diff --git a/src/komodo_notary.h b/src/komodo_notary.h
index a106f8503..3c33d41cc 100644
--- a/src/komodo_notary.h
+++ b/src/komodo_notary.h
@@ -244,3 +244,30 @@ void komodo_init(int32_t height)
         komodo_stateupdate(0,0,0,0,zero,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0);
     }
 }
+
+void komodo_assetchain_pubkeys(char *jsonstr)
+{
+    cJSON *array; int32_t i,n; uint8_t pubkeys[64][33]; char *hexstr;
+    memset(pubkeys,0,sizeof(pubkeys));
+    if ( (array= cJSON_Parse(jsonstr)) != 0 )
+    {
+        if ( (n= cJSON_GetArraySize(array)) > 0 )
+        {
+            for (i=0; i<n; i++)
+            {
+                if ( (hexstr= jstri(array,i)) != 0 && is_hexstr(hexstr,0) == 66 )
+                    decode_hex(pubkeys[i],33,hexstr);
+                else
+                {
+                    printf("illegal hexstr.(%s) i.%d of n.%d\n",hexstr,i,n);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if ( i == n )
+            {
+                komodo_notarysinit(0,pubkeys,n);
+                printf("initialize pubkeys[%d]\n",n);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/komodo_utils.h b/src/komodo_utils.h
index 7a059558e..4dc8f9b7d 100644
--- a/src/komodo_utils.h
+++ b/src/komodo_utils.h
@@ -1358,32 +1358,7 @@ void komodo_ports(uint16_t ports[MAX_CURRENCIES])
 
 char *iguanafmtstr = (char *)"curl --url \"http://127.0.0.1:7778\" --data \"{\\\"unitval\\\":\\\"20\\\",\\\"zcash\\\":1,\\\"RELAY\\\":1,\\\"VALIDATE\\\":1,\\\"prefetchlag\\\":-1,\\\"poll\\\":100,\\\"active\\\":1,\\\"agent\\\":\\\"iguana\\\",\\\"method\\\":\\\"addcoin\\\",\\\"startpend\\\":4,\\\"endpend\\\":4,\\\"services\\\":129,\\\"maxpeers\\\":8,\\\"newcoin\\\":\\\"%s\\\",\\\"name\\\":\\\"%s\\\",\\\"hasheaders\\\":1,\\\"useaddmultisig\\\":0,\\\"netmagic\\\":\\\"%s\\\",\\\"p2p\\\":%u,\\\"rpc\\\":%u,\\\"pubval\\\":60,\\\"p2shval\\\":85,\\\"wifval\\\":188,\\\"txfee_satoshis\\\":\\\"10000\\\",\\\"isPoS\\\":0,\\\"minoutput\\\":10000,\\\"minconfirms\\\":2,\\\"genesishash\\\":\\\"027e3758c3a65b12aa1046462b486d0a63bfa1beae327897f56c5cfb7daaae71\\\",\\\"protover\\\":170002,\\\"genesisblock\\\":\\\"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\\\",\\\"debug\\\":0,\\\"seedipaddr\\\":\\\"%s\\\"}\"";
 
-void komodo_assetchain_pubkeys(char *jsonstr)
-{
-    cJSON *array; int32_t i,n; uint8_t pubkeys[64][33]; char *hexstr;
-    memset(pubkeys,0,sizeof(pubkeys));
-    if ( (array= cJSON_Parse(jsonstr)) != 0 )
-    {
-        if ( (n= cJSON_GetArraySize(array)) > 0 )
-        {
-            for (i=0; i<n; i++)
-            {
-                if ( (hexstr= jstri(array,i)) != 0 && is_hexstr(hexstr,0) == 66 )
-                    decode_hex(pubkeys[i],33,hexstr);
-                else
-                {
-                    printf("illegal hexstr.(%s) i.%d of n.%d\n",hexstr,i,n);
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            if ( i == n )
-            {
-                komodo_notarysinit(0,pubkeys,n);
-                printf("initialize pubkeys[%d]\n",n);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
+void komodo_assetchain_pubkeys(char *jsonstr);
 
 void komodo_args()
 {
@@ -1398,7 +1373,7 @@ void komodo_args()
     {
         ASSETCHAINS_SUPPLY = GetArg("-ac_supply",10);
         ASSETCHAINS_NOTARIES = GetArg("-ac_notaries","");
-        komodo_assetchain_pubkeys(ASSETCHAINS_NOTARIES.c_str());
+        komodo_assetchain_pubkeys((char *)ASSETCHAINS_NOTARIES.c_str());
         strncpy(ASSETCHAINS_SYMBOL,name.c_str(),sizeof(ASSETCHAINS_SYMBOL)-1);
         ASSETCHAINS_PORT = komodo_port(ASSETCHAINS_SYMBOL,ASSETCHAINS_SUPPLY,&ASSETCHAINS_MAGIC,&ASSETCHAINS_SHORTFLAG);
         //fprintf(stderr,"after args: %c%s port.%u magic.%08x supply.%u\n",ASSETCHAINS_SHORTFLAG!=0?'-':'+',ASSETCHAINS_SYMBOL,ASSETCHAINS_PORT,ASSETCHAINS_MAGIC,(int32_t)ASSETCHAINS_SUPPLY);