diff --git a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
index cc409c43..24142968 100644
--- a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ json_spirit::Value CRPCTable::execute(const std::string &strMethod, const json_s
 
     // Observe safe mode
     string strWarning = GetWarnings("rpc");
-    if (strWarning != "" && !GetBoolArg("-disablesafemode", false) &&
+    if (strWarning != "" && !GetBoolArg("-disablesafemode", true) &&
         !pcmd->okSafeMode)
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_FORBIDDEN_BY_SAFE_MODE, string("Safe mode: ") + strWarning);
 
diff --git a/src/checkpoints.cpp b/src/checkpoints.cpp
index 82ef913f..09b8a9f7 100644
--- a/src/checkpoints.cpp
+++ b/src/checkpoints.cpp
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ namespace Checkpoints
         boost::assign::map_list_of
         ( 121, uint256("0xcfdd9b4eb621c93163af7b730b3590b7a90c3d5e233569d76a1c0363527c92ae"))
         ( 13081, uint256("0x5125dc1f6a3b8f1c463baf3e078d8af9f1b35aa4b34fb441e3a7ee391f8727c6"))
+        ( 18000, uint256("0xa3cab01c0e3e9b17b2a63b3cc93d258112f5ad753df1df7bd45e37a5c60814a9"))
         ;
     static const CCheckpointData data = {
         &mapCheckpoints,
-        1388417972, // * UNIX timestamp of last checkpoint block
-        13100,      // * total number of transactions between genesis and last checkpoint
+        1389317765, // * UNIX timestamp of last checkpoint block
+        21106,      // * total number of transactions between genesis and last checkpoint
                     //   (the tx=... number in the SetBestChain debug.log lines)
         144.0     // * estimated number of transactions per day after checkpoint
     };