diff --git a/src/komodo_utils.h b/src/komodo_utils.h
index 9a8c3c5e0..a29245ac2 100644
--- a/src/komodo_utils.h
+++ b/src/komodo_utils.h
@@ -1502,6 +1502,7 @@ char *argv0names[] =
 void komodo_args(char *argv0)
 {
     extern int64_t MAX_MONEY;
+    extern const char *Notaries_elected1[][2];
     std::string name,addn; char *dirname,fname[512],arg0str[64],magicstr[9]; uint8_t magic[4],extrabuf[256],*extraptr=0; FILE *fp; uint64_t val; uint16_t port; int32_t i,baseid,len,n,extralen = 0;
     IS_KOMODO_NOTARY = GetBoolArg("-notary", false);
     if ( (KOMODO_EXCHANGEWALLET= GetBoolArg("-exchange", false)) != 0 )
@@ -1513,7 +1514,7 @@ void komodo_args(char *argv0)
         USE_EXTERNAL_PUBKEY = 1;
         if ( IS_KOMODO_NOTARY == 0 )
         {
-            for (i=0; i<sizeof(Notaries_elected1)/sizeof(*Notaries_elected1); i++)
+            for (i=0; i<64; i++)
                 if ( strcmp(NOTARY_PUBKEY.c_str(),Notaries_elected1[i][1]) == 0 )
                 {
                     IS_KOMODO_NOTARY = 1;