diff --git a/src/komodo_gateway.h b/src/komodo_gateway.h
index dc364c0c8..5819529c1 100644
--- a/src/komodo_gateway.h
+++ b/src/komodo_gateway.h
@@ -707,9 +707,11 @@ int32_t komodo_check_deposit(int32_t height,const CBlock& block,uint32_t prevtim
         {
             if ( overflow != 0 || total > COIN/10 )
             {
-                fprintf(stderr,">>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<< ht.%d illegal nonz output %.8f n.%d\n",height,dstr(block.vtx[0].vout[1].nValue),n);
                 if ( height >= activation )
+                {
+                    fprintf(stderr,">>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<< ht.%d illegal nonz output %.8f n.%d\n",height,dstr(block.vtx[0].vout[1].nValue),n);
                     return(-1);
+                }
             }
             else if ( block.nBits == KOMODO_MINDIFF_NBITS && total > 0 ) // to deal with fee stealing
             {
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 956d8351e..ef46cd83d 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static const unsigned int MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS = 160;
  *  Larger windows tolerate larger download speed differences between peer, but increase the potential
  *  degree of disordering of blocks on disk (which make reindexing and in the future perhaps pruning
  *  harder). We'll probably want to make this a per-peer adaptive value at some point. */
-static const unsigned int BLOCK_DOWNLOAD_WINDOW = 1024 * 2;
+static const unsigned int BLOCK_DOWNLOAD_WINDOW = 1024;
 /** Time to wait (in seconds) between writing blocks/block index to disk. */
 static const unsigned int DATABASE_WRITE_INTERVAL = 60 * 60;
 /** Time to wait (in seconds) between flushing chainstate to disk. */