diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 15ee267c04..5b17d5edba 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
             return InitError(_("You must specify a masternodeprivkey in the configuration. Please see documentation for help."));
         }
 
-        activeMasternode.ManageStatus();
+        if(Params().NetworkID() != CBaseChainParams::REGTEST) activeMasternode.ManageStatus();
     }
 
     if(GetBoolArg("-mnconflock", true)) {