diff --git a/src/komodo_kv.h b/src/komodo_kv.h
index 6961bd8e0..30d584634 100644
--- a/src/komodo_kv.h
+++ b/src/komodo_kv.h
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ void komodo_kvupdate(uint8_t *opretbuf,int32_t opretlen,uint64_t value)
                 {
                     tstr = (char *)"transfer:";
                     transferpubstr = (char *)&valueptr[strlen(tstr)];
-                    printf("transfer.(%s) to [%s]? ishex.%d\n",key,transferpubstr,is_hexstr(transferpubstr,0));
                     if ( strncmp(tstr,(char *)valueptr,strlen(tstr)) == 0 && is_hexstr(transferpubstr,0) == 64 )
                     {
+                        printf("transfer.(%s) to [%s]? ishex.%d\n",key,transferpubstr,is_hexstr(transferpubstr,0));
                         for (i=0; i<32; i++)
                             ((uint8_t *)&pubkey)[31-i] = _decode_hex(&transferpubstr[i*2]);
                     }