diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab260a201..3feaf44a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/bitcoinj/bitcoinj.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/bitcoinj/bitcoinj)   [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/bitcoinj/bitcoinj/badge.png?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/r/bitcoinj/bitcoinj?branch=master) 
+### Welcome to pivxj
 
-[![Visit our IRC channel](https://kiwiirc.com/buttons/irc.freenode.net/bitcoinj.png)](https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/bitcoinj)
-
-### Welcome to bitcoinj
-
-The bitcoinj library is a Java implementation of the Bitcoin protocol, which allows it to maintain a wallet and send/receive transactions without needing a local copy of Bitcoin Core. It comes with full documentation and some example apps showing how to use it.
+The pivxj library is a Java implementation of the PIVX protocol, which allows it to maintain a wallet and send/receive transactions without needing a local copy of PIVX Core. It comes with full documentation and some example apps showing how to use it.
 
 ### Technologies
 
@@ -41,18 +37,16 @@ These are found in the `examples` module.
 
 #### Forwarding service
 
-This will download the block chain and eventually print a Bitcoin address that it has generated.
+This will download the block chain and eventually print a PIVX address that it has generated.
 
 If you send coins to that address, it will forward them on to the address you specified.
 
 ```
   cd examples
-  mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=org.pivxj.examples.ForwardingService -Dexec.args="<insert a bitcoin address here>"
+  mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=org.pivxj.examples.ForwardingService -Dexec.args="<insert a pivx address here>"
+
 ```
 
 Note that this example app *does not use checkpointing*, so the initial chain sync will be pretty slow. You can make an app that starts up and does the initial sync much faster by including a checkpoints file; see the documentation for
 more info on this technique.
 
-### Where next?
-
-Now you are ready to [follow the tutorial](https://bitcoinj.github.io/getting-started).
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/pivxj/core/Block.java b/core/src/main/java/org/pivxj/core/Block.java
index b33698648..cf7ad2e12 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/pivxj/core/Block.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/pivxj/core/Block.java
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ protected void parse() throws ProtocolException {
             nonce = readUint32();
             //System.out.println("parse nonce: "+nonce);
             int headerSize = getHeaderSize();
-            if (isZerocoin()) {
+            if (isZerocoin() && length >= ZEROCOIN_HEADER_SIZE) {
                 // accumulator
                 zeroCoinAccumulator = readHash(true);
                 //System.out.println("parse zeroCoinAccumulator: "+zeroCoinAccumulator);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/pivxj/core/Message.java b/core/src/main/java/org/pivxj/core/Message.java
index b1acdd00d..93aa453d7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/pivxj/core/Message.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/pivxj/core/Message.java
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ protected long readVarInt(int offset) throws ProtocolException {
 
     protected byte[] readBytes(int length) throws ProtocolException {
         if (length > MAX_SIZE) {
-            log.info("MAx size "+MAX_SIZE);
+            log.info("Max size "+MAX_SIZE);
             throw new ProtocolException("Claimed value length too large: " + length);
         }
         try {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/pivxj/store/LevelDBBlockStore.java b/core/src/main/java/org/pivxj/store/LevelDBBlockStore.java
index 340af4d2e..7a3d134f9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/pivxj/store/LevelDBBlockStore.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/pivxj/store/LevelDBBlockStore.java
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public synchronized void put(StoredBlock block) throws BlockStoreException {
         //System.out.println("### block hash to save: "+blockHash.toString());
         byte[] hash = blockHash.getBytes();
         byte[] dbBuffer = buffer.array();
+
         db.put(hash, dbBuffer);
         // just for now to check something:
         StoredBlock dbBlock = get(Sha256Hash.wrap(hash));
@@ -96,7 +97,9 @@ public synchronized void put(StoredBlock block) throws BlockStoreException {
 
         assert Arrays.equals(dbBuffer,bufferTwo):"database is shit..";
 
-        assert Arrays.equals(dbBlock.getHeader().getHash().getBytes(),hash): "put is different than get in db.. "+block.getHeader().getHashAsString()+", db: "+dbBlock.getHeader().getHashAsString();
+        if (!Arrays.equals(dbBlock.getHeader().getHash().getBytes(),hash)) {
+           assert false : "put is different than get in db.. " + block.getHeader().getHashAsString() + ", db: " + dbBlock.getHeader().getHashAsString();
+        }
     }
 
     @Override @Nullable