diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 738d94377..4adde6681 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1147,9 +1147,11 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     // Option to startup with mocktime set (used for regression testing):
     SetMockTime(GetArg("-mocktime", 0)); // SetMockTime(0) is a no-op
 
-    if (GetBoolArg("-peerbloomfilters", true))
-        nLocalServices |= NODE_BLOOM;
-
+    if ( KOMODO_NSPV == 0 )
+    {
+        if (GetBoolArg("-peerbloomfilters", true))
+            nLocalServices |= NODE_BLOOM;
+    }
     nMaxTipAge = GetArg("-maxtipage", DEFAULT_MAX_TIP_AGE);
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_MINING
diff --git a/src/komodo_nSPV.h b/src/komodo_nSPV.h
index d4a4fd90f..e0a003fcd 100644
--- a/src/komodo_nSPV.h
+++ b/src/komodo_nSPV.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 // CC signing
 // make sure to sanity check all vector lengths on receipt
 // make sure no files are updated (this is to allow nSPV=1 and later nSPV=0 without affecting database)
+// bug: under load, fullnode was returning all 0 nServices
 
 #ifndef KOMODO_NSPV_H
 #define KOMODO_NSPV_H
diff --git a/src/komodo_nSPV_fullnode.h b/src/komodo_nSPV_fullnode.h
index cdfb0f57e..948846fe5 100644
--- a/src/komodo_nSPV_fullnode.h
+++ b/src/komodo_nSPV_fullnode.h
@@ -210,12 +210,17 @@ int32_t NSPV_sendrawtransaction(struct NSPV_broadcastresp *ptr,uint8_t *data,int
     {
         LOCK(cs_main);
         ptr->txid = tx.GetHash();
-        fprintf(stderr,"addmempool transaction %s\n",ptr->txid.GetHex().c_str());
+        fprintf(stderr,"try to addmempool transaction %s\n",ptr->txid.GetHex().c_str());
         if ( myAddtomempool(tx) != 0 )
+        {
+            int32_t i;
+            for (i=0; i<n; i++)
+                fprintf(stderr,"%02x",data[i]);
+            fprintf(stderr," relay transaction %s retcode.%d\n",ptr->txid.GetHex().c_str(),ptr->retcode);
             ptr->retcode = 1;
-        else ptr->retcode = 0;
-        //fprintf(stderr,"relay transaction %s retcode.%d\n",ptr->txid.GetHex().c_str(),ptr->retcode);
-        RelayTransaction(tx);
+            RelayTransaction(tx);
+        } else ptr->retcode = -3;
+
     } else ptr->retcode = -1;
     return(sizeof(*ptr));
 }
diff --git a/src/komodo_nSPV_superlite.h b/src/komodo_nSPV_superlite.h
index 75fffb761..9a30ddc44 100644
--- a/src/komodo_nSPV_superlite.h
+++ b/src/komodo_nSPV_superlite.h
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ void komodo_nSPVresp(CNode *pfrom,std::vector<uint8_t> response) // received a r
 CNode *NSPV_req(CNode *pnode,uint8_t *msg,int32_t len,uint64_t mask,int32_t ind)
 {
     int32_t n,flag = 0; CNode *pnodes[64]; uint32_t timestamp = (uint32_t)time(NULL);
+    //if ( KOMODO_NSPV == 0 )
+    //    return(0);
     if ( pnode == 0 )
     {
         memset(pnodes,0,sizeof(pnodes));
@@ -129,7 +131,8 @@ CNode *NSPV_req(CNode *pnode,uint8_t *msg,int32_t len,uint64_t mask,int32_t ind)
         std::vector<uint8_t> request;
         request.resize(len);
         memcpy(&request[0],msg,len);
-        //fprintf(stderr,"pushmessage [%d] len.%d\n",msg[0],len);
+        if ( KOMODO_NSPV == 0 )
+            fprintf(stderr,"pushmessage [%d] len.%d\n",msg[0],len);
         pnode->PushMessage("getnSPV",request);
         pnode->prevtimes[ind] = timestamp;
         return(pnode);
diff --git a/src/komodo_nSPV_wallet.h b/src/komodo_nSPV_wallet.h
index e0a477ed3..6cf2e82c6 100644
--- a/src/komodo_nSPV_wallet.h
+++ b/src/komodo_nSPV_wallet.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ bool NSPV_SignTx(CMutableTransaction &mtx,int32_t vini,int64_t utxovalue,const C
             fprintf(stderr,"%02x",((uint8_t *)&scriptPubKey)[i]);
         fprintf(stderr," scriptPubKey\n");
     }
-    if ( nTime < KOMODO_SAPLING_ACTIVATION )
+    if ( nTime != 0 && nTime < KOMODO_SAPLING_ACTIVATION )
     {
         fprintf(stderr,"use legacy sig validation\n");
         branchid = 0;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 339f4e790..a8ff33c2b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -3974,7 +3974,8 @@ bool static FlushStateToDisk(CValidationState &state, FlushStateMode mode) {
 
 void FlushStateToDisk() {
     CValidationState state;
-    FlushStateToDisk(state, FLUSH_STATE_ALWAYS);
+    if ( KOMODO_NSPV == 0 )
+        FlushStateToDisk(state, FLUSH_STATE_ALWAYS);
 }
 
 void PruneAndFlush() {
@@ -7247,7 +7248,7 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
         {
             if ( (pfrom->nServices & NODE_NSPV) == 0 )
             {
-                //fprintf(stderr,"invalid nSPV peer.%d\n",pfrom->id);
+                // fprintf(stderr,"invalid nServices.%llx nSPV peer.%d\n",(long long)pfrom->nServices,pfrom->id);
                 pfrom->fDisconnect = true;
                 return false;
             }
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 0586d7124..02cddd3e2 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ void CNode::CloseSocketDisconnect()
         vRecvMsg.clear();
 }
 
+extern int32_t KOMODO_NSPV;
+
 void CNode::PushVersion()
 {
     int nBestHeight = g_signals.GetHeight().get_value_or(0);
@@ -458,7 +460,7 @@ void CNode::PushVersion()
         LogPrint("net", "send version message: version %d, blocks=%d, us=%s, peer=%d\n", PROTOCOL_VERSION, nBestHeight, addrMe.ToString(), id);
     PushMessage("version", PROTOCOL_VERSION, nLocalServices, nTime, addrYou, addrMe,
                 nLocalHostNonce, strSubVersion, nBestHeight, true);
-//fprintf(stderr,"PUSH services.%llx\n",(long long)nLocalServices);
+//fprintf(stderr,"KOMODO_NSPV.%d PUSH services.%llx\n",KOMODO_NSPV,(long long)nLocalServices);
 }
 
 
@@ -1841,7 +1843,7 @@ bool StopNode()
         for (int i=0; i<MAX_OUTBOUND_CONNECTIONS; i++)
             semOutbound->post();
 
-    if (fAddressesInitialized)
+    if (KOMODO_NSPV == 0 && fAddressesInitialized)
     {
         DumpAddresses();
         fAddressesInitialized = false;