diff --git a/cmd/thalos/main.go b/cmd/thalos/main.go
index d590c02..df9c814 100644
--- a/cmd/thalos/main.go
+++ b/cmd/thalos/main.go
@@ -182,6 +182,44 @@ func initAbiManger(api *eos.API, chain_id string) *abi.AbiManager {
 	return abi.NewAbiManager(cache, api)
 }
 
+func stateLoader(chainInfo *eos.InfoResp) app.StateLoader {
+	return func(state *app.State) {
+		var source string
+
+		// Load state from cache.
+		err := cache.Get("state", &state)
+
+		// on error (cache miss) set current block from config/api
+		if err != nil {
+			// Set from config if we have a sane value.
+			if conf.Ship.StartBlockNum != shipclient.NULL_BLOCK_NUMBER {
+				source = "config"
+				state.CurrentBlock = conf.Ship.StartBlockNum
+			} else {
+				// Otherwise, set from api.
+				if conf.Ship.IrreversibleOnly {
+					source = "api (LIB)"
+					state.CurrentBlock = uint32(chainInfo.LastIrreversibleBlockNum)
+				} else {
+					source = "api (HEAD)"
+					state.CurrentBlock = uint32(chainInfo.HeadBlockNum)
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			source = "cache"
+		}
+
+		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"block":  state.CurrentBlock,
+			"source": source,
+		}).Info("Starting from block")
+	}
+}
+
+func stateSaver(state app.State) error {
+	return cache.Set("state", state, 0)
+}
+
 func main() {
 	var err error
 	var chainInfo *eos.InfoResp
@@ -310,14 +348,6 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if conf.Ship.StartBlockNum == shipclient.NULL_BLOCK_NUMBER {
-		if conf.Ship.IrreversibleOnly {
-			conf.Ship.StartBlockNum = uint32(chainInfo.LastIrreversibleBlockNum)
-		} else {
-			conf.Ship.StartBlockNum = uint32(chainInfo.HeadBlockNum)
-		}
-	}
-
 	shClient = shipclient.NewStream(func(s *shipclient.Stream) {
 		s.StartBlock = conf.Ship.StartBlockNum
 		s.EndBlock = conf.Ship.EndBlockNum
@@ -335,6 +365,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	processor := app.SpawnProccessor(
 		shClient,
+		stateLoader(chainInfo),
+		stateSaver,
 		api_redis.NewPublisher(context.Background(), rdb, api_redis.Namespace{
 			Prefix:  conf.Redis.Prefix,
 			ChainID: chain_id,