diff --git a/lbry/wallet/server/leveldb.py b/lbry/wallet/server/leveldb.py
index f808f55bc..34b669c81 100644
--- a/lbry/wallet/server/leveldb.py
+++ b/lbry/wallet/server/leveldb.py
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ class LevelDB:
         self.blocked_streams = {}
         self.blocked_channels = {}
         self.blocking_channel_hashes = {
-            bytes.fromhex(channel_id)[::-1] for channel_id in blocking_channels if channel_id
+            bytes.fromhex(channel_id) for channel_id in blocking_channels if channel_id
         }
         self.filtered_streams = {}
         self.filtered_channels = {}
         self.filtering_channel_hashes = {
-            bytes.fromhex(channel_id)[::-1] for channel_id in filtering_channels if channel_id
+            bytes.fromhex(channel_id) for channel_id in filtering_channels if channel_id
         }
 
         self.tx_counts = None
diff --git a/tests/integration/blockchain/test_claim_commands.py b/tests/integration/blockchain/test_claim_commands.py
index 07f787437..7d3e44656 100644
--- a/tests/integration/blockchain/test_claim_commands.py
+++ b/tests/integration/blockchain/test_claim_commands.py
@@ -1537,7 +1537,13 @@ class StreamCommands(ClaimTestCase):
         blocking_channel_id = self.get_claim_id(
             await self.channel_create('@blocking', '0.1')
         )
-        self.conductor.spv_node.server.db.blocking_channel_hashes.add(bytes.fromhex(blocking_channel_id))
+        # test setting from env vars and starting from scratch
+        await self.conductor.spv_node.stop(False)
+        await self.conductor.spv_node.start(self.conductor.blockchain_node,
+                                            extraconf={'BLOCKING_CHANNEL_IDS': blocking_channel_id,
+                                                       'FILTERING_CHANNEL_IDS': filtering_channel_id})
+        await self.daemon.wallet_manager.reset()
+
         self.assertEqual(0, len(self.conductor.spv_node.server.db.blocked_streams))
         await self.stream_repost(bad_content_id, 'block1', '0.1', channel_name='@blocking')
         self.assertEqual(1, len(self.conductor.spv_node.server.db.blocked_streams))