diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3b0d911ad..558848c08 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ agents/win32/DB/.tmpmarker
 agents/win32/DB/purgeable/.tmpmarker
 agents/*
 
+iguana/confs/BTC_hdrs.txt
+
diff --git a/iguana/iguana_volatiles.c b/iguana/iguana_volatiles.c
index 3d6f78761..131279d92 100755
--- a/iguana/iguana_volatiles.c
+++ b/iguana/iguana_volatiles.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ int32_t iguana_volatilesmap(struct iguana_info *coin,struct iguana_ramchain *ram
             numhdrsi = *(int32_t *)ramchain->debitsfileptr;
             memcpy(balancehash.bytes,(void *)((long)ramchain->debitsfileptr + sizeof(numhdrsi)),sizeof(balancehash));
             memcpy(allbundles.bytes,(void *)((long)ramchain->debitsfileptr + sizeof(numhdrsi) + sizeof(balancehash)),sizeof(allbundles));
-            if ( coin->balanceswritten == 0 )
+            if ( 1 || coin->balanceswritten == 0 ) // jl777 fixme
             {
                 coin->balanceswritten = numhdrsi;
                 coin->balancehash = balancehash;
diff --git a/includes/iguana_globals.h b/includes/iguana_globals.h
index b4982dacd..d11069dc4 100755
--- a/includes/iguana_globals.h
+++ b/includes/iguana_globals.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ char GLOBAL_GENESISDIR[512] = "genesis";
 char GLOBAL_VALIDATEDIR[512] = "DB/purgeable";
 char GLOBAL_CONFSDIR[512] = "confs";
 #ifdef __linux
-int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 4;
+int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 8;
 #else
 int32_t IGUANA_NUMHELPERS = 1;
 #endif