diff --git a/algo/skein.c b/algo/skein.c
index 16c30ae54..946c58804 100644
--- a/algo/skein.c
+++ b/algo/skein.c
@@ -9,64 +9,51 @@
 
 void skeinhash(void *state, const void *input)
 {
-    sph_skein512_context ctx_skein;
-    SHA256_CTX sha256;
+	sph_skein512_context ctx_skein;
+	SHA256_CTX sha256;
 
-    // the uint512 in the c++ source of the client are backed by an array of uint32
-    uint32_t hashA[16], hashB[16];	
+	uint32_t hash[16];
 	
-    sph_skein512_init(&ctx_skein);
-    sph_skein512 (&ctx_skein, input, 80); //6
-    sph_skein512_close(&ctx_skein, hashA); //7
+	sph_skein512_init(&ctx_skein);
+	sph_skein512(&ctx_skein, input, 80);
+	sph_skein512_close(&ctx_skein, hash);
 
-    SHA256_Init(&sha256);
-    SHA256_Update(&sha256, hashA, 64);
-    SHA256_Final((unsigned char*) hashB, &sha256);
+	SHA256_Init(&sha256);
+	SHA256_Update(&sha256, hash, 64);
+	SHA256_Final((unsigned char*) hash, &sha256);
 
-    memcpy(state, hashB, 32);
-	
-/*	int ii;
-	printf("result: ");
-	for (ii=0; ii < 32; ii++)
-	{
-		printf ("%.2x",((uint8_t*)state)[ii]);
-	};
-	printf ("\n");	
-*/	
+	memcpy(state, hash, 32);
 }
 
 int scanhash_skein(int thr_id, uint32_t *pdata, const uint32_t *ptarget,
 	uint32_t max_nonce, uint64_t *hashes_done)
 {
-	uint32_t n = pdata[19] - 1;
+	uint32_t _ALIGN(64) hash64[8];
+	uint32_t _ALIGN(64) endiandata[20];
+
+	const uint32_t Htarg = ptarget[7];
 	const uint32_t first_nonce = pdata[19];
-	//const uint32_t Htarg = ptarget[7];
 
-	uint32_t _ALIGN(32) hash64[8];
-	uint32_t endiandata[32];
-	
-	//char testdata[] = {"\x70\x00\x00\x00\x5d\x38\x5b\xa1\x14\xd0\x79\x97\x0b\x29\xa9\x41\x8f\xd0\x54\x9e\x7d\x68\xa9\x5c\x7f\x16\x86\x21\xa3\x14\x20\x10\x00\x00\x00\x00\x57\x85\x86\xd1\x49\xfd\x07\xb2\x2f\x3a\x8a\x34\x7c\x51\x6d\xe7\x05\x2f\x03\x4d\x2b\x76\xff\x68\xe0\xd6\xec\xff\x9b\x77\xa4\x54\x89\xe3\xfd\x51\x17\x32\x01\x1d\xf0\x73\x10\x00"};
+	uint32_t n = first_nonce;
 	
-	//we need bigendian data...
-	//lessons learned: do NOT endianchange directly in pdata, this will all proof-of-works be considered as stale from minerd.... 
-	int kk=0;
-	for (; kk < 32; kk++)
-	{
-		be32enc(&endiandata[kk], ((uint32_t*)pdata)[kk]);
+	for (int i=0; i < 19; i++) {
+		be32enc(&endiandata[i], pdata[i]);
 	};
 
 	do {
-		pdata[19] = ++n;
 		be32enc(&endiandata[19], n); 
 		skeinhash(hash64, endiandata);
-        if (((hash64[7]&0xFFFFFF00)==0) && 
-				fulltest(hash64, ptarget)) {
-            *hashes_done = n - first_nonce + 1;
+		if (hash64[7] < Htarg && fulltest(hash64, ptarget)) {
+			*hashes_done = n - first_nonce + 1;
+			pdata[19] = n;
 			return true;
 		}
+		n++;
+
 	} while (n < max_nonce && !work_restart[thr_id].restart);
-	
+
 	*hashes_done = n - first_nonce + 1;
 	pdata[19] = n;
+
 	return 0;
 }