diff --git a/ethchain/transaction_pool.go b/ethchain/transaction_pool.go
index 0f7e859824..da6c3d6ba8 100644
--- a/ethchain/transaction_pool.go
+++ b/ethchain/transaction_pool.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (pool *TxPool) ValidateTransaction(tx *Transaction) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("[TXPL] Invalid recipient. len = %d", len(tx.Recipient))
 	}
 
-	if tx.GasPrice.Cmp(MinGasPrice) >= 0 {
+	if tx.GasPrice.Cmp(MinGasPrice) < 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Gas price to low. Require %v > Got %v", MinGasPrice, tx.GasPrice)
 	}
 
diff --git a/peer.go b/peer.go
index 34aff5edea..529a35492b 100644
--- a/peer.go
+++ b/peer.go
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ func (self *Peer) FetchBlocks() {
 func (self *Peer) FetchHashes() {
 	blockPool := self.ethereum.blockPool
 
-	if self.statusKnown && self.td.Cmp(blockPool.td) >= 0 {
+	if self.td.Cmp(blockPool.td) >= 0 {
 		blockPool.td = self.td
 
 		if !blockPool.HasLatestHash() {