diff --git a/app/rpc/rpchandlers/get_mempool_entry.go b/app/rpc/rpchandlers/get_mempool_entry.go
index a0c54da5c..9bd5878d8 100644
--- a/app/rpc/rpchandlers/get_mempool_entry.go
+++ b/app/rpc/rpchandlers/get_mempool_entry.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func HandleGetMempoolEntry(context *rpccontext.Context, _ *router.Router, reques
 
 	mempoolTransaction, isOrphan, found := context.Domain.MiningManager().GetTransaction(transactionID, !getMempoolEntryRequest.FilterTransactionPool, getMempoolEntryRequest.IncludeOrphanPool)
 
-	if !found || isOrphan && !getMempoolEntryRequest.IncludeOrphanPool ||  !isOrphan  && !getMempoolEntryRequest.FilterTransactionPool {
+	if !found || isOrphan && !getMempoolEntryRequest.IncludeOrphanPool || !isOrphan && !getMempoolEntryRequest.FilterTransactionPool {
 		errorMessage := &appmessage.GetMempoolEntryResponseMessage{}
 		errorMessage.Error = appmessage.RPCErrorf("Transaction %s was not found", transactionID)
 		return errorMessage, nil
diff --git a/domain/miningmanager/mempool/handle_new_block_transactions.go b/domain/miningmanager/mempool/handle_new_block_transactions.go
index 96b7edaa1..344043138 100644
--- a/domain/miningmanager/mempool/handle_new_block_transactions.go
+++ b/domain/miningmanager/mempool/handle_new_block_transactions.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/transactionhelper"
 )
 
-func (mp *mempool) handleNewBlockTransactions(blockTransactions []*externalapi.DomainTransaction,) (
+func (mp *mempool) handleNewBlockTransactions(blockTransactions []*externalapi.DomainTransaction) (
 	[]*externalapi.DomainTransaction, error) {
 
 	// Skip the coinbase transaction
diff --git a/domain/miningmanager/mempool/mempool.go b/domain/miningmanager/mempool/mempool.go
index 434673f74..6d2d7b35a 100644
--- a/domain/miningmanager/mempool/mempool.go
+++ b/domain/miningmanager/mempool/mempool.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (mp *mempool) GetTransaction(transactionID *externalapi.DomainTransactionID
 		isOrphan = true
 	}
 
-	return transaction, isOrphan, transactionfound 
+	return transaction, isOrphan, transactionfound
 }
 
 func (mp *mempool) GetTransactionsByAddresses(includeTransactionPool bool, includeOrphanPool bool) (
diff --git a/domain/miningmanager/mempool/validate_and_insert_transaction.go b/domain/miningmanager/mempool/validate_and_insert_transaction.go
index 9fb2a2c62..d06a19cea 100644
--- a/domain/miningmanager/mempool/validate_and_insert_transaction.go
+++ b/domain/miningmanager/mempool/validate_and_insert_transaction.go
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ func (mp *mempool) validateAndInsertTransaction(transaction *externalapi.DomainT
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	acceptedOrphans, err := mp.orphansPool.processOrphansAfterAcceptedTransaction(mempoolTransaction.Transaction(),)
+	acceptedOrphans, err := mp.orphansPool.processOrphansAfterAcceptedTransaction(mempoolTransaction.Transaction())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	acceptedTransactions = append([]*externalapi.DomainTransaction{transaction.Clone()}, acceptedOrphans...)
+	acceptedTransactions = append([]*externalapi.DomainTransaction{transaction.Clone()}, acceptedOrphans...) //these pointer leave the mempool, hence we clone.
 
 	err = mp.transactionsPool.limitTransactionCount()
 	if err != nil {