diff --git a/lib/bcoin/pool.js b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
index da5a86a6..e6fb9b4c 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/pool.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/pool.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ function Pool(options) {
   this.syncing = false;
   this.synced = false;
   this._scheduled = false;
-  this._pendingWatch = false;
+  this._pendingWatch = null;
 
   this.load = {
     timeout: options.loadTimeout || 120000,
@@ -888,7 +888,8 @@ Pool.prototype._createPeer = function _createPeer(options) {
     network: options.network,
     spv: options.spv,
     witness: options.witness,
-    headers: this.options.headers
+    headers: this.options.headers,
+    ts: options.ts
   });
 
   peer.on('error', function(err) {
@@ -1045,7 +1046,7 @@ Pool.prototype._handleTX = function _handleTX(tx, peer, callback) {
   // Fulfill the load request.
   requested = this.fulfill(tx);
 
-  if (!requested && tx.ts === 0) {
+  if (!requested) {
     peer.invFilter.add(tx.hash());
 
     if (!this.mempool)
@@ -1062,17 +1063,12 @@ Pool.prototype._handleTX = function _handleTX(tx, peer, callback) {
     }
   }
 
-  function addMempool(tx, callback) {
-    if (!self.mempool)
-      return utils.nextTick(callback);
-
-    if (tx.ts !== 0)
-      return utils.nextTick(callback);
-
-    self.mempool.addTX(tx, callback);
+  if (!self.mempool) {
+    self.emit('tx', tx, peer);
+    return callback();
   }
 
-  addMempool(tx, function(err) {
+  self.mempool.addTX(tx, function(err) {
     if (err) {
       if (err.type === 'VerifyError') {
         if (err.score !== -1)
@@ -1256,13 +1252,11 @@ Pool.prototype.updateWatch = function updateWatch() {
   var self = this;
   var i;
 
-  if (this._pendingWatch)
+  if (this._pendingWatch != null)
     return;
 
-  this._pendingWatch = true;
-
-  setTimeout(function() {
-    self._pendingWatch = false;
+  this._pendingWatch = setTimeout(function() {
+    self._pendingWatch = null;
 
     if (self.peers.load)
       self.peers.load.updateWatch();
@@ -1681,7 +1675,7 @@ Pool.prototype.fillCoins = function fillCoins(tx, callback) {
 Pool.prototype.getLoaderHost = function getLoaderHost() {
   var host;
 
-  if (!this.connected)
+  if (!this.connected && process.env.BCOIN_SEED)
     return this.seeds[0];
 
   host = this.getRandom(this.seeds);