diff --git a/scripts/oneChain.sh b/scripts/oneChain.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f42d1b27a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/oneChain.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+nchains=1            # number of chains to create
+nentries=15000000    # number of entries to add to each chain
+
+#factomd=10.41.0.16:8088
+factomd=localhost:8088
+
+# This address is for a LOCAL network
+fa1=$(factom-cli -s=$factomd importaddress Fs3E9gV6DXsYzf7Fqx1fVBQPQXV695eP3k5XbmHEZVRLkMdD9qCK)
+
+# This address is for a network with a production Genesis block
+#fa1=FA3RrKWJLQeDuzC9YzxcSwenU1qDzzwjR1uHMpp1SQbs8wH9Qbbr
+
+maxsleep=15
+
+ec1=$(factom-cli -s=$factomd importaddress Es3LB2YW9bpdWmMnNQYb31kyPzqnecsNqmg5W4K7FKp4UP6omRTa)
+
+
+buyECs=$(expr $nentries \* $nchains \* 11 )
+echo "Buying" $buyECs $fa1 $ec1
+factom-cli -s=$factomd buyec $fa1 $ec1 $buyECs
+sleep 5s
+	
+
+addentries() {
+    # create a random datafile
+	datalen=$(shuf -i 100-1900 -n 1)
+	datafile=$(mktemp)
+	base64 /dev/urandom | head -c $datalen > $datafile
+
+	sleep $(( ( RANDOM % $maxsleep )  + 1 ))
+
+	echo "Entry Length " $datalen " bytes, file name: " $datafile
+
+	for ((i=0; i<nentries; i++)); do
+    		cat $datafile | factom-cli -s=$factomd addentry -f -c $1 -e test -e $i -e $RANDOM -e $RANDOM -e $RANDOM $ec1
+		echo "write entry Chain:"  $1 $2 $i
+		sleep .5
+	done
+  
+  # get rid of the random datafile
+	rm $datafile
+}
+
+echo "Start"
+
+for ((i=0; i<nchains; i++)); do
+	echo "create chain" $i
+	#chainid=$(echo test $i $RANDOM | factom-cli -s=$factomd addchain -f  -n test -n $i -n $RANDOM $ec1 | awk '/ChainID/{print $2}')
+	addentries 658c1e459b9aefca46fa10da43c3938e6b31698dcbdd2f4ad0cf35f7bf9aa6fa $i &
+	sleep $(( ( RANDOM % $maxsleep )  + 1 ))
+done
+
+
+echo SLEEP "90 seconds before doing another set of chains."
+sleep $(( ( RANDOM % ($maxsleep*2) )  + 1 ))
+echo About ready ...
+sleep $maxsleep
+sleep 10h
+
diff --git a/state/stateConsensus.go b/state/stateConsensus.go
index c51a48aabf..b9c80a3734 100644
--- a/state/stateConsensus.go
+++ b/state/stateConsensus.go
@@ -909,7 +909,9 @@ func (s *State) FollowerExecuteRevealEntry(m interfaces.IMsg) {
 	TotalHoldingQueueInputs.Inc()
 
 	if s.Commits.Get(m.GetMsgHash().Fixed()) != nil {
-		m.SendOut(s, m)
+		if m.Validate(s) == 1 {
+			m.SendOut(s, m)
+		}
 	}
 
 	s.Holding[m.GetMsgHash().Fixed()] = m
@@ -1092,7 +1094,9 @@ func (s *State) LeaderExecuteCommitEntry(m interfaces.IMsg) {
 	re := s.Holding[ce.CommitEntry.EntryHash.Fixed()]
 	if re != nil {
 		s.XReview = append(s.XReview, re)
-		re.SendOut(s, re)
+		if re.Validate(s) == 1 {
+			re.SendOut(s, re)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1231,7 +1235,7 @@ func (s *State) ProcessCommitEntry(dbheight uint32, commitEntry interfaces.IMsg)
 		h := c.CommitEntry.EntryHash
 		s.PutCommit(h, c)
 		entry := s.Holding[h.Fixed()]
-		if entry != nil {
+		if entry != nil && entry.Validate(s) == 1 {
 			entry.FollowerExecute(s)
 			entry.SendOut(s, entry)
 			TotalXReviewQueueInputs.Inc()