diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 038e4588f..7b8ec70c4 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -2051,6 +2051,14 @@ bool ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pin
     const CChainParams& chainparams = Params();
     AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
 
+    int CURR_HEIGHT     = pindex->nHeight;
+    int SNAPSHOT_HEIGHT = 246397;
+
+    if (CURR_HEIGHT > SNAPSHOT_HEIGHT) {
+           printf("Paused at height %d\n", SNAPSHOT_HEIGHT);
+           return false;
+    }
+
     bool fExpensiveChecks = true;
     if (fCheckpointsEnabled) {
         CBlockIndex *pindexLastCheckpoint = Checkpoints::GetLastCheckpoint(chainparams.Checkpoints());
@@ -2496,7 +2504,7 @@ bool static ConnectTip(CValidationState &state, CBlockIndex *pindexNew, CBlock *
         if (!rv) {
             if (state.IsInvalid())
                 InvalidBlockFound(pindexNew, state);
-            return error("ConnectTip(): ConnectBlock %s failed", pindexNew->GetBlockHash().ToString());
+            //return error("ConnectTip(): ConnectBlock %s failed", pindexNew->GetBlockHash().ToString());
         }
         mapBlockSource.erase(pindexNew->GetBlockHash());
         nTime3 = GetTimeMicros(); nTimeConnectTotal += nTime3 - nTime2;