diff --git a/rc.local b/rc.local
index 474b70b..3db476a 100644
--- a/rc.local
+++ b/rc.local
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ screen -dmS loop2 $WEB_DIR/loop2.sh
 screen -dmS blocks $WEB_DIR/blocks.sh
 screen -dmS debug tail -f $LOG_DIR/debug.log
 
-# Stratum ports
+# Stratum instances (skipped/exit if no .conf)
 
 screen -dmS c11 $STRATUM_DIR/run.sh c11
 screen -dmS x11 $STRATUM_DIR/run.sh x11
diff --git a/stratum/config/run.sh b/stratum/config/run.sh
index be3fe2a..c0039f3 100755
--- a/stratum/config/run.sh
+++ b/stratum/config/run.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ulimit -n 10240
 ulimit -u 10240
 
 cd /var/stratum
-while true; do
+while [ -e config/${1}.conf ]; do
 	gzip -f config/${1}.log
         ./stratum config/$1
 	sleep 1
diff --git a/stratum/stratum.cpp b/stratum/stratum.cpp
index f474499..b868dda 100644
--- a/stratum/stratum.cpp
+++ b/stratum/stratum.cpp
@@ -312,14 +312,17 @@ void *monitor_thread(void *p)
 			exit(1);
 		}
 
-		if(g_max_shares > 0 && g_shares_counter > g_max_shares) {
-			g_exiting = true;
-			stratumlog("%s need a restart, exiting...\n", g_current_algo->name);
-			exit(1);
-		}
+		if(g_max_shares && g_shares_counter) {
 
-		if((g_shares_counter % 10000u) == 0) {
-			stratumlog("%s %luK shares...\n", g_current_algo->name, (unsigned long) (g_shares_counter/10000u));
+			if((g_shares_counter % 5000u) == 0) {
+				stratumlog("%s %luK shares...\n", g_current_algo->name, (g_shares_counter/10000u));
+			}
+
+			if(g_shares_counter > g_max_shares) {
+				g_exiting = true;
+				stratumlog("%s need a restart (%lu shares), exiting...\n", g_current_algo->name, g_max_shares);
+				exit(1);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }