1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 5ad807cbac..bc99994a4d 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ void Shutdown(NodeContext& node)
     if (g_load_block.joinable()) g_load_block.join();
     threadGroup.interrupt_all();
     threadGroup.join_all();
+    StopScriptCheckWorkerThreads();
 
     // After the threads that potentially access these pointers have been stopped,
     // destruct and reset all to nullptr.
@@ -1307,9 +1308,7 @@ bool AppInitMain(const util::Ref& context, NodeContext& node, interfaces::BlockA
     LogPrintf("Script verification uses %d additional threads\n", script_threads);
     if (script_threads >= 1) {
         g_parallel_script_checks = true;
-        for (int i = 0; i < script_threads; ++i) {
-            threadGroup.create_thread([i]() { return ThreadScriptCheck(i); });
-        }
+        StartScriptCheckWorkerThreads(script_threads);
     }
 
     assert(!node.scheduler);