diff --git a/basilisk/basilisk.c b/basilisk/basilisk.c
index 72b647212..f0d7acb18 100755
--- a/basilisk/basilisk.c
+++ b/basilisk/basilisk.c
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ void basilisks_loop(void *arg)
         {
             if ( notary != 0 )
                 basilisk_ping_send(myinfo,notary);
-            if ( (counter++ % 10) == 0 )
+            if ( (counter++ % 10) == 0 && myinfo->DPOW.symbol[0] != 0 && myinfo->DPOW.dest[0] != 0 )
                 iguana_dPoWupdate(myinfo);
             endmilli = startmilli + 500;
         }
diff --git a/iguana/iguana_notary.c b/iguana/iguana_notary.c
index 22591996b..4bdb38a23 100755
--- a/iguana/iguana_notary.c
+++ b/iguana/iguana_notary.c
@@ -1113,6 +1113,7 @@ TWO_STRINGS(iguana,dpow,symbol,pubkey)
     decode_hex(myinfo->DPOW.minerkey33,33,pubkey);
     if ( bitcoin_pubkeylen(myinfo->DPOW.minerkey33) <= 0 )
         return(clonestr("{\"error\":\"illegal pubkey\"}"));
+    strcpy(myinfo->DPOW.symbol,symbol);
     if ( strcmp(myinfo->DPOW.symbol,"KMD") == 0 )
     {
         strcpy(myinfo->DPOW.dest,"BTC");