diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 607b94ba4..ba997ebeb 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ bool CheckTransactionWithoutProofVerification(uint32_t tiptime,const CTransactio
         return state.DoS(100, error("CheckTransaction(): tx.valueBalance has no sources or sinks"),
                             REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-valuebalance-nonzero");
     }
-    if ( ASSETCHAINS_SYMBOL[0] == 0 && tiptime >= KOMODO_SAPLING_DEADLINE )
+    if ( (ASSETCHAINS_SYMBOL[0] == 0 || strcmp(ASSETCHAINS_SYMBOL,"ZEX") == 0) && tiptime >= KOMODO_SAPLING_DEADLINE )
         acpublic = 1;
     if ( acpublic != 0 && (tx.vShieldedSpend.empty() == 0 || tx.vShieldedOutput.empty() == 0) )
     {