diff --git a/src/ckdb.c b/src/ckdb.c
index 4dca76ad..222682db 100644
--- a/src/ckdb.c
+++ b/src/ckdb.c
@@ -2662,6 +2662,7 @@ static void *socketer(__maybe_unused void *arg)
 					case CMD_PAYMENTS:
 					case CMD_PPLNS:
 					case CMD_PPLNS2:
+					case CMD_PAYOUTS:
 					case CMD_DSP:
 					case CMD_BLOCKSTATUS:
 						if (!startup_complete) {
@@ -2880,6 +2881,7 @@ static bool reload_line(PGconn *conn, char *filename, uint64_t count, char *buf)
 			case CMD_STATS:
 			case CMD_PPLNS:
 			case CMD_PPLNS2:
+			case CMD_PAYOUTS:
 			case CMD_USERSTATUS:
 			case CMD_MARKS:
 				LOGERR("%s() Message line %"PRIu64" '%s' - invalid - ignored",
diff --git a/src/ckdb.h b/src/ckdb.h
index 7f65e817..3a529a49 100644
--- a/src/ckdb.h
+++ b/src/ckdb.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 #define DB_VLOCK "1"
 #define DB_VERSION "1.0.0"
-#define CKDB_VERSION DB_VERSION"-1.000"
+#define CKDB_VERSION DB_VERSION"-1.001"
 
 #define WHERE_FFL " - from %s %s() line %d"
 #define WHERE_FFL_HERE __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ enum cmd_values {
 	CMD_STATS,
 	CMD_PPLNS,
 	CMD_PPLNS2,
-	CMD_PAYOUT,
+	CMD_PAYOUTS,
 	CMD_USERSTATUS,
 	CMD_MARKS,
 	CMD_END
@@ -1182,6 +1182,7 @@ extern K_LIST *payouts_free;
 extern K_STORE *payouts_store;
 extern cklock_t process_pplns_lock;
 
+// N.B. status should be checked under r/w lock
 #define PAYOUTS_GENERATED 'G'
 #define PAYOUTS_GENERATED_STR "G"
 #define PAYGENERATED(_status) ((_status)[0] == PAYOUTS_GENERATED)
@@ -1754,7 +1755,7 @@ extern cmp_t cmp_payouts_id(K_ITEM *a, K_ITEM *b);
 extern K_ITEM *find_payouts(int32_t height, char *blockhash);
 extern K_ITEM *find_last_payouts();
 extern K_ITEM *find_payoutid(int64_t payoutid);
-extern void process_pplns(int32_t height, char *blockhash, tv_t *now);
+extern bool process_pplns(int32_t height, char *blockhash, tv_t *now);
 extern cmp_t cmp_auths(K_ITEM *a, K_ITEM *b);
 extern cmp_t cmp_poolstats(K_ITEM *a, K_ITEM *b);
 extern void dsp_userstats(K_ITEM *item, FILE *stream);
diff --git a/src/ckdb_cmd.c b/src/ckdb_cmd.c
index 5d1bcba0..c7f89e79 100644
--- a/src/ckdb_cmd.c
+++ b/src/ckdb_cmd.c
@@ -4030,6 +4030,165 @@ shazbot:
 	return strdup(reply);
 }
 
+static char *cmd_payouts(PGconn *conn, char *cmd, char *id, tv_t *now,
+			 char *by, char *code, char *inet,
+			 __maybe_unused tv_t *cd, K_TREE *trf_root)
+{
+	char reply[1024] = "";
+	size_t siz = sizeof(reply);
+	char msg[1024] = "";
+	K_ITEM *i_action, *i_payoutid, *i_height, *i_blockhash, *i_addrdate;
+	K_ITEM *p_item, *p2_item, *old_p2_item;
+	PAYOUTS *payouts, *payouts2, *old_payouts2;
+	char *action;
+	int64_t payoutid = -1;
+	int32_t height = 0;
+	char blockhash[TXT_BIG+1];
+	tv_t addrdate;
+	bool ok = true;
+
+	LOGDEBUG("%s(): cmd '%s'", __func__, cmd);
+
+	i_action = require_name(trf_root, "action", 1, NULL, reply, siz);
+	if (!i_action)
+		return strdup(reply);
+	action = transfer_data(i_action);
+
+	if (strcasecmp(action, "generated") == 0) {
+		/* Change the status of a processing payout to generated
+		 * Require payoutid
+		 * Use this if the payout process completed but the end txn,
+		 *  that only updates the payout to generated, failed */
+		i_payoutid = require_name(trf_root, "payoutid", 1,
+					  (char *)intpatt, reply, siz);
+		if (!i_payoutid)
+			return strdup(reply);
+		TXT_TO_BIGINT("payoutid", transfer_data(i_payoutid), payoutid);
+
+		K_WLOCK(payouts_free);
+		p_item = find_payoutid(payoutid);
+		if (!p_item) {
+			K_WUNLOCK(payouts_free);
+			snprintf(reply, siz,
+				 "no payout with id %"PRId64, payoutid);
+			return strdup(reply);
+		}
+		DATA_PAYOUTS(payouts, p_item);
+		if (!PAYPROCESSING(payouts->status)) {
+			K_WUNLOCK(payouts_free);
+			snprintf(reply, siz,
+				 "status !processing (%s) for payout %"PRId64,
+				 payouts->status, payoutid);
+			return strdup(reply);
+		}
+		p2_item = k_unlink_head(payouts_free);
+		K_WUNLOCK(payouts_free);
+
+		/* There is a risk of the p_item changing while it's unlocked,
+		 *  but since this is a manual interface it's not really likely
+		 *  and there'll be an error if something goes wrong
+		 * It reports the old and new status */
+		DATA_PAYOUTS(payouts2, p2_item);
+		bzero(payouts2, sizeof(*payouts2));
+		payouts2->payoutid = payouts->payoutid;
+		payouts2->height = payouts->height;
+		STRNCPY(payouts2->blockhash, payouts->blockhash);
+		payouts2->minerreward = payouts->minerreward;
+		payouts2->workinfoidstart = payouts->workinfoidstart;
+		payouts2->workinfoidend = payouts->workinfoidend;
+		payouts2->elapsed = payouts->elapsed;
+		STRNCPY(payouts2->status, PAYOUTS_GENERATED_STR);
+		payouts2->diffwanted = payouts->diffwanted;
+		payouts2->diffused = payouts->diffused;
+		payouts2->shareacc = payouts->shareacc;
+		copy_tv(&(payouts2->lastshareacc), &(payouts->lastshareacc));
+		payouts2->stats = strdup(payouts->stats);
+
+		ok = payouts_add(conn, true, p2_item, &old_p2_item,
+				 by, code, inet, now, NULL, false);
+		if (!ok) {
+			snprintf(reply, siz, "failed payout %"PRId64, payoutid);
+			return strdup(reply);
+		}
+		DATA_PAYOUTS(payouts2, p2_item);
+		DATA_PAYOUTS(old_payouts2, old_p2_item);
+		snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg),
+			 "payout %"PRId64" changed from '%s' to '%s' for"
+			 "%"PRId32"/%s",
+			 payoutid, payouts2->status, old_payouts2->status,
+			 payouts2->height, payouts2->blockhash);
+/*
+	} else if (strcasecmp(action, "expire") == 0) {
+		/ TODO: Expire the payout - effectively deletes it
+		 * Require payoutid
+		 * If any payments are paid then don't allow it /
+		i_payoutid = require_name(trf_root, "payoutid", 1,
+					  (char *)intpatt, reply, siz);
+		if (!i_payoutid)
+			return strdup(reply);
+		TXT_TO_BIGINT("payoutid", transfer_data(i_payoutid), payoutid);
+
+		K_WLOCK(payouts_free);
+		p_item = find_payoutid(payoutid);
+		if (!p_item) {
+			K_WUNLOCK(payouts_free);
+			snprintf(reply, siz,
+				 "no payout with id %"PRId64, payoutid);
+			return strdup(reply);
+		}
+		p2_item = k_unlink_head(payouts_free);
+		K_WUNLOCK(payouts_free);
+
+		DATA_PAYOUTS(payouts2, p2_item);
+		bzero(payouts2, sizeof(*payouts2));
+		payouts2->payoutid = payouts->payoutid;
+
+		...
+*/
+	} else if (strcasecmp(action, "process") == 0) {
+		/* Generate a payout
+		 * Require height, blockhash and addrdate
+		 *  addrdate is an epoch integer
+		 *   and 0 means uses the default = block NEW createdate
+		 *   this is the date to use for payoutaddresses
+		 * Check the console for processing messages */
+		i_height = require_name(trf_root, "height", 6,
+					(char *)intpatt, reply, siz);
+		if (!i_height)
+			return strdup(reply);
+		TXT_TO_INT("height", transfer_data(i_height), height);
+
+		i_blockhash = require_name(trf_root, "blockhash", 64,
+					   (char *)hashpatt, reply, siz);
+		if (!i_blockhash)
+			return strdup(reply);
+		TXT_TO_STR("blockhash", transfer_data(i_blockhash), blockhash);
+
+		i_addrdate = require_name(trf_root, "addrdate", 1,
+					 (char *)intpatt, reply, siz);
+		if (!i_addrdate)
+			return strdup(reply);
+		TXT_TO_CTV("addrdate", transfer_data(i_addrdate), addrdate);
+
+		if (addrdate.tv_sec == 0)
+			ok = process_pplns(height, blockhash, NULL);
+		else
+			ok = process_pplns(height, blockhash, &addrdate);
+
+	} else {
+		snprintf(reply, siz, "unknown action '%s'", action);
+		LOGERR("%s.%s", id, reply);
+		return strdup(reply);
+	}
+
+	snprintf(reply, siz, "%s.%s%s%s",
+			     ok ? "ok" : "ERR",
+			     action,
+			     msg[0] ? " " : EMPTY,
+			     msg[0] ? msg : EMPTY);
+	LOGWARNING("%s.%s", id, reply);
+	return strdup(reply);
+}
 static char *cmd_dsp(__maybe_unused PGconn *conn, __maybe_unused char *cmd,
 		     char *id, __maybe_unused tv_t *now,
 		     __maybe_unused char *by, __maybe_unused char *code,
@@ -4690,7 +4849,7 @@ struct CMDS ckdb_cmds[] = {
 	{ CMD_STATS,	"stats",	true,	false,	cmd_stats,	ACCESS_SYSTEM ACCESS_WEB },
 	{ CMD_PPLNS,	"pplns",	false,	false,	cmd_pplns,	ACCESS_SYSTEM ACCESS_WEB },
 	{ CMD_PPLNS2,	"pplns2",	false,	false,	cmd_pplns2,	ACCESS_SYSTEM ACCESS_WEB },
-//	{ CMD_PAYOUT,	"payout",	false,	false,	cmd_payout,	ACCESS_SYSTEM },
+	{ CMD_PAYOUTS,	"payouts",	false,	false,	cmd_payouts,	ACCESS_SYSTEM },
 	{ CMD_USERSTATUS,"userstatus",	false,	false,	cmd_userstatus,	ACCESS_SYSTEM ACCESS_WEB },
 	{ CMD_MARKS,	"marks",	false,	false,	cmd_marks,	ACCESS_SYSTEM },
 	{ CMD_END,	NULL,		false,	false,	NULL,		NULL }
diff --git a/src/ckdb_data.c b/src/ckdb_data.c
index 3d227af9..ce38a11a 100644
--- a/src/ckdb_data.c
+++ b/src/ckdb_data.c
@@ -2557,11 +2557,11 @@ K_ITEM *find_payoutid(int64_t payoutid)
  N.B. process_pplns() is only automatically triggered once after the block
 	summarisation is verified, so it can always report all errors
 */
-void process_pplns(int32_t height, char *blockhash, tv_t *addr_cd)
+bool process_pplns(int32_t height, char *blockhash, tv_t *addr_cd)
 {
 	K_TREE_CTX b_ctx[1], ss_ctx[1], wm_ctx[1], ms_ctx[1], pay_ctx[1], mu_ctx[1];
 	bool allow_aged = true, conned = false, begun = false;
-	bool countbacklimit, ok;
+	bool countbacklimit, ok = false;
 	PGconn *conn = NULL;
 	MININGPAYOUTS *miningpayouts;
 	OPTIONCONTROL *optioncontrol;
@@ -2586,7 +2586,8 @@ void process_pplns(int32_t height, char *blockhash, tv_t *addr_cd)
 	char ndiffbin[TXT_SML+1];
 	double diff_times, diff_add;
 	char cd_buf[CDATE_BUFSIZ];
-	tv_t begin_tv, end_tv, now;
+	tv_t end_tv = { 0L, 0L };
+	tv_t begin_tv, now;
 	char buf[1024];
 
 	/*
@@ -2624,30 +2625,30 @@ void process_pplns(int32_t height, char *blockhash, tv_t *addr_cd)
 		goto oku;
 	}
 	DATA_BLOCKS(blocks, b_item);
-	// If addr_cd is null, use the block NEW createdate
-	if (!addr_cd) {
-		b2_item = b_item;
-		DATA_BLOCKS(blocks2, b2_item);
-		while (b2_item && blocks2->height == height &&
-		       strcmp(blocks2->blockhash, blockhash) == 0) {
-			if (blocks2->confirmed[0] == BLOCKS_NEW) {
+	b2_item = b_item;
+	DATA_BLOCKS(blocks2, b2_item);
+	while (b2_item && blocks2->height == height &&
+	       strcmp(blocks2->blockhash, blockhash) == 0) {
+		if (blocks2->confirmed[0] == BLOCKS_NEW) {
+			copy_tv(&end_tv, &(blocks->createdate));
+			if (!addr_cd)
 				addr_cd = &(blocks2->createdate);
-				break;
-			}
-			b2_item = next_in_ktree(b_ctx);
-			DATA_BLOCKS_NULL(blocks2, b2_item);
-		}
-		if (!addr_cd) {
-			K_RUNLOCK(blocks_free);
-			LOGEMERG("%s(): missing NEW record for block %"PRId32
-				 "/%"PRId64"/%s/%s/%"PRId64,
-				 __func__, blocks->height, blocks->workinfoid,
-				 blocks->workername, blocks->confirmed,
-				 blocks->reward);
-			goto oku;
+			break;
 		}
+		b2_item = next_in_ktree(b_ctx);
+		DATA_BLOCKS_NULL(blocks2, b2_item);
 	}
 	K_RUNLOCK(blocks_free);
+	// If addr_cd was null it should've been set to the block NEW createdate
+	if (!addr_cd || end_tv.tv_sec == 0) {
+		LOGEMERG("%s(): missing %s record for block %"PRId32
+			 "/%"PRId64"/%s/%s/%"PRId64,
+			 __func__, blocks_confirmed(BLOCKS_NEW_STR),
+			 blocks->height, blocks->workinfoid,
+			 blocks->workername, blocks->confirmed,
+			 blocks->reward);
+		goto oku;
+	}
 
 	LOGDEBUG("%s(): block %"PRId32"/%"PRId64"/%s/%s/%"PRId64,
 		 __func__, blocks->height, blocks->workinfoid,
@@ -3211,6 +3212,8 @@ void process_pplns(int32_t height, char *blockhash, tv_t *addr_cd)
 	goto oku;
 
 shazbot:
+	ok = false;
+
 	if (begun)
 		CKPQEnd(conn, false);
 	CKPQDisco(&conn, conned);
@@ -3250,7 +3253,7 @@ oku:
 		}
 		addr_store = k_free_store(addr_store);
 	}
-	return;
+	return ok;
 }
 
 // order by userid asc,createdate asc,authid asc,expirydate desc