diff --git a/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp b/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp
index 0f3dc64db..fa242c8c2 100755
--- a/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp
+++ b/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ namespace cryptonote
       ADD_CHECKPOINT(62425,  "41a922dba6f3906871b2ccaf31ec9c91033470c503959093dae796deda8940ea");
       ADD_CHECKPOINT(62479,  "a2e8ff4205ba2980eb70921b0b21b5fc656ee273664ea94b860c68ca069b60dd");
       ADD_CHECKPOINT(62503,  "25fa115962988b4b8f8cfd22744a3e653b22ead8c8468e64caf334fc75a97d08");
+      ADD_CHECKPOINT(62550,  "bde522a8a81c392c98c979434aa1dd9d20b4ca52230ba6ae0362872757808a48");
+      ADD_CHECKPOINT(62629,  "8368e1ce1d421f1fc969364558433e2b2363d0ffcb5f2d946633095e3e6734f5");
 
       return true;
   }
diff --git a/src/cryptonote_basic/difficulty.cpp b/src/cryptonote_basic/difficulty.cpp
index fbd97df30..530fe81a6 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_basic/difficulty.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_basic/difficulty.cpp
@@ -256,9 +256,9 @@ namespace cryptonote {
 
     assert(timestamps.size() == cumulative_difficulties.size() && timestamps.size() <= static_cast<uint64_t>(N+1) );
 
-    if ( height <= DIFFICULTY_HEIGHT ){ 
+    /*if ( height <= DIFFICULTY_HEIGHT ){ 
       return static_cast<uint64_t>(DIFFICULTY_GUESS); 
-    }
+    }*/
 
     for ( int64_t i = 1; i <= N; i++ ) {  
       ST = static_cast<int64_t>(timestamps[i]) - static_cast<int64_t>(timestamps[i-1]);
diff --git a/src/version.cpp.in b/src/version.cpp.in
index 8ff3212b8..15db5ab41 100755
--- a/src/version.cpp.in
+++ b/src/version.cpp.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #define DEF_MONERO_VERSION_TAG "@VERSIONTAG@"
-#define DEF_MONERO_VERSION "0.3.1.3"
+#define DEF_MONERO_VERSION "0.3.1.4"
 #define DEF_MONERO_RELEASE_NAME "Cool Cage"
 #define DEF_MONERO_VERSION_FULL DEF_MONERO_VERSION "-" DEF_MONERO_VERSION_TAG