diff --git a/src/firewall/mod.rs b/src/firewall/mod.rs
index e026bf7..947e0a3 100644
--- a/src/firewall/mod.rs
+++ b/src/firewall/mod.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub fn block(
     // validate and send batch
     let finalized_batch = batch.finalize();
     send_and_process(&finalized_batch)?;
-    if fwlen < &mut ips_add.len() {
+    if fwlen != &mut ips_add.len() {
         ret.push(format!("{length} ip in firewall", length = ips_add.len()));
     }
     *fwlen = ips_add.len();
diff --git a/src/ipblc/mod.rs b/src/ipblc/mod.rs
index 2745c3b..ba2ecab 100644
--- a/src/ipblc/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ipblc/mod.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ async fn listenpubsub(ctx: &Arc<Mutex<Context>>, txpubsub: Sender<IpData>, socke
                 Some(ss) => {
                     let msg = ss.strip_prefix(prefix.as_str()).unwrap();
                     let tosend: IpData = serde_json::from_str(msg).unwrap();
-                    if tosend.hostname != gethostname(true) {
+                    if tosend.hostname != gethostname(true) || tosend.mode == "zmq".to_string() {
                         txpubsub.send(tosend).await.unwrap();
                     }
                 }