diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 3d1b289bf..cdafada5e 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -4015,7 +4015,8 @@ bool AcceptBlockHeader(int32_t *futureblockp,const CBlockHeader& block, CValidat
     if (miSelf != mapBlockIndex.end())
     {
         // Block header is already known.
-        pindex = miSelf->second;
+        if ( (pindex= miSelf->second) == 0 )
+            pindex = AddToBlockIndex(block);
         if (ppindex)
             *ppindex = pindex;
         if ( pindex != 0 && pindex->nStatus & BLOCK_FAILED_MASK )
@@ -4026,6 +4027,7 @@ bool AcceptBlockHeader(int32_t *futureblockp,const CBlockHeader& block, CValidat
             memset(&komodo_requestedhash,0,sizeof(komodo_requestedhash));
             komodo_requestedcount = 0;
         }*/
+
         //if ( pindex == 0 )
         //    fprintf(stderr,"accepthdr %s already known but no pindex\n",hash.ToString().c_str());
         return true;