diff --git a/crawlers/mooncrawl/mooncrawl/blockchain.py b/crawlers/mooncrawl/mooncrawl/blockchain.py
index 25aece96..83084688 100644
--- a/crawlers/mooncrawl/mooncrawl/blockchain.py
+++ b/crawlers/mooncrawl/mooncrawl/blockchain.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def add_block(db_session, block: Any, blockchain_type: AvailableBlockchainType)
         size=block.size,
         state_root=block.stateRoot.hex(),
         timestamp=block.timestamp,
-        total_difficulty=block.totalDifficulty,
+        total_difficulty=block.get("totalDifficulty", None),
         transactions_root=block.transactionsRoot.hex(),
     )
     if blockchain_type == AvailableBlockchainType.XDAI: