diff --git a/domain/consensus/model/externalapi/sync.go b/domain/consensus/model/externalapi/sync.go
index 2a589798e..52038e002 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/model/externalapi/sync.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/model/externalapi/sync.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ package externalapi
 // states of the consensus
 const (
 	SyncStateNormal SyncState = iota
-	SyncStateMissingUTXOSet
 	SyncStateHeadersFirst
+	SyncStateMissingUTXOSet
 	SyncStateMissingBlockBodies
 )
 
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ func (s SyncState) String() string {
 	switch s {
 	case SyncStateNormal:
 		return "SyncStateNormal"
-	case SyncStateMissingUTXOSet:
-		return "SyncStateMissingUTXOSet"
 	case SyncStateHeadersFirst:
 		return "SyncStateHeadersFirst"
+	case SyncStateMissingUTXOSet:
+		return "SyncStateMissingUTXOSet"
 	case SyncStateMissingBlockBodies:
 		return "SyncStateMissingBlockBodies"
 	}
diff --git a/domain/consensus/processes/blockprocessor/validateandinsertblock.go b/domain/consensus/processes/blockprocessor/validateandinsertblock.go
index f5bbcbbcb..e9ac9e2dd 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/processes/blockprocessor/validateandinsertblock.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/processes/blockprocessor/validateandinsertblock.go
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ func (bp *blockProcessor) validateAndInsertBlock(block *externalapi.DomainBlock)
 
 	hash := consensusserialization.HeaderHash(block.Header)
 	if mode.State == externalapi.SyncStateHeadersFirst && len(block.Transactions) != 0 {
-		return errors.Errorf("block %s contains transactions while validating in header only mode", hash)
+		mode.State = externalapi.SyncStateNormal
+		log.Warnf("block %s contains transactions while validating in header only mode", hash)
 	}
 
 	err = bp.checkBlockStatus(hash, mode)