diff --git a/iguana/dpowassets_3rdparty b/iguana/dpowassets_3rdparty
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e745d1a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iguana/dpowassets_3rdparty
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# dpow for 3rd party coins. 
+set -x
+source pubkey.txt
+echo $pubkey
+sleep 3
+
+curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7779" --data "{\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"dpow\",\"symbol\":\"CHIPS\",\"pubkey\":\"$pubkey\"}"
+curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7779" --data "{\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"dpow\",\"symbol\":\"GAME\",\"freq\":5,\"pubkey\":\"$pubkey\"}"
+curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7779" --data "{\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"dpow\",\"symbol\":\"EMC2\",\"freq\":5,\"pubkey\":\"$pubkey\"}"
+curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7779" --data "{\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"dpow\",\"symbol\":\"GIN\",\"pubkey\":\"$pubkey\"}"
+curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7779" --data "{\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"dpow\",\"symbol\":\"VRSC\",\"freq\":10,\"pubkey\":\"$pubkey\"}"
diff --git a/iguana/iguana_notary.c b/iguana/iguana_notary.c
index 0907b2620..aa69363bd 100755
--- a/iguana/iguana_notary.c
+++ b/iguana/iguana_notary.c
@@ -905,6 +905,8 @@ STRING_ARG(dpow,active,maskhex)
         free_json(infojson);
     } else return(clonestr("{\"error\":\"cant get current height\"}"));
     n = komodo_notaries("KMD",pubkeys,current);
+    if ( myinfo->DPOWS[0]->currentbp == 0 )
+        return(clonestr("{\"error\":\"there is no dpow round yet started to check.\"}"));
     if ( maskhex == 0 || maskhex[0] == 0 )
     {
         return(jprint(dpow_recvmasks(myinfo,myinfo->DPOWS[0],myinfo->DPOWS[0]->currentbp),1));
diff --git a/iguana/m_notary_3rdparty b/iguana/m_notary_3rdparty
index fb4fd21a4..c6b79ccd6 100755
--- a/iguana/m_notary_3rdparty
+++ b/iguana/m_notary_3rdparty
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# manually kill the iguana you need to restart first!
-# unlock any locked utxos. This will unlock utxos for both pubkeys, need a filter for address to only unlock the pubkey you need to restart. 
+pkill -15 iguana
+rm -f ../agents/iguana *.o
+git pull
+./m_notary_build
+
+# unlock any locked utxos. 
 komodo-cli lockunspent true `komodo-cli listlockunspent | jq -c .` 
 
-# Start 3rd party iguana, no split is default on this branch. This uses RPC port 7779, allows 2 iguana on same OS, incase OP does not have capacity to use 2 VM or 2 servers. 
+# Start 3rd party iguana,This uses RPC port 7779.
 stdbuf -oL $1 ../agents/iguana 3rd_party & #> iguana.log 2> error.log  &
 
 myip=`curl -s4 checkip.amazonaws.com`
@@ -13,7 +17,7 @@ sleep 4
 curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7779" --data "{\"agent\":\"SuperNET\",\"method\":\"myipaddr\",\"ipaddr\":\"$myip\"}"
 sleep 3
 
-# TODO: Need to get some seeds for both networks. 
+# TODO: Need to get some more seeds for both networks. 
 curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7779" --data "{\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"addnotary\",\"ipaddr\":\"103.6.12.117\"}"
 curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7779" --data "{\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"addnotary\",\"ipaddr\":\"185.137.233.199\"}"
 curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7779" --data "{\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"addnotary\",\"ipaddr\":\"151.80.108.76\"}"
@@ -33,13 +37,3 @@ coins/gin_7779
 coins/vrsc_7779
 
 sleep 30
-
-# dpow for 3rd party coins. 
-source pubkey.txt
-echo $pubkey
-sleep 3
-curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7779" --data "{\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"dpow\",\"symbol\":\"CHIPS\",\"pubkey\":\"$pubkey\"}"
-curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7779" --data "{\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"dpow\",\"symbol\":\"GAME\",\"freq\":5,\"pubkey\":\"$pubkey\"}"
-curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7779" --data "{\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"dpow\",\"symbol\":\"EMC2\",\"freq\":5,\"pubkey\":\"$pubkey\"}"
-curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7779" --data "{\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"dpow\",\"symbol\":\"GIN\",\"pubkey\":\"$pubkey\"}"
-curl --url "http://127.0.0.1:7779" --data "{\"agent\":\"iguana\",\"method\":\"dpow\",\"symbol\":\"VRSC\",\"freq\":10,\"pubkey\":\"$pubkey\"}"