diff --git a/blockchain/blockchain.go b/blockchain/blockchain.go
index 56a2b44..1adec41 100644
--- a/blockchain/blockchain.go
+++ b/blockchain/blockchain.go
@@ -868,10 +868,6 @@ func (chain *Blockchain) Add_Complete_Block(cbl *block.Complete_Block) (err erro
 			if bl_current.Height == 0 { // if it's genesis block
 				if ss, err = chain.Store.Balance_store.LoadSnapshot(0); err != nil {
 					panic(err)
-				} else if balance_tree, err = ss.GetTree(config.BALANCE_TREE); err != nil {
-					panic(err)
-				} else if sc_meta, err = ss.GetTree(config.SC_META); err != nil {
-					panic(err)
 				}
 			} else { // we already have a block before us, use it
 
@@ -886,13 +882,12 @@ func (chain *Blockchain) Add_Complete_Block(cbl *block.Complete_Block) (err erro
 				if err != nil {
 					panic(err)
 				}
-
-				if balance_tree, err = ss.GetTree(config.BALANCE_TREE); err != nil {
-					panic(err)
-				}
-				if sc_meta, err = ss.GetTree(config.SC_META); err != nil {
-					panic(err)
-				}
+			}
+			if balance_tree, err = ss.GetTree(config.BALANCE_TREE); err != nil {
+				panic(err)
+			}
+			if sc_meta, err = ss.GetTree(config.SC_META); err != nil {
+				panic(err)
 			}
 
 			fees_collected := uint64(0)
diff --git a/blockchain/storefs.go b/blockchain/storefs.go
index 89b7d57..57ea3a5 100644
--- a/blockchain/storefs.go
+++ b/blockchain/storefs.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func (s *storefs) ReadBlock(h [32]byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return nil, os.ErrNotExist
 }
 
+// on windows, we see an odd behaviour where some files could not be deleted, since they may exist only in cache
 func (s *storefs) DeleteBlock(h [32]byte) error {
 	dir := filepath.Join(filepath.Join(s.basedir, "bltx_store"), fmt.Sprintf("%02x", h[0]), fmt.Sprintf("%02x", h[1]), fmt.Sprintf("%02x", h[2]))
 
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ func (s *storefs) DeleteBlock(h [32]byte) error {
 			file := filepath.Join(filepath.Join(s.basedir, "bltx_store"), fmt.Sprintf("%02x", h[0]), fmt.Sprintf("%02x", h[1]), fmt.Sprintf("%02x", h[2]), file.Name())
 			err = os.Remove(file)
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				//return err
 			}
 			found = true
 		}
@@ -123,10 +124,15 @@ func (chain *Blockchain) ReadBlockSnapshotVersion(h [32]byte) (uint64, error) {
 func (s *storefs) ReadBlockSnapshotVersion(h [32]byte) (uint64, error) {
 	dir := filepath.Join(filepath.Join(s.basedir, "bltx_store"), fmt.Sprintf("%02x", h[0]), fmt.Sprintf("%02x", h[1]), fmt.Sprintf("%02x", h[2]))
 
-	files, err := os.ReadDir(dir)
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(dir) // this always returns the sorted list
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
+	// windows has a caching issue, so earlier versions may exist at the same time
+	// so we mitigate it, by using the last version, below 3 lines reverse the already sorted arrray
+	for left, right := 0, len(files)-1; left < right; left, right = left+1, right-1 {
+		files[left], files[right] = files[right], files[left]
+	}
 
 	filename_start := fmt.Sprintf("%x.block", h[:])
 	for _, file := range files {
diff --git a/config/version.go b/config/version.go
index 252f6ef..e400d0b 100644
--- a/config/version.go
+++ b/config/version.go
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ import "github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 
 // right now it has to be manually changed
 // do we need to include git commitsha??
-var Version = semver.MustParse("3.4.92-1.DEROHE.STARGATE+25112021")
+var Version = semver.MustParse("3.4.93-1.DEROHE.STARGATE+25112021")