diff --git a/src/miner.cpp b/src/miner.cpp
index 5d4d85493..5073923aa 100644
--- a/src/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/miner.cpp
@@ -630,6 +630,12 @@ void static BitcoinMiner(CWallet *pwallet)
                 return;
             }
             CBlock *pblock = &pblocktemplate->block;
+            if ( ASSETCHAINS_SYMBOL[0] != 0 && pblock->vtx[0].vout.size() == 1 && Mining_height > ASSETCHAINS_MINHEIGHT ) // skips when it shouldnt
+            {
+                fprintf(stderr,"skip generating %s on-demand block, no tx avail\n",ASSETCHAINS_SYMBOL);
+                sleep(10);
+                continue;
+            }
             IncrementExtraNonce(pblock, pindexPrev, nExtraNonce);
             LogPrintf("Running KomodoMiner.%s with %u transactions in block (%u bytes)\n",solver.c_str(),pblock->vtx.size(),::GetSerializeSize(*pblock,SER_NETWORK,PROTOCOL_VERSION));
             //
@@ -686,12 +692,6 @@ void static BitcoinMiner(CWallet *pwallet)
             } else Mining_start = 0;
             while (true)
             {
-                if ( 0 && ASSETCHAINS_SYMBOL[0] != 0 && pblock->vtx[0].vout.size() == 1 && Mining_height > ASSETCHAINS_MINHEIGHT ) // skips when it shouldnt
-                {
-                    fprintf(stderr,"skip generating %s on-demand block, no tx avail\n",ASSETCHAINS_SYMBOL);
-                    sleep(10);
-                    break;
-                }
                 // Hash state
                 KOMODO_CHOSEN_ONE = 0;
                 crypto_generichash_blake2b_state state;