diff --git a/src/irc.cpp b/src/irc.cpp
index 10491884..c0b3b747 100644
--- a/src/irc.cpp
+++ b/src/irc.cpp
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ void ThreadIRCSeed2(void* parg)
         }
         
         if (fTestNet) {
-            Send(hSocket, "JOIN #bitcoinTEST\r");
-            Send(hSocket, "WHO #bitcoinTEST\r");
+            Send(hSocket, "JOIN #bitcoinTEST3\r");
+            Send(hSocket, "WHO #bitcoinTEST3\r");
         } else {
             // randomly join #bitcoin00-#bitcoin99
             int channel_number = GetRandInt(100);
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 96718cf1..dd1a7b90 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1926,12 +1926,11 @@ bool LoadBlockIndex(bool fAllowNew)
 {
     if (fTestNet)
     {
-        hashGenesisBlock = uint256("0x00000007199508e34a9ff81e6ec0c477a4cccff2a4767a8eee39c11db367b008");
-        bnProofOfWorkLimit = CBigNum(~uint256(0) >> 28);
         pchMessageStart[0] = 0xfa;
         pchMessageStart[1] = 0xbf;
         pchMessageStart[2] = 0xb5;
         pchMessageStart[3] = 0xda;
+        hashGenesisBlock = uint256("000000000933ea01ad0ee984209779baaec3ced90fa3f408719526f8d77f4943");
     }
 
     //
@@ -1977,8 +1976,7 @@ bool LoadBlockIndex(bool fAllowNew)
         if (fTestNet)
         {
             block.nTime    = 1296688602;
-            block.nBits    = 0x1d07fff8;
-            block.nNonce   = 384568319;
+            block.nNonce   = 414098458;
         }
 
         //// debug print
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 3ab30baf..b07c9c1b 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ const boost::filesystem::path &GetDataDir(bool fNetSpecific)
         path = GetDefaultDataDir();
     }
     if (fNetSpecific && GetBoolArg("-testnet", false))
-        path /= "testnet";
+        path /= "testnet3";
 
     fs::create_directory(path);