diff --git a/packages/interface-ipfs-core/src/block/get.js b/packages/interface-ipfs-core/src/block/get.js
index 7ab52f83ff..c9790daa1f 100644
--- a/packages/interface-ipfs-core/src/block/get.js
+++ b/packages/interface-ipfs-core/src/block/get.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const uint8ArrayFromString = require('uint8arrays/from-string')
-const multihash = require('multihashing-async').multihash
+const multihashing = require('multihashing-async')
 const CID = require('cids')
 const { getDescribe, getIt, expect } = require('../utils/mocha')
 const testTimeout = require('../utils/test-timeout')
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ module.exports = (common, options) => {
     })
 
     it('should get by CID in string', async () => {
-      const block = await ipfs.block.get(multihash.toB58String(hash))
+      const block = await ipfs.block.get(multihashing.multihash.toB58String(hash))
 
       expect(block.data).to.eql(uint8ArrayFromString('blorb'))
       expect(block.cid.multihash).to.eql(hash)
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ module.exports = (common, options) => {
       expect(block.data).to.eql(input)
     })
 
+    it('should get a block with an identity CID, without putting first', async () => {
+      const identityData = uint8ArrayFromString('A16461736466190144', 'base16upper')
+      const identityHash = await multihashing(identityData, 'identity')
+      const identityCID = new CID(1, 'dag-cbor', identityHash)
+      const block = await ipfs.block.get(identityCID)
+      expect(block.data).to.eql(identityData)
+    })
+
     it('should return an error for an invalid CID', () => {
       return expect(ipfs.block.get('Non-base58 character')).to.eventually.be.rejected
         .and.be.an.instanceOf(Error)
diff --git a/packages/interface-ipfs-core/src/dag/get.js b/packages/interface-ipfs-core/src/dag/get.js
index 4bff6a9528..cc7f7803e6 100644
--- a/packages/interface-ipfs-core/src/dag/get.js
+++ b/packages/interface-ipfs-core/src/dag/get.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const all = require('it-all')
 const CID = require('cids')
 const { getDescribe, getIt, expect } = require('../utils/mocha')
 const testTimeout = require('../utils/test-timeout')
+const multihashing = require('multihashing-async')
 
 /** @typedef { import("ipfsd-ctl/src/factory") } Factory */
 /**
@@ -240,6 +241,14 @@ module.exports = (common, options) => {
       expect(result.value).to.deep.equal(buf)
     })
 
+    it('should be able to get a dag-cbor node with the identity hash', async () => {
+      const identityData = uint8ArrayFromString('A16461736466190144', 'base16upper')
+      const identityHash = await multihashing(identityData, 'identity')
+      const identityCID = new CID(1, 'dag-cbor', identityHash)
+      const result = await ipfs.dag.get(identityCID)
+      expect(result.value).to.deep.equal({ asdf: 324 })
+    })
+
     it('should throw error for invalid string CID input', () => {
       return expect(ipfs.dag.get('INVALID CID'))
         .to.eventually.be.rejected()
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/gc.js b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/gc.js
index cc3fdfd138..e022c23f89 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/gc.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/src/components/repo/gc.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const BLOCK_RM_CONCURRENCY = 256
  * @typedef {import('ipfs-core-types/src/refs').API} RefsAPI
  * @typedef {import('ipfs-repo')} IPFSRepo
  * @typedef {import('interface-datastore').Key} Key
+ * @typedef {import('ipld-block')} Block
  */
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-http-server/src/api/resources/block.js b/packages/ipfs-http-server/src/api/resources/block.js
index be4e47ecae..df8108da05 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-http-server/src/api/resources/block.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-http-server/src/api/resources/block.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ exports.get = {
       throw Boom.notFound('Block was unwanted before it could be remotely retrieved')
     }
 
-    return h.response(block.data).header('X-Stream-Output', '1')
+    return h.response(Buffer.from(block.data.buffer, block.data.byteOffset, block.data.byteLength)).header('X-Stream-Output', '1')
   }
 }
 exports.put = {