diff --git a/src/ckpool.c b/src/ckpool.c
index 620cd925..31746936 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.c
+++ b/src/ckpool.c
@@ -883,9 +883,10 @@ static void json_get_int64(int64_t *store, json_t *val, const char *res)
 		return;
 	}
 	*store = json_integer_value(entry);
+	LOGDEBUG("Json found entry %s: %ld", res, *store);
 }
 
-static void json_get_int(int *store, json_t *val, const char *res)
+void json_get_int(int *store, json_t *val, const char *res)
 {
 	json_t *entry = json_object_get(val, res);
 
@@ -898,6 +899,7 @@ static void json_get_int(int *store, json_t *val, const char *res)
 		return;
 	}
 	*store = json_integer_value(entry);
+	LOGDEBUG("Json found entry %s: %d", res, *store);
 }
 
 static void json_get_bool(bool *store, json_t *val, const char *res)
@@ -913,6 +915,7 @@ static void json_get_bool(bool *store, json_t *val, const char *res)
 		return;
 	}
 	*store = json_is_true(entry);
+	LOGDEBUG("Json found entry %s: %s", res, *store ? "true" : "false");
 }
 
 static void parse_btcds(ckpool_t *ckp, json_t *arr_val, int arr_size)
diff --git a/src/ckpool.h b/src/ckpool.h
index f5e6aa2b..b1ce196f 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.h
+++ b/src/ckpool.h
@@ -200,5 +200,6 @@ json_t *json_rpc_call(connsock_t *cs, const char *rpc_req);
 
 int process_exit(ckpool_t *ckp, proc_instance_t *pi, int ret);
 void json_get_string(char **store, json_t *val, const char *res);
+void json_get_int(int *store, json_t *val, const char *res);
 
 #endif /* CKPOOL_H */
diff --git a/src/libckpool.h b/src/libckpool.h
index a769a0ed..26f6e670 100644
--- a/src/libckpool.h
+++ b/src/libckpool.h
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@
 #define __maybe_unused		__attribute__((unused))
 #define uninitialised_var(x) x = x
 
+#define MAX(a,b) \
+	({ __typeof__ (a) _a = (a); \
+	__typeof__ (b) _b = (b); \
+	_a > _b ? _a : _b; })
+
+#define MIN(a,b) \
+	({ __typeof__ (a) _a = (a); \
+	__typeof__ (b) _b = (b); \
+	_a < _b ? _a : _b; })
+
 typedef unsigned char uchar;
 
 typedef struct timeval tv_t;
diff --git a/src/stratifier.c b/src/stratifier.c
index bb431c57..ec2d5bb5 100644
--- a/src/stratifier.c
+++ b/src/stratifier.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ struct worker_instance {
 	double dsps1440;
 	tv_t last_share;
 
-	int64_t mindiff; /* User chosen mindiff */
+	int mindiff; /* User chosen mindiff */
 };
 
 /* Per client stratum instance == workers */
@@ -1588,6 +1588,7 @@ static int send_recv_auth(stratum_instance_t *client)
 
 	free(json_msg);
 	if (likely(buf)) {
+		worker_instance_t *worker = client->worker_instance;
 		char *cmd = NULL, *secondaryuserid = NULL;
 		char response[PAGESIZE] = {};
 		json_error_t err_val;
@@ -1603,8 +1604,11 @@ static int send_recv_auth(stratum_instance_t *client)
 		val = json_loads(cmd, 0, &err_val);
 		if (unlikely(!val))
 			LOGWARNING("AUTH JSON decode failed(%d): %s", err_val.line, err_val.text);
-		else
+		else {
 			json_get_string(&secondaryuserid, val, "secondaryuserid");
+			json_get_int(&worker->mindiff, val, "difficultydefault");
+			client->suggest_diff = worker->mindiff;
+		}
 		if (!safecmp(response, "ok.auth") && secondaryuserid) {
 			if (!user_instance->secondaryuserid)
 				user_instance->secondaryuserid = secondaryuserid;
@@ -2667,8 +2671,8 @@ static void sauth_process(ckpool_t *ckp, json_params_t *jp)
 {
 	json_t *result_val, *json_msg, *err_val = NULL;
 	stratum_instance_t *client;
+	int mindiff, errnum = 0;
 	int64_t client_id;
-	int errnum = 0;
 
 	client_id = jp->client_id;
 
@@ -2698,6 +2702,18 @@ static void sauth_process(ckpool_t *ckp, json_params_t *jp)
 	json_object_set_new_nocheck(json_msg, "error", err_val ? err_val : json_null());
 	json_object_set_nocheck(json_msg, "id", jp->id_val);
 	stratum_add_send(json_msg, client_id);
+
+	if (!json_is_string(result_val) || !client->suggest_diff)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* Update the client now if they have set a valid mindiff different
+	 * from the startdiff */
+	mindiff = MAX(ckp->mindiff, client->suggest_diff);
+	mindiff = MIN(ckp->startdiff, mindiff);
+	if (mindiff != client->diff) {
+		client->diff = mindiff;
+		stratum_send_diff(client);
+	}
 out:
 	discard_json_params(&jp);