diff --git a/src/rpcclient.cpp b/src/rpcclient.cpp
index 62278b725..5b89b18c4 100644
--- a/src/rpcclient.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcclient.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static const CRPCConvertParam vRPCConvertParams[] =
     { "notaries", 1 },
     { "minerids", 1 },
     { "kvsearch", 1 },
-    { "kvupdate", 5 },
+    { "kvupdate", 4 },
 };
 
 class CRPCConvertTable
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index dad420d02..9a68a5914 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -572,20 +572,20 @@ Value kvupdate(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
     static uint256 zeroes;
     CWalletTx wtx; Object ret;
     uint8_t keyvalue[IGUANA_MAXSCRIPTSIZE],opretbuf[IGUANA_MAXSCRIPTSIZE]; int32_t i,coresize,haveprivkey,duration,opretlen,height; uint16_t keylen,valuesize=0,refvaluesize=0; uint8_t *key,*value=0; uint32_t flags,tmpflags; struct komodo_kv *ptr; uint64_t fee; uint256 privkey,pubkey,refpubkey,sig;
-    if (fHelp || params.size() < 2 )
-        throw runtime_error("kvupdate key value [flags] [passphrase]");
+    if (fHelp || params.size() < 4 )
+        throw runtime_error("kvupdate key value flags passphrase");
     if (!EnsureWalletIsAvailable(fHelp))
         return 0;
+    haveprivkey = 0;
+    memset(&sig,0,sizeof(sig));
+    memset(&privkey,0,sizeof(privkey));
+    memset(&pubkey,0,sizeof(pubkey));
     if ( params.size() >= 3 )
     {
         flags = atoi(params[2].get_str().c_str());
         printf("flags.%d (%s)\n",flags,params[2].get_str().c_str());
     } else flags = 0;
-    haveprivkey = 0;
-    memset(&sig,0,sizeof(sig));
-    memset(&privkey,0,sizeof(privkey));
-    memset(&pubkey,0,sizeof(pubkey));
-    if ( params.size() >= 4 )
+    //if ( params.size() >= 4 )
     {
         privkey = komodo_kvprivkey(&pubkey,(char *)params[3].get_str().c_str());
         haveprivkey = 1;