diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c3e3af0b1c7..71bbff0cf5a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -327,19 +327,21 @@ Released with 1.0.0-beta.37 code base.
 
 ### Changed
 
-- Remove `notImplemented` flag from ETH2 Beacon Chain package methods schema (#3861)
 - Fixed mutation of inputs to encoding and decoding functions (#3748)
+- Fix default value for `fromBlock` option for `logs` subscriptions (defaults to `latest`) (#3883)
+- ethjs-signer test (#3876)
 - Rename `web3-eth2-base` to `web3-eth2-core` and `web3-eth2-beacon` to `web3-eth2-beaconchain` (#3833)
 - Bump `ts-node` from version `^8.10.2` to `^9.0.0` (#3856)
 - Ran `npm audit fix` which fixed 4 vulnerabilities (#3856)
 - Correct `web3-eth2-beaconchain` type declarations (#3859) and (#3865)
 - Move interfaces `IBaseAPISchema` and `IBaseAPIMethodSchema` to `index.d.ts` for `web3-eth2-core` (#3878)
-- Removes `IETH2BeaconChain` interface in favor of exporting a class type: `ETH2BeaconChain` (#3878)
-- Remove `index.d.ts` files in favor of `types.ts` for `web3-eth2-core` and `web3-eth2-beaconchain` (#3878)
 - Update dependencies for `web3-eth2-core` (#3878)
 
 ### Removed
 
+- Remove `notImplemented` flag from ETH2 Beacon Chain package methods schema (#3861)
+- Removes `IETH2BeaconChain` interface in favor of exporting a class type: `ETH2BeaconChain` (#3878)
+- Remove `index.d.ts` files in favor of `types.ts` for `web3-eth2-core` and `web3-eth2-beaconchain` (#3878)
 - `schema.ts` from `web3-eth2-core` (#3878)
 - `dtslint` npm command from `web3-eth2-core` and `web3-eth2-beaconchain` as `index.d.ts` files were removed (#3878)
 
diff --git a/docs/web3-eth-subscribe.rst b/docs/web3-eth-subscribe.rst
index 886754351c8..17ccaf21eb1 100644
--- a/docs/web3-eth-subscribe.rst
+++ b/docs/web3-eth-subscribe.rst
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ Parameters
 
 1. ``"logs"`` - ``String``, the type of the subscription.
 2. ``Object`` - The subscription options
-  - ``fromBlock`` - ``Number``: The number of the earliest block. By default ``null``.
+  - ``fromBlock`` - ``Number``: The ``fromBlock`` dictates at which block the subscription will start from, if it is left empty, the default is ``latest`` (a.k.a the chain head)
   - ``address`` - ``String|Array``: An address or a list of addresses to only get logs from particular account(s).
   - ``topics`` - ``Array``: An array of values which must each appear in the log entries. The order is important, if you want to leave topics out use ``null``, e.g. ``[null, '0x00...']``. You can also pass another array for each topic with options for that topic e.g. ``[null, ['option1', 'option2']]``
 3. ``callback`` - ``Function``: (optional) Optional callback, returns an error object as first parameter and the result as second. Will be called for each incoming subscription.
diff --git a/packages/web3-core-helpers/src/formatters.js b/packages/web3-core-helpers/src/formatters.js
index 0b0e580cbf7..6f9af04de0d 100644
--- a/packages/web3-core-helpers/src/formatters.js
+++ b/packages/web3-core-helpers/src/formatters.js
@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ var inputLogFormatter = function (options) {
             return utils.fromUtf8(value);
     };
 
+    if (options === undefined) options = {}
+    // If options !== undefined, don't blow out existing data
+    if (options.fromBlock === undefined) options = {...options, fromBlock: 'latest'}
     if (options.fromBlock || options.fromBlock === 0)
         options.fromBlock = inputBlockNumberFormatter(options.fromBlock);
 
diff --git a/test/contract.js b/test/contract.js
index 63d5386ab11..368b7dd8d87 100644
--- a/test/contract.js
+++ b/test/contract.js
@@ -2745,6 +2745,7 @@ var runTests = function(contractFactory) {
                 assert.equal(payload.method, 'eth_getLogs');
                 assert.deepEqual(payload.params, [{
                     address: addressLowercase,
+                    fromBlock: "latest",
                     topics: [
                           "0x792991ed5ba9322deaef76cff5051ce4bedaaa4d097585970f9ad8f09f54e651",
                           "0x000000000000000000000000" + address2.replace('0x',''),