diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c51fc72b..b872b042 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ test:
 
 soft-reset:
 	@echo "Soft-resetting Onionr..."
-	rm -f onionr/data/blocks/*.dat onionr/data/*.db | true > /dev/null 2>&1
+	rm -f onionr/data/blocks/*.dat onionr/data/*.db onionr/data/block-nonces.dat | true > /dev/null 2>&1
 	@./RUN-LINUX.sh version | grep -v "Failed" --color=always
 
 reset:
diff --git a/onionr/communicator2.py b/onionr/communicator2.py
index 1f2166ac..42be9e45 100755
--- a/onionr/communicator2.py
+++ b/onionr/communicator2.py
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ class OnionrCommunicatorDaemon:
             if blockHash in self.currentDownloading:
                 logger.debug('ALREADY DOWNLOADING ' + blockHash)
                 continue
+            if blockHash in self._core.getBlockList():
+                logger.debug('%s is already saved' % (blockHash,))
+                self.blockQueue.remove(blockHash)
+                continue
             self.currentDownloading.append(blockHash)
             logger.info("Attempting to download %s..." % blockHash)
             peerUsed = self.pickOnlinePeer()
diff --git a/onionr/static-data/default_config.json b/onionr/static-data/default_config.json
index c298c137..fcbf733e 100644
--- a/onionr/static-data/default_config.json
+++ b/onionr/static-data/default_config.json
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
         "blockCacheTotal": 50000000
     },
     "peers":{
-        "minimumScore": -1000,
-        "maxStoredPeers": 100,
-        "maxConnect": 3
+        "minimumScore": -100,
+        "maxStoredPeers": 500,
+        "maxConnect": 5
     }
 }