diff --git a/contrib/seeds/nodes_main.txt b/contrib/seeds/nodes_main.txt
index e25ee3584..83ef1ffae 100644
--- a/contrib/seeds/nodes_main.txt
+++ b/contrib/seeds/nodes_main.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-104.236.42.182
+52.27.78.56
diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp
index 3bd4eef8a..b8f9cc7c8 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparams.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ public:
         vSeeds.clear();
         vFixedSeeds.clear();
 
+        vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("lbrycrd.lbry.io", "testseed.lbrycrd.lbry.io")); // lbry.io
+
         base58Prefixes[PUBKEY_ADDRESS] = std::vector<unsigned char>(1,0);
         base58Prefixes[SCRIPT_ADDRESS] = std::vector<unsigned char>(1,5);
         base58Prefixes[SECRET_KEY] =     std::vector<unsigned char>(1,128);
diff --git a/src/chainparamsseeds.h b/src/chainparamsseeds.h
index cc8602041..91af2e3ad 100644
--- a/src/chainparamsseeds.h
+++ b/src/chainparamsseeds.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * IPv4 as well as onion addresses are wrapped inside a IPv6 address accordingly.
  */
 static SeedSpec6 pnSeed6_main[] = {
-    {{0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0xff,0xff,0x68,0xec,0x2a,0xb6}, 8333}
+    {{0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0xff,0xff,0x34,0x1b,0x4e,0x38}, 8333}
 };
 
 static SeedSpec6 pnSeed6_test[] = {
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index d9357d663..f05e435d5 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -3645,7 +3645,7 @@ bool LoadExternalBlockFile(FILE* fileIn, CDiskBlockPos *dbp)
                 }
 
                 // process in case the block isn't known yet
-                if (mapBlockIndex.count(hash) == 0 || (mapBlockIndex[hash]->nStatus & BLOCK_HAVE_DATA) == 0) {
+                if (hash != chainparams.GetConsensus().hashGenesisBlock && (mapBlockIndex.count(hash) == 0 || (mapBlockIndex[hash]->nStatus & BLOCK_HAVE_DATA) == 0)) {
                     CValidationState state;
                     if (ProcessNewBlock(state, NULL, &block, true, dbp))
                         nLoaded++;