diff --git a/src/ckdb.h b/src/ckdb.h
index 61848f18..bb35f06d 100644
--- a/src/ckdb.h
+++ b/src/ckdb.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 #define DB_VLOCK "1"
 #define DB_VERSION "0.9.4"
-#define CKDB_VERSION DB_VERSION"-0.641"
+#define CKDB_VERSION DB_VERSION"-0.642"
 
 #define WHERE_FFL " - from %s %s() line %d"
 #define WHERE_FFL_HERE __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__
diff --git a/src/ckdb_dbio.c b/src/ckdb_dbio.c
index 8c0b3d52..f837e78b 100644
--- a/src/ckdb_dbio.c
+++ b/src/ckdb_dbio.c
@@ -4055,6 +4055,10 @@ bool auths_add(PGconn *conn, char *poolinstance, char *username,
 	}
 	DATA_USERS(*users, u_item);
 
+	// Any status content means disallow mining
+	if ((*users)->status[0])
+		goto unitem;
+
 	STRNCPY(row->poolinstance, poolinstance);
 	row->userid = (*users)->userid;
 	// since update=false, a dup will be ok and do nothing when igndup=true