diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index dd8a6580d..fd890f5c9 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void Shutdown()
     /// for example if the data directory was found to be locked.
     /// Be sure that anything that writes files or flushes caches only does this if the respective
     /// module was initialized.
-    RenameThread("zcash-shutoff");
+    RenameThread("verus-shutoff");
     mempool.AddTransactionsUpdated(1);
 
     StopHTTPRPC();
@@ -1871,6 +1871,8 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 #ifdef ENABLE_MINING
     // Generate coins in the background
  #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
+    VERUS_MINTBLOCKS = GetBoolArg("-mint", false);
+
     if (pwalletMain || !GetArg("-mineraddress", "").empty())
         GenerateBitcoins(GetBoolArg("-gen", false), pwalletMain, GetArg("-genproclimit", 0));
  #else
diff --git a/src/komodo_utils.h b/src/komodo_utils.h
index 6d145ea4f..827b19812 100644
--- a/src/komodo_utils.h
+++ b/src/komodo_utils.h
@@ -1661,8 +1661,6 @@ void komodo_args(char *argv0)
     }
     else KOMODO_MININGTHREADS = 0;
 
-    VERUS_MINTBLOCKS = GetBoolArg("-mint", false);
-
     VERUS_CHEATCATCHER = GetArg("-cheatcatcher", "");
 
     if ( (KOMODO_EXCHANGEWALLET= GetBoolArg("-exchange", false)) != 0 )