diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index ae61ea51b..ef029025b 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <wolfssl/ssl.h>
 #include <hush/tlsmanager.cpp>
 using namespace hush;
+extern int32_t HUSH_TESTNODE;
 
 // Dump addresses to peers.dat every 5 minutes (300s)
 // Satoshi originally used 10 seconds(!), did they know something Peter Wuille didn't?
@@ -2120,7 +2121,12 @@ void RelayTransaction(const CTransaction& tx, const CDataStream& ss)
     random_shuffle( vRelayNodes.begin(), vRelayNodes.end(), GetRandInt );
 
     vRelayNodes.resize(newSize);
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s: Relaying to %lu of %lu peers\n", __func__, newSize, vNodes.size() );
+    if (HUSH_TESTNODE==1 && vNodes.size() == 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: -testnode=1, no peers, not relaying\n", __func__ );
+        return;
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: Relaying to %lu of %lu peers\n", __func__, newSize, vNodes.size() );
+    }
 
     // Only relay to randomly chosen 50% of peers
     BOOST_FOREACH(CNode* pnode, vRelayNodes)
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index e3f5e5064..c1755cf07 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ UniValue z_getoperationstatus_IMPL(const UniValue&, bool);
 
 #define PLAN_NAME_MAX   8
 #define VALID_PLAN_NAME(x)  (strlen(x) <= PLAN_NAME_MAX)
-#define THROW_IF_SYNCING(INSYNC)  if (INSYNC == 0) { throw runtime_error(strprintf("%s: Extreme Privacy! Chain still syncing at height %d, aborting to prevent linkability analysis. Please wait until FULLY SYNCED and try again.",__FUNCTION__,chainActive.Tip()->GetHeight())); }
+#define THROW_IF_SYNCING(INSYNC)  if (HUSH_TESTNODE == 0 && INSYNC == 0) { throw runtime_error(strprintf("%s: Extreme Privacy! Chain still syncing at height %d, aborting to prevent linkability analysis. Please wait until FULLY SYNCED and try again.",__FUNCTION__,chainActive.Tip()->GetHeight())); }
 
 int tx_height( const uint256 &hash );