diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp
index cd8f406..18edc24 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparams.cpp
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class CMainParams : public CChainParams
         fMineBlocksOnDemand = false;
         fSkipProofOfWorkCheck = false;
         fTestnetToBeDeprecatedFieldRPC = false;
-
+        fHeadersFirstSyncingActive = false;
 
         nPoolMaxTransactions = 3;
         strSporkKey = "044a30edfb288d8973761070dc8b456d429c7b8872d475a837e09e71d3b710c08055852a50de199ee04c0643ebb4bce1c52a27c63cec13c62cf2f84eda00d8a3a6";
diff --git a/src/chainparams.h b/src/chainparams.h
index 95196ce..c436e21 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.h
+++ b/src/chainparams.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ class CChainParams
     const CBlock& GenesisBlock() const { return genesis; }
     /** Make miner wait to have peers to avoid wasting work */
     bool MiningRequiresPeers() const { return fMiningRequiresPeers; }
+    /** Headers first syncing is disabled */
+    bool HeadersFirstSyncingActive() const { return fHeadersFirstSyncingActive; };
     /** Default value for -checkmempool and -checkblockindex argument */
     bool DefaultConsistencyChecks() const { return fDefaultConsistencyChecks; }
     /** Allow mining of a min-difficulty block */
@@ -152,6 +154,7 @@ class CChainParams
     bool fMineBlocksOnDemand;
     bool fSkipProofOfWorkCheck;
     bool fTestnetToBeDeprecatedFieldRPC;
+    bool fHeadersFirstSyncingActive;
     int nPoolMaxTransactions;
     std::string strSporkKey;
     std::string strObfuscationPoolDummyAddress;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 640e6f8..836dac8 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -6037,7 +6037,8 @@ bool fRequestedSporksIDB = false;
 bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv, int64_t nTimeReceived)
 {
     RandAddSeedPerfmon();
-    LogPrint("net", "received: %s (%u bytes) peer=%d\n", SanitizeString(strCommand), vRecv.size(), pfrom->id);
+    if (fDebug)
+        LogPrint("net", "received: %s (%u bytes) peer=%d\n", SanitizeString(strCommand), vRecv.size(), pfrom->id);
     if (mapArgs.count("-dropmessagestest") && GetRand(atoi(mapArgs["-dropmessagestest"])) == 0) {
         LogPrintf("dropmessagestest DROPPING RECV MESSAGE\n");
         return true;
@@ -6327,7 +6328,7 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
     }
 
 
-    else if (strCommand == "getblocks") {
+    else if (strCommand == "getblocks" || strCommand == "getheaders") {
         CBlockLocator locator;
         uint256 hashStop;
         vRecv >> locator >> hashStop;
@@ -6359,7 +6360,7 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
     }
 
 
-    else if (strCommand == "headers") {
+    else if (strCommand == "headers" && Params().HeadersFirstSyncingActive()) {
         CBlockLocator locator;
         uint256 hashStop;
         vRecv >> locator >> hashStop;
@@ -6388,8 +6389,8 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
         // we must use CBlocks, as CBlockHeaders won't include the 0x00 nTx count at the end
         vector<CBlock> vHeaders;
         int nLimit = MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS;
-
-        LogPrint("net", "getheaders %d to %s from peer=%d\n", (pindex ? pindex->nHeight : -1), hashStop.ToString(), pfrom->id);
+        if (fDebug)
+            LogPrint("net", "getheaders %d to %s from peer=%d\n", (pindex ? pindex->nHeight : -1), hashStop.ToString(), pfrom->id);
 
         for (; pindex; pindex = chainActive.Next(pindex)) {
             vHeaders.push_back(pindex->GetBlockHeader());
@@ -6567,7 +6568,7 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
     }
 
 
-    else if (strCommand == "headers" && !fImporting && !fReindex) // Ignore headers received while importing
+    else if (strCommand == "headers" && Params().HeadersFirstSyncingActive() && !fImporting && !fReindex) // Ignore headers received while importing
     {
         std::vector<CBlockHeader> headers;
 
diff --git a/src/miner.cpp b/src/miner.cpp
index 75d3b7e..e0be062 100644
--- a/src/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/miner.cpp
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ void BitcoinMiner(CWallet* pwallet, bool fProofOfStake)
             while (chainActive.Tip()->nTime < 1471482000 || vNodes.empty() || pwallet->IsLocked() || !fMintableCoins || 
                    nReserveBalance >= pwallet->GetBalance() || !masternodeSync.IsSynced()) {
                 nLastCoinStakeSearchInterval = 0;
-                LogPrint("miner", "MNPCoinMiner wait 5 seconds (%u, %d, %d, %d)\n", vNodes.size(), pwallet->IsLocked(), fMintableCoins, masternodeSync.IsBlockchainSynced());
+//                LogPrint("miner", "MNPCoinMiner wait 5 seconds (%u, %d, %d, %d)\n", vNodes.size(), pwallet->IsLocked(), fMintableCoins, masternodeSync.IsBlockchainSynced());
                 MilliSleep(5000);
                 if (!fGenerateBitcoins && !fProofOfStake)
                     continue;
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ void BitcoinMiner(CWallet* pwallet, bool fProofOfStake)
             {
                 if (GetTime() - mapHashedBlocks[chainActive.Tip()->nHeight] < max(pwallet->nHashInterval, (unsigned int)1)) // wait half of the nHashDrift with max wait of 3 minutes
                 {
-                    LogPrint("miner", "MNPCoinMiner wait half of the nHashDrift\n");
+//                    LogPrint("miner", "MNPCoinMiner wait half of the nHashDrift\n");
                     MilliSleep(5000);
                     continue;
                 }