diff --git a/src/cc/CCutils.cpp b/src/cc/CCutils.cpp
index 3c4c6c67c..f47bc4212 100644
--- a/src/cc/CCutils.cpp
+++ b/src/cc/CCutils.cpp
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ bool komodo_txnotarizedconfirmed(uint256 txid)
         fprintf(stderr,"komodo_txnotarizedconfirmed no hashBlock for txid %s\n",txid.ToString().c_str());
         return(0);
     }
-    else if ( (pindex= mapBlockIndex[hashBlock]) == 0 || (txheight= pindex->GetHeight()) <= 0 )
+    else if ( (pindex= komodo_blockindex(hashBlock)) == 0 || (txheight= pindex->GetHeight()) <= 0 )
     {
         fprintf(stderr,"komodo_txnotarizedconfirmed no txheight.%d %p for txid %s\n",txheight,pindex,txid.ToString().c_str());
         return(0);
diff --git a/src/cc/payments.cpp b/src/cc/payments.cpp
index 526fea52f..8bd41b333 100644
--- a/src/cc/payments.cpp
+++ b/src/cc/payments.cpp
@@ -314,10 +314,10 @@ bool PaymentsValidate(struct CCcontract_info *cp,Eval* eval,const CTransaction &
                         }
                     }
                     // check the chain depth vs locked blocks requirement. 
-                    CBlockIndex* pblockindex = mapBlockIndex[blockhash];
-                    if ( pblockindex->GetHeight() > ht-lockedblocks )
+                    CBlockIndex* pblockindex = komodo_blockindex(blockhash);
+                    if ( pblockindex == 0 || pblockindex->GetHeight() > ht-lockedblocks )
                     {
-                        fprintf(stderr, "vin.%i is not elegible to be spent yet height.%i vs elegible_ht.%i\n", i, pblockindex->GetHeight(), ht-lockedblocks);
+                        fprintf(stderr, "vin.%i is not elegible to be spent yet height.%i vs elegible_ht.%i\n", i, pblockindex!=0?pblockindex->GetHeight():0, ht-lockedblocks);
                         return(eval->Invalid("vin not elegible"));
                     }
                 } else return(eval->Invalid("cant get vin transaction"));
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 40da1b855..2e0102b8b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -6413,8 +6413,8 @@ bool LoadExternalBlockFile(FILE* fileIn, CDiskBlockPos *dbp)
                         nLoaded++;
                     if (state.IsError())
                         break;
-                } else if (hash != chainparams.GetConsensus().hashGenesisBlock && mapBlockIndex[hash]->GetHeight() % 1000 == 0) {
-                    LogPrintf("Block Import: already had block %s at height %d\n", hash.ToString(), mapBlockIndex[hash]->GetHeight());
+                } else if (hash != chainparams.GetConsensus().hashGenesisBlock && komodo_blockheight(hash) % 1000 == 0) {
+                    LogPrintf("Block Import: already had block %s at height %d\n", hash.ToString(), komodo_blockheight(hash));
                 }
 
                 // Recursively process earlier encountered successors of this block