diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index d568dff0b131a..5d35f208fdb41 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -21,14 +21,12 @@
 #include "checkpoints.h"
 #include "compat/sanity.h"
 #include "consensus/upgrades.h"
-#include "evo/evonotificationinterface.h"
 #include "fs.h"
 #include "httpserver.h"
 #include "httprpc.h"
 #include "invalid.h"
 #include "key.h"
 #include "mapport.h"
-#include "masternodeconfig.h"
 #include "miner.h"
 #include "netbase.h"
 #include "net_processing.h"
@@ -96,8 +94,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<PeerLogicValidation> peerLogic;
 static CZMQNotificationInterface* pzmqNotificationInterface = NULL;
 #endif
 
-static EvoNotificationInterface* pEvoNotificationInterface = nullptr;
-
 #ifdef WIN32
 // Win32 LevelDB doesn't use filedescriptors, and the ones used for
 // accessing block files, don't count towards to fd_set size limit
@@ -298,17 +294,8 @@ void Shutdown()
     }
 #endif
 
-    if (pEvoNotificationInterface) {
-        UnregisterValidationInterface(pEvoNotificationInterface);
-        delete pEvoNotificationInterface;
-        pEvoNotificationInterface = nullptr;
-    }
-
-    if (activeMasternodeManager) {
-        UnregisterValidationInterface(activeMasternodeManager);
-        delete activeMasternodeManager;
-        activeMasternodeManager = nullptr;
-    }
+    // Tier two
+    ResetTierTwoInterfaces();
 
 #if ENABLE_ZMQ
     if (pzmqNotificationInterface) {
@@ -709,9 +696,8 @@ void ThreadImport(const std::vector<fs::path>& vImportFiles)
         StartShutdown();
     }
 
-    // force UpdatedBlockTip to initialize nCachedBlockHeight for DS, MN payments and budgets
-    // but don't call it directly to prevent triggering of other listeners like zmq etc.
-    pEvoNotificationInterface->InitializeCurrentBlockTip();
+    // tier two
+    InitTierTwoChainTip();
 
     if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-persistmempool", DEFAULT_PERSIST_MEMPOOL)) {
         LoadMempool(::mempool);
@@ -1443,8 +1429,7 @@ bool AppInitMain()
     }
 #endif
 
-    pEvoNotificationInterface = new EvoNotificationInterface();
-    RegisterValidationInterface(pEvoNotificationInterface);
+    InitTierTwoInterfaces();
 
     // ********************************************************* Step 7: load block chain
 
diff --git a/src/tiertwo/init.cpp b/src/tiertwo/init.cpp
index a3241be5e4145..548f7193be98b 100644
--- a/src/tiertwo/init.cpp
+++ b/src/tiertwo/init.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "budget/budgetdb.h"
 #include "evo/evodb.h"
+#include "evo/evonotificationinterface.h"
 #include "flatdb.h"
 #include "guiinterface.h"
 #include "guiinterfaceutil.h"
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@
 
 #include <boost/thread.hpp>
 
+static std::unique_ptr<EvoNotificationInterface> pEvoNotificationInterface{nullptr};
+
 std::string GetTierTwoHelpString(bool showDebug)
 {
     std::string strUsage = HelpMessageGroup("Masternode options:");
@@ -37,6 +40,26 @@ std::string GetTierTwoHelpString(bool showDebug)
     return strUsage;
 }
 
+void InitTierTwoInterfaces()
+{
+    pEvoNotificationInterface = std::make_unique<EvoNotificationInterface>();
+    RegisterValidationInterface(pEvoNotificationInterface.get());
+}
+
+void ResetTierTwoInterfaces()
+{
+    if (pEvoNotificationInterface) {
+        UnregisterValidationInterface(pEvoNotificationInterface.get());
+        pEvoNotificationInterface.reset();
+    }
+
+    if (activeMasternodeManager) {
+        UnregisterValidationInterface(activeMasternodeManager);
+        delete activeMasternodeManager;
+        activeMasternodeManager = nullptr;
+    }
+}
+
 void InitTierTwoPreChainLoad(bool fReindex)
 {
     int64_t nEvoDbCache = 1024 * 1024 * 16; // TODO
@@ -52,6 +75,13 @@ void InitTierTwoPostCoinsCacheLoad()
     llmq::InitLLMQSystem(*evoDb);
 }
 
+void InitTierTwoChainTip()
+{
+    // force UpdatedBlockTip to initialize nCachedBlockHeight for DS, MN payments and budgets
+    // but don't call it directly to prevent triggering of other listeners like zmq etc.
+    pEvoNotificationInterface->InitializeCurrentBlockTip();
+}
+
 // Sets the last CACHED_BLOCK_HASHES hashes into masternode manager cache
 static void LoadBlockHashesCache(CMasternodeMan& man)
 {
diff --git a/src/tiertwo/init.h b/src/tiertwo/init.h
index c91bf735d1855..b4efcaf630a66 100644
--- a/src/tiertwo/init.h
+++ b/src/tiertwo/init.h
@@ -17,12 +17,21 @@ namespace boost {
 
 std::string GetTierTwoHelpString(bool showDebug);
 
+/** Init the interfaces objects */
+void InitTierTwoInterfaces();
+
+/** Resets the interfaces objects */
+void ResetTierTwoInterfaces();
+
 /** Inits the tier two global objects */
 void InitTierTwoPreChainLoad(bool fReindex);
 
 /** Inits the tier two global objects that require access to the coins tip cache */
 void InitTierTwoPostCoinsCacheLoad();
 
+/** Initialize chain tip */
+void InitTierTwoChainTip();
+
 /** Loads from disk all the tier two related objects */
 bool LoadTierTwo(int chain_active_height, bool fReindexChainState);