diff --git a/.github/workflows/komodod_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/komodod_ci.yml
index 4206ab3bed3..a08865a3552 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/komodod_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/komodod_ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install deps (Linux)
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get remove php7.1-fpm
+          sudo apt-get remove php7.1-fpm php7.2-fpm php7.3-fpm
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get upgrade -y
           sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib autoconf libtool libncurses-dev unzip git python zlib1g-dev wget bsdmainutils automake libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libqrencode-dev libdb++-dev ntp ntpdate nano software-properties-common curl libevent-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev cmake clang libsodium-dev -y
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
         DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
       if: runner.os == 'Linux'
       run: |
-        sudo apt-get remove php7.1-fpm
+        sudo apt-get remove php5.6-fpm php7.0-fpm php7.1-fpm php7.2-fpm php7.3-fpm
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get upgrade -y
         sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib autoconf libtool libncurses-dev unzip git python zlib1g-dev wget bsdmainutils automake libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libqrencode-dev libdb++-dev ntp ntpdate nano software-properties-common curl libevent-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev cmake clang libsodium-dev -y
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9b280a33c81..d216247b896 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 dnl require autoconf 2.60 (AS_ECHO/AS_ECHO_N)
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 2)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 15)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 26)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 0)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_ZC_BUILD_VAL, m4_if(m4_eval(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD < 25), 1, m4_incr(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD), m4_eval(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD < 50), 1, m4_eval(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD - 24), m4_eval(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD == 50), 1, , m4_eval(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD - 50)))
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_SUFFIX, m4_if(m4_eval(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD < 25), 1, _CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION-beta$1, m4_eval(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD < 50), 1, _CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION-rc$1, m4_eval(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD == 50), 1, _CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, _CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION-$1)))
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index b2f7dfdf1dd..d7b55c1f602 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -5155,6 +5155,21 @@ bool CheckBlock(int32_t *futureblockp,int32_t height,CBlockIndex *pindex,const C
         if ( ASSETCHAINS_STAKED == 0 && komodo_checkPOW(0,1,(CBlock *)&block,height) < 0 ) // checks Equihash
             return state.DoS(100, error("CheckBlock: failed slow_checkPOW"),REJECT_INVALID, "failed-slow_checkPOW");
     }
+    if ( height > nDecemberHardforkHeight && ASSETCHAINS_SYMBOL[0] == 0 ) // December 2019 hardfork
+    {
+        int32_t notaryid;
+        int32_t special = komodo_chosennotary(&notaryid,height,pubkey33,tiptime);
+        if (notaryid > 0) {
+            CScript merkleroot = CScript();
+            CBlock blockcopy = block; // block shouldn't be changed below, so let's make it's copy
+            CBlock *pblockcopy = (CBlock *)&blockcopy;
+            if (!komodo_checkopret(pblockcopy, merkleroot)) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "failed or missing merkleroot expected.%s != merkleroot.%s\n", komodo_makeopret(pblockcopy, false).ToString().c_str(), merkleroot.ToString().c_str());
+                return state.DoS(100, error("CheckBlock: failed or missing merkleroot opret in easy-mined"),REJECT_INVALID, "failed-merkle-opret-in-easy-mined");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+	
     // Check the merkle root.
     if (fCheckMerkleRoot) {
         bool mutated;
diff --git a/src/pow.cpp b/src/pow.cpp
index 736eee1b459..35fb040dfe3 100644
--- a/src/pow.cpp
+++ b/src/pow.cpp
@@ -857,6 +857,7 @@ bool CheckProofOfWork(const CBlockHeader &blkHeader, uint8_t *pubkey33, int32_t
             if ( (flag != 0 || special2 > 0) && special2 != -2 )
             {
                 bnTarget.SetCompact(KOMODO_MINDIFF_NBITS,&fNegative,&fOverflow);
+                /*
                 const void* pblock = &blkHeader;
                 CScript merkleroot = CScript();
                 if ( height > nDecemberHardforkHeight && !komodo_checkopret((CBlock*)pblock, merkleroot) ) // December 2019 hardfork
@@ -864,6 +865,7 @@ bool CheckProofOfWork(const CBlockHeader &blkHeader, uint8_t *pubkey33, int32_t
                     fprintf(stderr, "failed or missing expected.%s != %s\n", komodo_makeopret((CBlock*)pblock, false).ToString().c_str(), merkleroot.ToString().c_str());
                     return false;
                 }
+                */
             }
         }
     }