diff --git a/slasher/detection/listeners.go b/slasher/detection/listeners.go
index 89a519300fee..2bf2939a8e5a 100644
--- a/slasher/detection/listeners.go
+++ b/slasher/detection/listeners.go
@@ -26,13 +26,18 @@ func (ds *Service) detectIncomingBlocks(ctx context.Context, ch chan *ethpb.Sign
 	defer sub.Unsubscribe()
 	for {
 		select {
-		case sblk := <-ch:
+		case signedBlock := <-ch:
 			log.Debug("Running detection on block...")
-			sbh, err := signedBeaconBlockHeaderFromBlock(sblk)
+			signedBlkHdr, err := signedBeaconBlockHeaderFromBlock(signedBlock)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.WithError(err)
+				log.WithError(err).Error("Could not get block header from block")
+				continue
+			}
+			slashing, err := ds.proposalsDetector.DetectDoublePropose(ctx, signedBlkHdr)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).Error("Could not perform detection on block header")
+				continue
 			}
-			slashing, err := ds.proposalsDetector.DetectDoublePropose(ctx, sbh)
 			ds.submitProposerSlashing(ctx, slashing)
 		case <-sub.Err():
 			log.Error("Subscriber closed, exiting goroutine")
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ func (ds *Service) detectIncomingAttestations(ctx context.Context, ch chan *ethp
 func signedBeaconBlockHeaderFromBlock(block *ethpb.SignedBeaconBlock) (*ethpb.SignedBeaconBlockHeader, error) {
 	bodyRoot, err := ssz.HashTreeRoot(block.Block.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed to get signing root of block")
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get body root of block")
 	}
 	return &ethpb.SignedBeaconBlockHeader{
 		Header: &ethpb.BeaconBlockHeader{
diff --git a/slasher/detection/proposals/detector.go b/slasher/detection/proposals/detector.go
index 7a6820089671..9fa058ca6dfb 100644
--- a/slasher/detection/proposals/detector.go
+++ b/slasher/detection/proposals/detector.go
@@ -32,17 +32,16 @@ func (dd *ProposeDetector) DetectDoublePropose(
 ) (*ethpb.ProposerSlashing, error) {
 	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "detector.DetectDoublePropose")
 	defer span.End()
-	bha, err := dd.slasherDB.BlockHeaders(ctx, incomingBlk.Header.Slot, incomingBlk.Header.ProposerIndex)
+	headersFromIdx, err := dd.slasherDB.BlockHeaders(ctx, incomingBlk.Header.Slot, incomingBlk.Header.ProposerIndex)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	for _, bh := range bha {
-		if bytes.Equal(bh.Signature, incomingBlk.Signature) {
+	for _, blockHeader := range headersFromIdx {
+		if bytes.Equal(blockHeader.Signature, incomingBlk.Signature) {
 			continue
 		}
-		ps := &ethpb.ProposerSlashing{Header_1: incomingBlk, Header_2: bh}
-		err := dd.slasherDB.SaveProposerSlashing(ctx, status.Active, ps)
-		if err != nil {
+		ps := &ethpb.ProposerSlashing{Header_1: incomingBlk, Header_2: blockHeader}
+		if err := dd.slasherDB.SaveProposerSlashing(ctx, status.Active, ps); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		return ps, nil
diff --git a/slasher/detection/service.go b/slasher/detection/service.go
index 683e869b5d38..657a1d719324 100644
--- a/slasher/detection/service.go
+++ b/slasher/detection/service.go
@@ -87,13 +87,12 @@ func (ds *Service) Start() {
 
 	// The detection service runs detection on all historical
 	// chain data since genesis.
-	// TODO(#5030): Re-enable after issue is resolved.
+	go ds.detectHistoricalChainData(ds.ctx)
 
 	// We subscribe to incoming blocks from the beacon node via
 	// our gRPC client to keep detecting slashable offenses.
 	go ds.detectIncomingBlocks(ds.ctx, ds.blocksChan)
 	go ds.detectIncomingAttestations(ds.ctx, ds.attsChan)
-	go ds.detectHistoricalChainData(ds.ctx)
 }
 
 func (ds *Service) detectHistoricalChainData(ctx context.Context) {