diff --git a/beacon-chain/blockchain/process_block.go b/beacon-chain/blockchain/process_block.go
index 152cd19adf80..2b1452faeab2 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/blockchain/process_block.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/blockchain/process_block.go
@@ -325,7 +325,10 @@ func (s *Service) updateEpochBoundaryCaches(ctx context.Context, st state.Beacon
 	}
 	// The proposer indices cache takes the target root for the previous
 	// epoch as key
-	target, err := s.cfg.ForkChoiceStore.TargetRootForEpoch(r, e-1)
+	if e > 0 {
+		e = e - 1
+	}
+	target, err := s.cfg.ForkChoiceStore.TargetRootForEpoch(r, e)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithError(err).Error("could not update proposer index state-root map")
 		return nil
diff --git a/beacon-chain/cache/proposer_indices.go b/beacon-chain/cache/proposer_indices.go
index 6071e1e462a3..6f7a3a1a9793 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/cache/proposer_indices.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/cache/proposer_indices.go
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ func (p *ProposerIndicesCache) IndicesFromCheckpoint(c forkchoicetypes.Checkpoin
 	root, ok := p.rootMap[c]
 	p.Unlock()
 	if !ok {
+		ProposerIndicesCacheMiss.Inc()
 		return emptyIndices, ok
 	}
 	return p.ProposerIndices(c.Epoch+1, root)
diff --git a/beacon-chain/cache/proposer_indices_test.go b/beacon-chain/cache/proposer_indices_test.go
index c3195416e522..ee8d9d6eb9a1 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/cache/proposer_indices_test.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/cache/proposer_indices_test.go
@@ -37,70 +37,69 @@ func TestProposerCache_Set(t *testing.T) {
 func TestProposerCache_CheckpointAndPrune(t *testing.T) {
 	cache := NewProposerIndicesCache()
 	indices := [fieldparams.SlotsPerEpoch]primitives.ValidatorIndex{}
-	root := [32]byte{'a'}
-	cpRoot := [32]byte{'b'}
 	copy(indices[3:], []primitives.ValidatorIndex{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6})
 	for i := 1; i < 10; i++ {
+		root := [32]byte{byte(i)}
 		cache.Set(primitives.Epoch(i), root, indices)
+		cpRoot := [32]byte{byte(i - 1)}
 		cache.SetCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: primitives.Epoch(i - 1), Root: cpRoot}, root)
 	}
-	received, ok := cache.ProposerIndices(1, root)
+	received, ok := cache.ProposerIndices(1, [32]byte{1})
 	require.Equal(t, true, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, indices, received)
 
-	received, ok = cache.ProposerIndices(4, root)
+	received, ok = cache.ProposerIndices(4, [32]byte{4})
 	require.Equal(t, true, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, indices, received)
 
-	received, ok = cache.ProposerIndices(9, root)
+	received, ok = cache.ProposerIndices(9, [32]byte{9})
 	require.Equal(t, true, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, indices, received)
 
-	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 0, Root: cpRoot})
+	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{})
 	require.Equal(t, true, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, indices, received)
 
-	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 3, Root: cpRoot})
+	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 3, Root: [32]byte{3}})
 	require.Equal(t, true, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, indices, received)
 
-	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 4, Root: cpRoot})
+	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 4, Root: [32]byte{4}})
 	require.Equal(t, true, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, indices, received)
 
-	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 8, Root: cpRoot})
+	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 8, Root: [32]byte{8}})
 	require.Equal(t, true, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, indices, received)
 
 	cache.Prune(5)
 
 	emptyIndices := [fieldparams.SlotsPerEpoch]primitives.ValidatorIndex{}
-	received, ok = cache.ProposerIndices(1, root)
+	received, ok = cache.ProposerIndices(1, [32]byte{1})
 	require.Equal(t, false, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, emptyIndices, received)
 
-	received, ok = cache.ProposerIndices(4, root)
+	received, ok = cache.ProposerIndices(4, [32]byte{4})
 	require.Equal(t, false, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, emptyIndices, received)
 
-	received, ok = cache.ProposerIndices(9, root)
+	received, ok = cache.ProposerIndices(9, [32]byte{9})
 	require.Equal(t, true, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, indices, received)
 
-	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 0, Root: cpRoot})
+	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 0, Root: [32]byte{0}})
 	require.Equal(t, false, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, emptyIndices, received)
 
-	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 3, Root: cpRoot})
+	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 3, Root: [32]byte{3}})
 	require.Equal(t, false, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, emptyIndices, received)
 
-	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 4, Root: cpRoot})
+	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 4, Root: [32]byte{4}})
 	require.Equal(t, true, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, indices, received)
 
-	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 8, Root: cpRoot})
+	received, ok = cache.IndicesFromCheckpoint(forkchoicetypes.Checkpoint{Epoch: 8, Root: [32]byte{8}})
 	require.Equal(t, true, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, indices, received)
-
 }
diff --git a/beacon-chain/core/helpers/beacon_committee.go b/beacon-chain/core/helpers/beacon_committee.go
index a7e89c4ff9f1..90b9af5d2a51 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/core/helpers/beacon_committee.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/core/helpers/beacon_committee.go
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func UpdateCachedCheckpointToStateRoot(state state.ReadOnlyBeaconState, cp *fork
 	if cp.Epoch <= params.BeaconConfig().GenesisEpoch+params.BeaconConfig().MinSeedLookahead {
 		return nil
 	}
-	slot, err := slots.EpochEnd(cp.Epoch - 1)
+	slot, err := slots.EpochEnd(cp.Epoch)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}