diff --git a/src/bitcoind.cpp b/src/bitcoind.cpp
index ac4b661cf..6bcd3a70b 100644
--- a/src/bitcoind.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoind.cpp
@@ -71,9 +71,21 @@ CBlockIndex *komodo_chainactive(int32_t height);
 void WaitForShutdown(boost::thread_group* threadGroup)
 {
     int32_t i,height; CBlockIndex *pindex; bool fShutdown = ShutdownRequested(); const uint256 zeroid;
-    //fprintf(stderr,"%s: fShutdown=%d, KOMODO_EARLYTXID_HEIGHT=%d\n", __FUNCTION__, fShutdown, KOMODO_EARLYTXID_HEIGHT);
-	//fprintf(stderr,"%s: earlytxid=%s, tx_height=%d\n", __FUNCTION__, KOMODO_EARLYTXID.GetHex(), tx_height(KOMODO_EARLYTXID) );
-    //fprintf(stderr,"%s: komodo_currentheight=%d\n", __FUNCTION__, komodo_currentheight() );
+    // Tell the main threads to shutdown.
+    if (komodo_currentheight()>KOMODO_EARLYTXID_HEIGHT && KOMODO_EARLYTXID!=zeroid && ((height=tx_height(KOMODO_EARLYTXID))==0 || height>KOMODO_EARLYTXID_HEIGHT))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr,"%s: error: earlytx must be before block height %d or tx does not exist\n",__FUNCTION__, KOMODO_EARLYTXID_HEIGHT);
+	    fprintf(stderr,"%s: earlytxid=%s, tx_height=%d, komodo_currentheight=%d\n", __FUNCTION__, KOMODO_EARLYTXID.GetHex().c_str(), tx_height(KOMODO_EARLYTXID), komodo_currentheight() );
+        StartShutdown();
+    }
+    /*if ( ASSETCHAINS_STAKED == 0 && ASSETCHAINS_ADAPTIVEPOW == 0 && (pindex= komodo_chainactive(1)) != 0 )
+    {
+        if ( pindex->nTime > ADAPTIVEPOW_CHANGETO_DEFAULTON )
+        {
+            ASSETCHAINS_ADAPTIVEPOW = 1;
+            fprintf(stderr,"default activate adaptivepow\n");
+        } else fprintf(stderr,"height1 time %u vs %u\n",pindex->nTime,ADAPTIVEPOW_CHANGETO_DEFAULTON);
+    } //else fprintf(stderr,"cant find height 1\n");*/
 
     if ( ASSETCHAINS_CBOPRET != 0 ) {
         komodo_pricesinit();
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 823867585..e1cf892c6 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -984,12 +984,12 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
     std::set_new_handler(new_handler_terminate);
 
-    fprintf(stderr,"%s: set signal handlers\n", __FUNCTION__);
+    //fprintf(stderr,"%s: set signal handlers\n", __FUNCTION__);
 
     // ********************************************************* Step 2: parameter interactions
     const CChainParams& chainparams = Params();
 
-    fprintf(stderr,"%s: got chain params\n", __FUNCTION__);
+    //fprintf(stderr,"%s: got chain params\n", __FUNCTION__);
 
     // Set this early so that experimental features are correctly enabled/disabled
     fExperimentalMode = GetBoolArg("-experimentalfeatures", true);
@@ -2086,8 +2086,6 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
             MilliSleep(10);
     }
 
-	fprintf(stderr,"%s fRequestShutdown=%d\n", __FUNCTION__, !!fRequestShutdown);
-
     // ********************************************************* Step 11: start node
 
     fprintf(stderr,"Checking disk space...\n");
@@ -2108,7 +2106,6 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     LogPrintf("mapAddressBook.size() = %u\n",  pwalletMain ? pwalletMain->mapAddressBook.size() : 0);
 #endif
 
-	fprintf(stderr,"%s fRequestShutdown=%d\n", __FUNCTION__, !!fRequestShutdown);
     // Start the thread that notifies listeners of transactions that have been
     // recently added to the mempool.
     threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<void (*)()>, "txnotify", &ThreadNotifyRecentlyAdded));
@@ -2135,15 +2132,14 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     SetRPCWarmupFinished();
     fprintf(stderr,"RPC warmump finished\n");
     uiInterface.InitMessage(_("Done loading!"));
-	fprintf(stderr,"%s fRequestShutdown=%d\n", __FUNCTION__, !!fRequestShutdown);
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
     if (pwalletMain) {
-	     fprintf(stderr,"%s reaccepting wallet xtns\n", __FUNCTION__);
+	     fprintf(stderr,"%s Reaccepting wallet xtns\n", __FUNCTION__);
         // Add wallet transactions that aren't already in a block to mapTransactions
         pwalletMain->ReacceptWalletTransactions();
 
-	     fprintf(stderr,"%s starting wallet flusher thread\n", __FUNCTION__);
+	     fprintf(stderr,"%s Starting wallet flusher thread\n", __FUNCTION__);
         // Run a thread to flush wallet periodically
         threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&ThreadFlushWalletDB, boost::ref(pwalletMain->strWalletFile)));
     }
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 4a677204e..264cb0643 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -4594,7 +4594,7 @@ static bool ActivateBestChainStep(bool fSkipdpow, CValidationState &state, CBloc
  * that is already loaded (to avoid loading it again from disk).
  */
 bool ActivateBestChain(bool fSkipdpow, CValidationState &state, CBlock *pblock) {
-	fprintf(stderr,"%s: fSkipdpow=%d\n", __FUNCTION__, fSkipdpow);
+	//fprintf(stderr,"%s: fSkipdpow=%d\n", __FUNCTION__, fSkipdpow);
     CBlockIndex *pindexNewTip = NULL;
     CBlockIndex *pindexMostWork = NULL;
     const CChainParams& chainParams = Params();