diff --git a/afsk/main.c b/afsk/main.c
index c9a7258e..7c2a9349 100644
--- a/afsk/main.c
+++ b/afsk/main.c
@@ -2087,19 +2087,19 @@ void get_tlm_fox() {
       rd = nrd; // ^ nrd;
       ctr2++;
     }
-    if (uptime != 0)	// skip update parties if uptime is 0 so the frame will fail the FEC check and be discarded  
-    {
+//    {
       for (i = 0; i < parityLen; i++) {
         for (int j = 0; j < rsFrames; j++) {
           data10[ctr2++] = (Encode_8b10b[rd][((int) parities[j][i])] & 0x3ff);
-          nrd = (Encode_8b10b[rd][((int) parities[j][i])] >> 10) & 1;
+          if (uptime != 0)	// don't correctly update parties if uptime is 0 so the frame will fail the FEC check and be discarded  
+            nrd = (Encode_8b10b[rd][((int) parities[j][i])] >> 10) & 1;
         //	printf ("data10[%d] = encoded parities[%d][%d] = %x \n",
         //		 ctr2 - 1, j, i, data10[ctr2 - 1]); 
 
           rd = nrd;
         }
       }
-    }
+ //   }
     #ifdef DEBUG_LOGGING
     // 	printf("\nAt end of data10 write, %d ctr2 values written\n\n", ctr2);
     #endif