diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a64f28d..3863f4c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "externals/quarkcoin-hash"]
 	path = externals/quarkcoin-hash
 	url = https://github.com/Neisklar/quarkcoin-hash-python
+[submodule "externals/vertcoin_scrypt"]
+	path = externals/vertcoin_scrypt
+	url = https://github.com/scr34m/vertcoin_scrypt.git
diff --git a/externals/vertcoin_scrypt b/externals/vertcoin_scrypt
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..4a3d789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/vertcoin_scrypt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4a3d789cf4fd713308f26610e39e81cb7d86423f
diff --git a/lib/halfnode.py b/lib/halfnode.py
index c886384..e18be88 100644
--- a/lib/halfnode.py
+++ b/lib/halfnode.py
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class CBlock(object):
                 self.quark = uint256_from_str(quark_hash.getPoWHash(''.join(r)))
              return self.quark
     elif settings.COINDAEMON_ALGO == 'scrypt-jane':
-        def calc_acryptjane(self):
+        def calc_scryptjane(self):
              if self.scryptjane is None:
                 r = []
                 r.append(struct.pack("<i", self.nVersion))
diff --git a/lib/template_registry.py b/lib/template_registry.py
index 7be8db6..bb719a9 100644
--- a/lib/template_registry.py
+++ b/lib/template_registry.py
@@ -241,10 +241,10 @@ class TemplateRegistry(object):
         if settings.COINDAEMON_ALGO == 'scrypt':
             hash_bin = ltc_scrypt.getPoWHash(''.join([ header_bin[i*4:i*4+4][::-1] for i in range(0, 20) ]))
         elif settings.COINDAEMON_ALGO  == 'scrypt-jane':
-        	if settings.SCRYPTJANE_NAME = 'vtc_scrypt:
+        	if settings.SCRYPTJANE_NAME == 'vtc_scrypt':
             	     hash_bin = scryptjane.getPoWHash(''.join([ header_bin[i*4:i*4+4][::-1] for i in range(0, 20) ]))
       		else: 
-      		     hash_bin = scryptjane.getPoWHash(''.join([ header_bin[i*4:i*4+4][::-1] for i in range(0, 20) ])), int(ntime, 16))
+      		     hash_bin = scryptjane.getPoWHash(''.join([ header_bin[i*4:i*4+4][::-1] for i in range(0, 20) ]), int(ntime, 16))
         elif settings.COINDAEMON_ALGO == 'quark':
             hash_bin = quark_hash.getPoWHash(''.join([ header_bin[i*4:i*4+4][::-1] for i in range(0, 20) ]))
 	elif settings.COINDAEMON_ALGO == 'skeinhash':