diff --git a/src/cc/gateways.cpp b/src/cc/gateways.cpp
index a61fe2ba4..5ec01b8fd 100644
--- a/src/cc/gateways.cpp
+++ b/src/cc/gateways.cpp
@@ -539,24 +539,32 @@ uint256 GatewaysReverseScan(uint256 &txid,int32_t height,uint256 reforacletxid,u
 {
     CTransaction tx; uint256 hash,mhash,hashBlock,oracletxid; int64_t val; int32_t numvouts; int64_t merkleht; CPubKey pk; std::vector<uint8_t>data;
     txid = zeroid;
-    char str[65]; fprintf(stderr,"reverse scan %s\n",uint256_str(str,batontxid));
+    char str[65]; fprintf(stderr,"start reverse scan %s\n",uint256_str(str,batontxid));
     while ( GetTransaction(batontxid,tx,hashBlock,false) != 0 && (numvouts= tx.vout.size()) > 0 )
     {
-        fprintf(stderr,"reverse scan %s\n",uint256_str(str,batontxid));
         if ( DecodeOraclesData(tx.vout[numvouts-1].scriptPubKey,oracletxid,hash,pk,data) == 'D' && oracletxid == reforacletxid )
         {
+            fprintf(stderr,"decoded %s\n",uint256_str(str,batontxid));
             if ( oracle_format(&hash,&merkleht,0,'I',(uint8_t *)data.data(),0,(int32_t)data.size()) == sizeof(int32_t) && merkleht == height )
             {
+                fprintf(stderr,"found merkleht.%d\n",merkleht);
                 if ( oracle_format(&hash,&val,0,'h',(uint8_t *)data.data(),sizeof(int32_t),(int32_t)data.size()) == sizeof(hash) &&
                     oracle_format(&mhash,&val,0,'h',(uint8_t *)data.data(),(int32_t)(sizeof(int32_t)+sizeof(uint256)),(int32_t)data.size()) == sizeof(hash) && mhash != zeroid )
                 {
                     txid = batontxid;
+                    fprintf(stderr,"set txid\n");
                     return(mhash);
-                } else return(zeroid);
-            }
-        } //else break;
-        batontxid = hash;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    fprintf(stderr,"missing hash\n");
+                    return(zeroid);
+                }
+            } else fprintf(stderr,"height.%d vs search ht.%d\n",merkleht,height);
+            batontxid = hash;
+        } else break;
     }
+    fprintf(stderr,"end of loop\n");
     return(zeroid);
 }