diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 82d52913a..4aa49531b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1760,9 +1760,9 @@ bool ConnectBlock(CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex, C
 }
 
 // Update the on-disk chain state.
-bool static WriteChainState(CValidationState &state) {
+bool static WriteChainState(CValidationState &state, bool forceWrite=false) {
     static int64_t nLastWrite = 0;
-    if (pcoinsTip->GetCacheSize() > nCoinCacheSize || (!IsInitialBlockDownload() && GetTimeMicros() > nLastWrite + 600*1000000)) {
+    if (forceWrite || pcoinsTip->GetCacheSize() > nCoinCacheSize || (!IsInitialBlockDownload() && GetTimeMicros() > nLastWrite + 600*1000000)) {
         // Typical CCoins structures on disk are around 100 bytes in size.
         // Pushing a new one to the database can cause it to be written
         // twice (once in the log, and once in the tables). This is already
@@ -3022,6 +3022,8 @@ bool InitBlockIndex() {
                 return error("LoadBlockIndex() : genesis block not accepted");
             if (!ActivateBestChain(state, &block))
                 return error("LoadBlockIndex() : genesis block cannot be activated");
+            // Force a chainstate write so that when we VerifyDB in a moment, it doesnt check stale data
+            return WriteChainState(state, true);
         } catch(std::runtime_error &e) {
             return error("LoadBlockIndex() : failed to initialize block database: %s", e.what());
         }
@@ -3157,12 +3159,14 @@ bool LoadExternalBlockFile(FILE* fileIn, CDiskBlockPos *dbp)
                 }
 
                 // process in case the block isn't known yet
-                if (mapBlockIndex.count(hash) == 0) {
+                if (mapBlockIndex.count(hash) == 0 || (mapBlockIndex[hash]->nStatus & BLOCK_HAVE_DATA) == 0) {
                     CValidationState state;
                     if (ProcessNewBlock(state, NULL, &block, dbp))
                         nLoaded++;
                     if (state.IsError())
                         break;
+                } else if (hash != Params().HashGenesisBlock() && mapBlockIndex[hash]->nHeight % 1000 == 0) {
+                    LogPrintf("Block Import: already had block %s at height %d\n", hash.ToString(), mapBlockIndex[hash]->nHeight);
                 }
 
                 // Recursively process earlier encountered successors of this block