diff --git a/src/cc/CCutils.cpp b/src/cc/CCutils.cpp
index 61bebab40..54a9a0225 100644
--- a/src/cc/CCutils.cpp
+++ b/src/cc/CCutils.cpp
@@ -255,10 +255,16 @@ 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;
-    fprintf(stderr,"KOMODO_CONNECTING.%d\n",KOMODO_CONNECTING);
+    CTransaction createTx; uint256 assetid,assetid2,hashBlock; uint8_t funcid; int32_t height,i,n,from_mempool = 0; int64_t amount; std::vector<uint8_t> origpubkey;
     if ( KOMODO_CONNECTING < 0 ) // always comes back with > 0 for final confirmation
         return(true);
+    height = KOMODO_CONNECTING;
+    if ( (KOMODO_CONNECTING & (1<<30)) != 0 )
+    {
+        from_mempool = 1;
+        height &= ((1<<30) - 1);
+    }
+    fprintf(stderr,"KOMODO_CONNECTING.%d mempool.%d\n",height,from_mempool);
     // 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();
     //if ( txid == cp->prevtxid )
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index fba7193d0..5c2e02e54 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPool(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const CTransa
         if ( KOMODO_CONNECTING <= 0 && chainActive.LastTip() != 0 )
         {
             flag = 1;
-            KOMODO_CONNECTING = 100000000 + (int32_t)chainActive.LastTip()->nHeight + 1;
+            KOMODO_CONNECTING = (1<<30) + (int32_t)chainActive.LastTip()->nHeight + 1;
         }
         if (!ContextualCheckInputs(tx, state, view, true, MANDATORY_SCRIPT_VERIFY_FLAGS, true, txdata, Params().GetConsensus(), consensusBranchId))
         {