diff --git a/cmd/tomo/main.go b/cmd/tomo/main.go
index 52e4f1bb69..60442de7e6 100644
--- a/cmd/tomo/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tomo/main.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts/keystore"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/utils"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/clique"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/console"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethclient"
@@ -315,10 +316,12 @@ func startNode(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node) {
 				started = true
 				log.Info("Enabled mining node!!!")
 			}
+			defer close(clique.Checkpoint)
 
 			for {
-				if ethereum.Checkpoint() {
-					//Checkpoint!!! It's time to reconcile node's state...
+				select {
+				case _ = <-clique.Checkpoint:
+					log.Info("Checkpoint!!! It's time to reconcile node's state...")
 					ok, err := ethereum.ValidateMiner()
 					if err != nil {
 						utils.Fatalf("Can't verify validator permission: %v", err)
diff --git a/consensus/clique/clique.go b/consensus/clique/clique.go
index 13e8bb878e..60c0ec4b1d 100644
--- a/consensus/clique/clique.go
+++ b/consensus/clique/clique.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ var (
 
 	diffInTurn = big.NewInt(2) // Block difficulty for in-turn signatures
 	diffNoTurn = big.NewInt(1) // Block difficulty for out-of-turn signatures
+	Checkpoint chan int
 )
 
 // Various error messages to mark blocks invalid. These should be private to
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ func New(config *params.CliqueConfig, db ethdb.Database) *Clique {
 	if conf.Epoch == 0 {
 		conf.Epoch = epochLength
 	}
+	Checkpoint = make(chan int)
 	// Allocate the snapshot caches and create the engine
 	recents, _ := lru.NewARC(inmemorySnapshots)
 	signatures, _ := lru.NewARC(inmemorySignatures)
diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index b33eb85a44..799c22ac42 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru"
 	"gopkg.in/karalabe/cookiejar.v2/collections/prque"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/clique"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -1185,6 +1186,11 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) insertChain(chain types.Blocks) (int, []interface{}, []*ty
 		stats.processed++
 		stats.usedGas += usedGas
 		stats.report(chain, i, bc.stateCache.TrieDB().Size())
+		if i == len(chain) - 1 {
+			if (chain[i].NumberU64() % bc.chainConfig.Clique.Epoch) == 0 {
+				clique.Checkpoint <- 1
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	// Append a single chain head event if we've progressed the chain
 	if lastCanon != nil && bc.CurrentBlock().Hash() == lastCanon.Hash() {
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index bd6a53c3be..9f31f935c6 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -357,11 +357,6 @@ func (s *Ethereum) ValidateMiner() (bool, error) {
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-func (s *Ethereum) Checkpoint() bool {
-	number := s.blockchain.CurrentHeader().Number.Uint64()
-	return number%s.chainConfig.Clique.Epoch == 1 || number == 0
-}
-
 func (s *Ethereum) StartMining(local bool) error {
 	eb, err := s.Etherbase()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index 15395ae0b9..742b2398d8 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"gopkg.in/fatih/set.v0"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/consensus/clique"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -488,6 +489,10 @@ func (self *worker) commitNewWork() {
 		log.Info("Commit new mining work", "number", work.Block.Number(), "txs", work.tcount, "uncles", len(uncles), "elapsed", common.PrettyDuration(time.Since(tstart)))
 		self.unconfirmed.Shift(work.Block.NumberU64() - 1)
 	}
+	if (work.Block.NumberU64() % work.config.Clique.Epoch) == 0 {
+		log.Info("hey checkpoint")
+		clique.Checkpoint <- 1
+	}
 	self.push(work)
 }