diff --git a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
index 95cc7fdfb272..62c869d2ab7b 100644
--- a/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
+++ b/consensus/ethash/consensus.go
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ func calcDifficultyByzantium(time uint64, parent *types.Header) *big.Int {
 		x.Sub(big2, x)
 	}
 	if x.Cmp(big0) == 0 {
-		x.Sub(x,big1);
+		x.Sub(x,big1)
 	}
 	// max((2 if len(parent_uncles) else 1) - (block_timestamp - parent_timestamp) // 9, -99)
 	if x.Cmp(bigMinus99) < 0 {
diff --git a/params/protocol_params.go b/params/protocol_params.go
index d8c00f015fda..2861921cec25 100644
--- a/params/protocol_params.go
+++ b/params/protocol_params.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ const (
 
 var (
 	DifficultyBoundDivisor = big.NewInt(2048)   // The bound divisor of the difficulty, used in the update calculations.
-	GenesisDifficulty      = big.NewInt(8192) // Difficulty of the Genesis block.
-	MinimumDifficulty      = big.NewInt(8192) // The minimum that the difficulty may ever be.
+	GenesisDifficulty      = big.NewInt(2048) // 8192 Difficulty of the Genesis block.
+	MinimumDifficulty      = big.NewInt(2048) // 8192 The minimum that the difficulty may ever be.
 	DurationLimit          = big.NewInt(13)     // The decision boundary on the blocktime duration used to determine whether difficulty should go up or not.
 )