diff --git a/src/CryptoNoteCore/Blockchain.cpp b/src/CryptoNoteCore/Blockchain.cpp
index 4c92efd4..02819443 100644
--- a/src/CryptoNoteCore/Blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/CryptoNoteCore/Blockchain.cpp
@@ -529,11 +529,6 @@ namespace cn
       {
         loadBlockchainIndices();
       }
-
-      m_checkpoints.load_checkpoints();
-      logger(logging::INFO) << "Loading checkpoints";
-      m_checkpoints.load_checkpoints_from_dns();
-      logger(logging::INFO) << "Loading DNS checkpoints";
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/src/CryptoNoteCore/Checkpoints.cpp b/src/CryptoNoteCore/Checkpoints.cpp
index 29d1c795..492f2be9 100644
--- a/src/CryptoNoteCore/Checkpoints.cpp
+++ b/src/CryptoNoteCore/Checkpoints.cpp
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ bool Checkpoints::add_checkpoint(uint32_t height, const std::string &hash_str) {
   }
 
   if (!(0 == m_points.count(height))) {
-    logger(ERROR) << "<< Checkpoints.cpp << " << "Incorrect hash in checkpoints";
+    logger(DEBUGGING) << "Checkpoint already exists for height " << height;
     return false;
   }
-
+  
   m_points[height] = h;
+
   return true;
 }
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ bool Checkpoints::load_checkpoints_from_dns()
       logger(DEBUGGING) << "<< Checkpoints.cpp << " << "Checkpoint already exists for height: " << height << ". Ignoring DNS checkpoint.";
     } else {
       add_checkpoint(height, hash_str);
-	    logger(INFO) << "<< Checkpoints.cpp << " << "Added DNS checkpoint: " << height_str << ":" << hash_str;
+	  logger(DEBUGGING) << "<< Checkpoints.cpp << " << "Added DNS checkpoint: " << height_str << ":" << hash_str;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/Daemon/Daemon.cpp b/src/Daemon/Daemon.cpp
index 09ff0358..5e4fc402 100644
--- a/src/Daemon/Daemon.cpp
+++ b/src/Daemon/Daemon.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2011-2017 The Cryptonote developers
-// Copyright (c) 2016-2018, The Karbo developers
+// Copyright (c) 2016-2022, The Karbo developers
 // Copyright (c) 2017-2018 The Circle Foundation & Conceal Devs
 // Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Conceal Network & Conceal Devs
 //
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include "Common/SignalHandler.h"
 #include "Common/PathTools.h"
 #include "crypto/hash.h"
+#include "CryptoNoteConfig.h"
+#include "CryptoNoteCore/Checkpoints.h"
 #include "CryptoNoteCore/Core.h"
 #include "CryptoNoteCore/CoreConfig.h"
 #include "CryptoNoteCore/CryptoNoteTools.h"
@@ -278,6 +280,17 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     cn::Currency currency = currencyBuilder.currency();
     cn::core ccore(currency, nullptr, logManager, vm["enable-blockchain-indexes"].as<bool>(), vm["enable-autosave"].as<bool>());
 
+    cn::Checkpoints checkpoints(logManager);
+    for (const auto& cp : cn::CHECKPOINTS) {
+      checkpoints.add_checkpoint(cp.height, cp.blockId);
+    }
+
+    checkpoints.load_checkpoints_from_dns();
+
+    if (!testnet_mode) {
+      ccore.set_checkpoints(std::move(checkpoints));
+    }
+
     CoreConfig coreConfig;
     coreConfig.init(vm);
     NetNodeConfig netNodeConfig;