diff --git a/src/event-stream/reader.ts b/src/event-stream/reader.ts
index 2636bdc1..53cada62 100644
--- a/src/event-stream/reader.ts
+++ b/src/event-stream/reader.ts
@@ -320,6 +320,12 @@ export function parseMessageTransaction(
         );
         break;
       }
+      case TxPayloadTypeID.PoisonMicroblock: {
+        logger.verbose(
+          `Poison microblock: header1 ${payload.microblock_header_1}), header2: ${payload.microblock_header_2}`
+        );
+        break;
+      }
       default: {
         throw new NotImplementedError(
           `extracting data for tx type: ${getEnumDescription(