diff --git a/node/consensus/provers/prover_registry.go b/node/consensus/provers/prover_registry.go
index 04a81ec..5e3904a 100644
--- a/node/consensus/provers/prover_registry.go
+++ b/node/consensus/provers/prover_registry.go
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ func (r *ProverRegistry) processProverChange(
 				}
 
 				// Find the prover this allocation belongs to
-				if proverInfo, exists := r.proverCache[string(proverRef[32:])]; exists {
+				if proverInfo, exists := r.proverCache[string(proverRef)]; exists {
 					found := false
 					for i, allocation := range proverInfo.Allocations {
 						if bytes.Equal(allocation.ConfirmationFilter, confirmationFilter) {
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ func (r *ProverRegistry) processProverChange(
 					if mappedStatus == consensus.ProverStatusActive &&
 						len(confirmationFilter) > 0 {
 						if err := r.addProverToTrie(
-							proverRef[32:],
+							proverRef,
 							proverInfo.PublicKey,
 							confirmationFilter,
 							frameNumber,
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ func (r *ProverRegistry) processProverChange(
 						mappedStatus == consensus.ProverStatusUnknown {
 						// Remove from filter trie if not active
 						if err := r.removeProverFromTrie(
-							proverRef[32:],
+							proverRef,
 							confirmationFilter,
 						); err != nil {
 							return errors.Wrap(
diff --git a/node/execution/intrinsics/global/global_prover_join.go b/node/execution/intrinsics/global/global_prover_join.go
index 0acb65b..b4b0c51 100644
--- a/node/execution/intrinsics/global/global_prover_join.go
+++ b/node/execution/intrinsics/global/global_prover_join.go
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func (p *ProverJoin) Materialize(
 			intrinsics.GLOBAL_INTRINSIC_ADDRESS[:],
 			"allocation:ProverAllocation",
 			"Prover",
-			slices.Concat(intrinsics.GLOBAL_INTRINSIC_ADDRESS[:], proverAddress),
+			proverAddress,
 			allocationTree,
 		)
 		if err != nil {