diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 18800d4b2..e6ad465a7 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ using namespace std;
 
 CCriticalSection cs_main;
 extern uint8_t NOTARY_PUBKEY33[33];
-extern int32_t KOMODO_LOADINGBLOCKS,KOMODO_LONGESTCHAIN,KOMODO_NEWBLOCKS;
+extern int32_t KOMODO_LOADINGBLOCKS,KOMODO_LONGESTCHAIN;
+int32_t KOMODO_NEWBLOCKS;
 void komodo_block2pubkey33(uint8_t *pubkey33,CBlock *block);
 
 BlockMap mapBlockIndex;
@@ -2801,7 +2802,7 @@ void static UpdateTip(CBlockIndex *pindexNew) {
     // New best block
     nTimeBestReceived = GetTime();
     mempool.AddTransactionsUpdated(1);
-    
+    KOMODO_NEWBLOCKS++;
     LogPrintf("%s: new best=%s  height=%d  log2_work=%.8g  tx=%lu  date=%s progress=%f  cache=%.1fMiB(%utx)\n", __func__,
               chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockHash().ToString(), chainActive.Height(), log(chainActive.Tip()->nChainWork.getdouble())/log(2.0), (unsigned long)chainActive.Tip()->nChainTx,
               DateTimeStrFormat("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockTime()),