diff --git a/src/cryptonote_basic/difficulty.cpp b/src/cryptonote_basic/difficulty.cpp
index f3ff538c8..39e97695d 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_basic/difficulty.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_basic/difficulty.cpp
@@ -243,33 +243,35 @@ namespace cryptonote {
 
 // LWMA-2 difficulty algorithm
 // Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Zawy, MIT License
-// See commented version in https://github.com/zawy12/difficulty-algorithms/issues/3 
-// for required config file changes.
+// https://github.com/zawy12/difficulty-algorithms/issues/3
+// See commented version for required config file changes.
 
-difficulty_type next_difficulty_v3(std::vector<std::uint64_t> timestamps, std::vector<difficulty_type> cumulative_difficulties) {
+difficulty_type next_difficulty_v3(std::vector<uint64_t> timestamps, std::vector<difficulty_type> cumulative_difficulties) {
  
     int64_t  T = DIFFICULTY_TARGET_V2;
     int64_t  N = DIFFICULTY_WINDOW_V2;
     int64_t  FTL = CRYPTONOTE_BLOCK_FUTURE_TIME_LIMIT_V3;
     int64_t  L(0), ST, sum_3_ST(0), next_D, prev_D;
 
+    assert(timestamps.size() == cumulative_difficulties.size() && timestamps.size() <= static_cast<uint64_t>(N+1) );
+
     // TODO: change initial_difficulty_guess before v9 mainnet hard fork 
     // if ( height >= fork_height && height <= fork_height+N )  { return difficulty_guess; }
-    uint64_t initial_difficulty_guess = 100;
-    if (timestamps.size() <= 6 ) {   return initial_difficulty_guess;   }
-    else if ( timestamps.size() < static_cast<uint64_t>(N +1) ) { N=timestamps.size()-1;  }
+    uint64_t difficulty_guess = 100;
+    if (timestamps.size() <= 10 ) { return difficulty_guess; }
+    if ( timestamps.size() < static_cast<uint64_t>(N +1) ) { N = timestamps.size()-1; }
 
     for ( int64_t i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
-      ST = std::max(-FTL, std::min( (int64_t)(timestamps[i]) - (int64_t)(timestamps[i-1]), 6*T));
-      L +=  ST * i ;
+      ST = std::max(-FTL, std::min( static_cast<int64_t>(timestamps[i]) - static_cast<int64_t>(timestamps[i-1]), 6*T));
+      L += ST * i ;
       if ( i > N-3 ) { sum_3_ST += ST; }
     }
 
-    next_D = ((int64_t)(cumulative_difficulties[N] - cumulative_difficulties[0])*T*(N+1)*99)/(100*2*L);
+    next_D = (static_cast<int64_t>(cumulative_difficulties[N] - cumulative_difficulties[0])*T*(N+1)*99)/(100*2*L);
 
     prev_D = cumulative_difficulties[N] - cumulative_difficulties[N-1];
     next_D = std::max((prev_D*67)/100, std::min( next_D, (prev_D*150)/100));
-    if ( sum_3_ST < (8*T)/10) {  next_D = (prev_D*110)/100; }
+    if ( sum_3_ST < (8*T)/10) { next_D = std::max(next_D,(prev_D*110)/100); }
 
     return static_cast<uint64_t>(next_D);
   }
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
index a7a87cbd5..68a36efd2 100755
--- a/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
@@ -9141,7 +9141,7 @@ uint64_t wallet2::get_daemon_blockchain_target_height(string &err)
 uint64_t wallet2::get_approximate_blockchain_height() const
 {
   // time of v8 fork
-  const time_t fork_time = m_nettype == TESTNET ? 1530634467 : m_nettype == STAGENET ? 1530635153 : 1524622167;
+  const time_t fork_time = m_nettype == TESTNET ? 1532756009 : m_nettype == STAGENET ? 1530635153 : 1524622167;
   // v8 fork block
   const uint64_t fork_block = m_nettype == TESTNET ? 10 : m_nettype == STAGENET ? 10 : 6969;
   // avg seconds per block