diff --git a/src/cc/CCinclude.h b/src/cc/CCinclude.h
index 83c85e551..28091b957 100644
--- a/src/cc/CCinclude.h
+++ b/src/cc/CCinclude.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ so you can pay to a pubkey, or to its hash. or to a script's hash. the last is h
 all of the above are the standard bitcoin vout types and there should be plenty of materials about it
 Encrypted by a verified device
 what I did with the CC contracts is created a fourth type of vout, the CC vout. this is using the cryptoconditions standard and it is even a different signature mechanism. ed25519 instead of secp256k1. it is basically a big extension to the bitcoin script. There is a special opcode that is added that says it is a CC script.
- 
+
 but it gets more interesting
 each CC script has an evalcode
 this is just an arbitrary number. but what it does is allows to create a self-contained universe of CC utxo that all have the same evalcode and that is how a faucet CC differentiates itself from a dice CC, the eval code is different
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ struct CC_utxo
 
 // these are the parameters stored after Verus crypto-condition vouts. new versions may change
 // the format
-struct CC_meta 
+struct CC_meta
 {
     std::vector<unsigned char> version;
     uint8_t evalCode;
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ int32_t komodo_nextheight();
 static const uint256 zeroid;
 bool myGetTransaction(const uint256 &hash, CTransaction &txOut, uint256 &hashBlock);
 int32_t is_hexstr(char *str,int32_t n);
-bool myAddtomempool(CTransaction &tx, CValidationState *pstate = NULL);
+bool myAddtomempool(CTransaction &tx, CValidationState *pstate = NULL, bool fSkipExpiry = false);
 //uint64_t myGettxout(uint256 hash,int32_t n);
 bool myIsutxo_spentinmempool(uint256 txid,int32_t vout);
 bool mytxid_inmempool(uint256 txid);
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c811fa65f..3cee45552 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ CAmount GetMinRelayFee(const CTransaction& tx, unsigned int nBytes, bool fAllowF
 }
 
 
-bool AcceptToMemoryPool(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const CTransaction &tx, bool fLimitFree,bool* pfMissingInputs, bool fRejectAbsurdFee, int dosLevel)
+bool AcceptToMemoryPool(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const CTransaction &tx, bool fLimitFree,bool* pfMissingInputs, bool fRejectAbsurdFee, int dosLevel, bool fSkipExpiry)
 {
     AssertLockHeld(cs_main);
     if (pfMissingInputs)
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPool(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const CTransa
     }
     // DoS level set to 10 to be more forgiving.
     // Check transaction contextually against the set of consensus rules which apply in the next block to be mined.
-    if (!ContextualCheckTransaction(tx, state, nextBlockHeight, (dosLevel == -1) ? 10 : dosLevel))
+    if (!fSkipExpiry && !ContextualCheckTransaction(tx, state, nextBlockHeight, (dosLevel == -1) ? 10 : dosLevel))
     {
         return error("AcceptToMemoryPool: ContextualCheckTransaction failed");
     }
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPool(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const CTransa
                         if (pfMissingInputs)
                             *pfMissingInputs = true;
                         //fprintf(stderr,"missing inputs\n");
-                        //return state.DoS(0, error("AcceptToMemoryPool: tx inputs not found"),REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-inputs-missing");
+                        return state.DoS(0, error("AcceptToMemoryPool: tx inputs not found"),REJECT_INVALID, "bad-txns-inputs-missing");
                         return(false);
                     }
                 }
@@ -1975,14 +1975,14 @@ bool GetAddressUnspent(uint160 addressHash, int type,
     else return(coins.vout[n].nValue);
 }*/
 
-bool myAddtomempool(CTransaction &tx, CValidationState *pstate)
+bool myAddtomempool(CTransaction &tx, CValidationState *pstate, bool fSkipExpiry)
 {
     CValidationState state;
     if (!pstate)
         pstate = &state;
     CTransaction Ltx; bool fMissingInputs,fOverrideFees = false;
     if ( mempool.lookup(tx.GetHash(),Ltx) == 0 )
-        return(AcceptToMemoryPool(mempool, *pstate, tx, false, &fMissingInputs, !fOverrideFees));
+        return(AcceptToMemoryPool(mempool, *pstate, tx, false, &fMissingInputs, !fOverrideFees, -1, fSkipExpiry));
     else return(true);
 }
 
@@ -4686,7 +4686,7 @@ bool CheckBlock(int32_t *futureblockp,int32_t height,CBlockIndex *pindex,const C
         BOOST_FOREACH(const CTxMemPoolEntry& e, mempool.mapTx) {
             const CTransaction &tx = e.GetTx();
             const uint256 &hash = tx.GetHash();
-            if ( tx.vjoinsplit.size() == 0 ) {
+            if ( tx.vjoinsplit.empty() && tx.vShieldedSpend.empty()) {
                 transactionsToRemove.push_back(tx);
                 tmpmempool.addUnchecked(hash,e,true);
             }
@@ -4705,10 +4705,10 @@ bool CheckBlock(int32_t *futureblockp,int32_t height,CBlockIndex *pindex,const C
                 CValidationState state;
                 CTransaction Tx;
                 const CTransaction &tx = (CTransaction)block.vtx[i];
-                if (tx.IsCoinBase() || ((i == (block.vtx.size() - 1)) && (ASSETCHAINS_STAKED && komodo_isPoS((CBlock *)&block) != 0)))
+                if (tx.IsCoinBase() || (!tx.vjoinsplit.empty() && !tx.vShieldedSpend.empty()) || ((i == (block.vtx.size() - 1)) && (ASSETCHAINS_STAKED && komodo_isPoS((CBlock *)&block) != 0)))
                     continue;
                 Tx = tx;
-                if ( myAddtomempool(Tx, &state) == false ) // happens with out of order tx in block on resync
+                if ( myAddtomempool(Tx, &state, true) == false ) // happens with out of order tx in block on resync
                 {
                     //LogPrintf("Rejected by mempool, reason: .%s.\n", state.GetRejectReason().c_str());
                     // take advantage of other checks, but if we were only rejected because it is a valid staking
@@ -4773,9 +4773,7 @@ bool CheckBlock(int32_t *futureblockp,int32_t height,CBlockIndex *pindex,const C
         {
             const CTransaction &tx = e.GetTx();
             const uint256 &hash = tx.GetHash();
-            if ( tx.vjoinsplit.size() == 0 ) {
-                mempool.addUnchecked(hash,e,true);
-            }
+            mempool.addUnchecked(hash,e,true);
         }
         //fprintf(stderr, "finished adding back. mempoolsize.%ld\n",mempool.size());
         // empty the temp mempool for next time.
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 00055b39c..fdd9fcae8 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void PruneAndFlush();
 
 /** (try to) add transaction to memory pool **/
 bool AcceptToMemoryPool(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const CTransaction &tx, bool fLimitFree,
-                        bool* pfMissingInputs, bool fRejectAbsurdFee=false, int dosLevel=-1);
+                        bool* pfMissingInputs, bool fRejectAbsurdFee=false, int dosLevel=-1, bool fSkipExpiry=false);
 
 
 struct CNodeStateStats {