diff --git a/src/Application.cpp b/src/Application.cpp
index 1a67e0b74d..ef00d19fdf 100644
--- a/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Application.cpp
@@ -88,15 +88,17 @@ void Application::run()
 	boost::thread t6(boost::bind(&InitDB, &mNetNodeDB, "netnode.db", NetNodeDBInit, NetNodeDBCount));
 	t1.join(); t2.join(); t3.join(); t4.join(); t5.join(); t6.join();
 
-	if(theConfig.START_UP==Config::FRESH)
+	if (theConfig.START_UP == Config::FRESH)
 	{
 		Log(lsINFO) << "Starting new Ledger";
 		startNewLedger();	
-	}else if(theConfig.START_UP==Config::LOAD)
+	}
+	else if (theConfig.START_UP == Config::LOAD)
 	{
 		Log(lsINFO) << "Loading Old Ledger";
 		loadOldLedger();
-	}else
+	}
+	else
 	{ // TODO: This should really not validate a ledger until it gets the current one from our peers
 		// but I'll let david make this change since a lot of code assumes we have a ledger
 		// for now just do what we always were doing
@@ -173,6 +175,7 @@ Application::~Application()
 	delete mHashNodeDB;
 	delete mNetNodeDB;
 }
+
 void Application::startNewLedger()
 {
 	// New stuff.
@@ -203,14 +206,17 @@ void Application::startNewLedger()
 
 void Application::loadOldLedger()
 {
-	Ledger::pointer lastLedger = Ledger::getSQL("SELECT * from Ledgers order by LedgerSeq desc limit 1;",true);
+	Ledger::pointer lastLedger = Ledger::getSQL("SELECT * from Ledgers order by LedgerSeq desc limit 1;");
 
-	if(!lastLedger) 
+	if (!lastLedger)
 	{
 		std::cout << "No Ledger found?" << std::endl;
 		exit(-1);
 	}
-	mMasterLedger.pushLedger(lastLedger);
+
+	lastLedger->setClosed();
+	Ledger::pointer openLedger = boost::make_shared<Ledger>(false, boost::ref(*lastLedger));
+	mMasterLedger.switchLedgers(lastLedger, openLedger);
 	mNetOps.setLastCloseTime(lastLedger->getCloseTimeNC());
 }
 // vim:ts=4
diff --git a/src/Ledger.cpp b/src/Ledger.cpp
index 25a94db5ca..f52e1f1e71 100644
--- a/src/Ledger.cpp
+++ b/src/Ledger.cpp
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ void Ledger::saveAcceptedLedger(Ledger::ref ledger)
 	theApp->getOPs().pubLedger(ledger);
 }
 
-Ledger::pointer Ledger::getSQL(const std::string& sql,bool isMutable)
+Ledger::pointer Ledger::getSQL(const std::string& sql)
 {
 	uint256 ledgerHash, prevHash, accountHash, transHash;
 	uint64 totCoins;
@@ -424,8 +424,8 @@ Ledger::pointer Ledger::getSQL(const std::string& sql,bool isMutable)
 		db->endIterRows();
 	}
 
-	Ledger::pointer ret =Ledger::pointer(new Ledger(prevHash, transHash, accountHash, totCoins, closingTime, prevClosingTime,
-			closeFlags, closeResolution, ledgerSeq,isMutable));
+	Ledger::pointer ret = Ledger::pointer(new Ledger(prevHash, transHash, accountHash, totCoins,
+		closingTime, prevClosingTime, closeFlags, closeResolution, ledgerSeq, true));
 	if (ret->getHash() != ledgerHash)
 	{
 		if (sLog(lsERROR))
diff --git a/src/Ledger.h b/src/Ledger.h
index 71a1bbb2a9..41e30d2dbf 100644
--- a/src/Ledger.h
+++ b/src/Ledger.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public:
 
 	Ledger(const uint256 &parentHash, const uint256 &transHash, const uint256 &accountHash,
 		uint64 totCoins, uint32 closeTime, uint32 parentCloseTime, int closeFlags, int closeResolution,
-		uint32 ledgerSeq,bool immutable); // used for database ledgers
+		uint32 ledgerSeq, bool immutable); // used for database ledgers
 
 	Ledger(const std::vector<unsigned char>& rawLedger);
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public:
 
 	Ledger(Ledger& target, bool isMutable); // snapshot
 
-	static Ledger::pointer getSQL(const std::string& sqlStatement,bool immutable=false);
+	static Ledger::pointer getSQL(const std::string& sqlStatement);
 
 	void updateHash();
 	void setClosed()	{ mClosed = true; }
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ public:
 	void armDirty()		{ mTransactionMap->armDirty();		mAccountStateMap->armDirty(); }
 	void disarmDirty()	{ mTransactionMap->disarmDirty();	mAccountStateMap->disarmDirty(); }
 
-	// This ledger has closed, will never be accepted, and is accepting
-	// new transactions to be re-reprocessed when do accept a new last-closed ledger
-	void bumpSeq()		{ mClosed = true; mLedgerSeq++; }
-
 	// ledger signature operations
 	void addRaw(Serializer &s) const;
 	void setRaw(const Serializer& s);