diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 80cf7f01b2..ae4e89eb04 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -234,8 +234,7 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 	// check if Parallel EVM is enabled
 	// if enabled, use parallel state processor
 	if config.ParallelEVM.Enable {
-		// TODO marcello fix NewParallelBlockChain
-		ethereum.blockchain, err = core.NewParallelBlockChain(chainDb, cacheConfig, config.Genesis, ethereum.engine, vmConfig, ethereum.shouldPreserve, &config.TxLookupLimit, checker)
+		ethereum.blockchain, err = core.NewParallelBlockChain(chainDb, cacheConfig, config.Genesis, &overrides, ethereum.engine, vmConfig, ethereum.shouldPreserve, &config.TxLookupLimit, checker)
 	} else {
 		ethereum.blockchain, err = core.NewBlockChain(chainDb, cacheConfig, config.Genesis, &overrides, ethereum.engine, vmConfig, ethereum.shouldPreserve, &config.TxLookupLimit, checker)
 	}
diff --git a/eth/ethconfig/config.go b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
index e8a1725a94..850fb820d6 100644
--- a/eth/ethconfig/config.go
+++ b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package ethconfig
 
 import (
-	"math/big"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"