diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a046758..30ad1e04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.qortal</groupId>
 	<artifactId>qortal</artifactId>
-	<version>4.2.1</version>
+	<version>4.2.2</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<properties>
 		<skipTests>true</skipTests>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/BlockMinter.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/BlockMinter.java
index bc879f23..b1ed7e3c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/BlockMinter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/controller/BlockMinter.java
@@ -380,9 +380,13 @@ public class BlockMinter extends Thread {
 						parentSignatureForLastLowWeightBlock = null;
 						timeOfLastLowWeightBlock = null;
 
+						Long unconfirmedStartTime = NTP.getTime();
+
 						// Add unconfirmed transactions
 						addUnconfirmedTransactions(repository, newBlock);
 
+						LOGGER.info(String.format("Adding %d unconfirmed transactions took %d ms", newBlock.getTransactions().size(), (NTP.getTime()-unconfirmedStartTime)));
+
 						// Sign to create block's signature
 						newBlock.sign();
 
@@ -484,6 +488,9 @@ public class BlockMinter extends Thread {
 		// Sign to create block's signature, needed by Block.isValid()
 		newBlock.sign();
 
+		// User-defined limit per block
+		int limit = Settings.getInstance().getMaxTransactionsPerBlock();
+
 		// Attempt to add transactions until block is full, or we run out
 		// If a transaction makes the block invalid then skip it and it'll either expire or be in next block.
 		for (TransactionData transactionData : unconfirmedTransactions) {
@@ -496,6 +503,12 @@ public class BlockMinter extends Thread {
 				LOGGER.debug(() -> String.format("Skipping invalid transaction %s during block minting", Base58.encode(transactionData.getSignature())));
 				newBlock.deleteTransaction(transactionData);
 			}
+
+			// User-defined limit per block
+			List<Transaction> transactions = newBlock.getTransactions();
+			if (transactions != null && transactions.size() >= limit) {
+				break;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/transaction/Transaction.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/transaction/Transaction.java
index 10834a06..bd91f25a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qortal/transaction/Transaction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/transaction/Transaction.java
@@ -641,8 +641,7 @@ public abstract class Transaction {
 		BlockData latestBlockData = repository.getBlockRepository().getLastBlock();
 
 		EnumSet<TransactionType> excludedTxTypes = EnumSet.of(TransactionType.CHAT, TransactionType.PRESENCE);
-		int limit = Settings.getInstance().getMaxTransactionsPerBlock();
-		List<TransactionData> unconfirmedTransactions = repository.getTransactionRepository().getUnconfirmedTransactions(excludedTxTypes, limit);
+		List<TransactionData> unconfirmedTransactions = repository.getTransactionRepository().getUnconfirmedTransactions(excludedTxTypes, null);
 
 		unconfirmedTransactions.sort(getDataComparator());