWithRetries("sendrawtransaction", params)
 
 	var errCode int64
 	var errMsg string
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func getTaddressBalanceHushdRpc(addressList []string) (*walletrpc.Balance, error
 	}
 	params[0] = param
 
-	result, rpcErr := common.RawRequest("getaddressbalance", params)
+	result, rpcErr := common.CallRpcWithRetries("getaddressbalance", params)
 	if rpcErr != nil {
 		return &walletrpc.Balance{}, rpcErr
 	}
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func getAddressUtxos(arg *walletrpc.GetAddressUtxosArg, f func(*walletrpc.GetAdd
 		return err
 	}
 	params[0] = param
-	result, rpcErr := common.RawRequest("getaddressutxos", params)
+	result, rpcErr := common.CallRpcWithRetries("getaddressutxos", params)
 	if rpcErr != nil {
 		return rpcErr
 	}
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ func (s *lwdStreamer) GetMempoolStream(_empty *walletrpc.Empty, resp walletrpc.C
 var mempoolMap *map[string]*walletrpc.CompactTx
 var mempoolList []string
 
-// Last time we pulled a copy of the mempool from zcashd.
+// Last time we pulled a copy of the mempool from hushd
 var lastMempool time.Time
 
 func (s *lwdStreamer) GetMempoolTx(exclude *walletrpc.Exclude, resp walletrpc.CompactTxStreamer_GetMempoolTxServer) error {
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ func (s *lwdStreamer) GetMempoolTx(exclude *walletrpc.Exclude, resp walletrpc.Co
 		lastMempool = time.Now()
 		// Refresh our copy of the mempool.
 		params := make([]json.RawMessage, 0)
-		result, rpcErr := common.RawRequest("getrawmempool", params)
+		result, rpcErr := common.CallRpcWithRetries("getrawmempool", params)
 		if rpcErr != nil {
 			return rpcErr
 		}
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ func (s *lwdStreamer) GetMempoolTx(exclude *walletrpc.Exclude, resp walletrpc.Co
 			// The "0" is because we only need the raw hex, which is returned as
 			// just a hex string, and not even a json string (with quotes).
             params := []json.RawMessage{txidJSON, json.RawMessage("0")}
-            result, rpcErr := common.RawRequest("getrawtransaction", params)
+            result, rpcErr := common.CallRpcWithRetries("getrawtransaction", params)
 			if rpcErr != nil {
 				// Not an error; mempool transactions can disappear
 				continue