diff --git a/src/cc/CCutils.cpp b/src/cc/CCutils.cpp
index 073c2b508..bdeb93481 100644
--- a/src/cc/CCutils.cpp
+++ b/src/cc/CCutils.cpp
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ CPubKey GetUnspendable(struct CCcontract_info *cp,uint8_t *unspendablepriv)
 bool ProcessCC(struct CCcontract_info *cp,Eval* eval, std::vector<uint8_t> paramsNull,const CTransaction &ctx, unsigned int nIn)
 {
     CTransaction createTx; uint256 assetid,assetid2,hashBlock; uint8_t funcid; int32_t i,n; int64_t amount; std::vector<uint8_t> origpubkey;
+    if ( KOMODO_CONNECTING < 0 ) // always comes back with > 0 for final confirmation
+        return(true);
     fprintf(stderr,"KOMODO_CONNECTING.%d\n",KOMODO_CONNECTING);
     // there is a chance CC tx is valid in mempool, but invalid when in block, so we cant filter duplicate requests. if any of the vins are spent, for example
     //txid = ctx.GetHash();