diff --git a/src/gridcoin/scraper/scraper.cpp b/src/gridcoin/scraper/scraper.cpp
index 6df1f933d8..164911551c 100755
--- a/src/gridcoin/scraper/scraper.cpp
+++ b/src/gridcoin/scraper/scraper.cpp
@@ -3937,8 +3937,6 @@ ScraperStatsVerifiedBeaconsTotalCredits GetScraperStatsByConvergedManifest(const
     // Enumerate the count of active projects from the dummy converged manifest. One of the parts
     // is the beacon list, is not a project, which is why that should not be included in the count.
     // Populate the verified beacons map, and if it is don't count that either.
-    ScraperPendingBeaconMap VerifiedBeaconMap;
-
     int exclude_parts_from_count = 1;
 
     auto iter = StructConvergedManifest.ConvergedManifestPartPtrsMap.find("VerifiedBeacons");
@@ -3948,7 +3946,7 @@ ScraperStatsVerifiedBeaconsTotalCredits GetScraperStatsByConvergedManifest(const
 
         try
         {
-            part >> VerifiedBeaconMap;
+            part >> stats_verified_beacons_tc.mVerifiedMap;
         }
         catch (const std::exception& e)
         {
@@ -3958,10 +3956,6 @@ ScraperStatsVerifiedBeaconsTotalCredits GetScraperStatsByConvergedManifest(const
         ++exclude_parts_from_count;
     }
 
-    stats_verified_beacons_tc.mVerifiedMap = VerifiedBeaconMap;
-
-    std::map<std::string, double> projects_all_cpid_total_credits_map;
-
     iter = StructConvergedManifest.ConvergedManifestPartPtrsMap.find("ProjectsAllCpidTotalCredits");
     if (iter != StructConvergedManifest.ConvergedManifestPartPtrsMap.end())
     {
@@ -3969,7 +3963,7 @@ ScraperStatsVerifiedBeaconsTotalCredits GetScraperStatsByConvergedManifest(const
 
         try
         {
-            part >> projects_all_cpid_total_credits_map;
+            part >> stats_verified_beacons_tc.m_total_credit_map;
         }
         catch (const std::exception& e)
         {
@@ -3979,8 +3973,6 @@ ScraperStatsVerifiedBeaconsTotalCredits GetScraperStatsByConvergedManifest(const
         ++exclude_parts_from_count;
     }
 
-    stats_verified_beacons_tc.m_total_credit_map = projects_all_cpid_total_credits_map;
-
     unsigned int nActiveProjects = StructConvergedManifest.ConvergedManifestPartPtrsMap.size() - exclude_parts_from_count;
 
     // If a project part is greylisted, do not count it as an active project, even though stats have been collected.
@@ -4660,6 +4652,14 @@ EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_StructScraperFileManifest, CScraperManifest::cs_mapM
             auto scraper_cmanifest_include_noncurrent_proj_files =
                     []() { LOCK(cs_ScraperGlobals); return SCRAPER_CMANIFEST_INCLUDE_NONCURRENT_PROJ_FILES; };
 
+            // Populate the all cpid total credit map from current entries only. Keep track of the timestamps and assign
+            // the latest manifest file entry timestamp to the total_credit_map_timestamp.
+            if (entry.second.current && !entry.second.excludefromcsmanifest) {
+                total_credit_map.insert(std::make_pair(entry.first, entry.second.all_cpid_total_credit));
+
+                total_credit_map_timestamp = std::max(entry.second.timestamp, total_credit_map_timestamp);
+            }
+
             // If SCRAPER_CMANIFEST_INCLUDE_NONCURRENT_PROJ_FILES is false, only include current files to send across the
             // network. Also continue (exclude) if it is a non-publishable entry (excludefromcsmanifest is true) or
             // if it has no records.
@@ -4668,14 +4668,6 @@ EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs_StructScraperFileManifest, CScraperManifest::cs_mapM
                 continue;
             }
 
-            // Populate the all cpid total credit map from current entries only. Keep track of the timestamps and assign
-            // the latest manifest file entry timestamp to the total_credit_map_timestamp.
-            if (entry.second.current) {
-                total_credit_map.insert(std::make_pair(entry.first, entry.second.all_cpid_total_credit));
-
-                total_credit_map_timestamp = std::max(entry.second.timestamp, total_credit_map_timestamp);
-            }
-
             fs::path inputfile = entry.first;
 
             fs::path inputfilewpath = pathScraper / inputfile;
diff --git a/src/gridcoin/scraper/scraper_net.cpp b/src/gridcoin/scraper/scraper_net.cpp
index 99d402e2ab..234d827f2d 100644
--- a/src/gridcoin/scraper/scraper_net.cpp
+++ b/src/gridcoin/scraper/scraper_net.cpp
@@ -881,10 +881,8 @@ UniValue CScraperManifest::ToJson() const EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(CSplitBlob::c
         if (part.project != "ProjectsAllCpidTotalCredits") {
             projects.push_back(part.ToJson());
 
-        } else {
-            CDataStream ss(SER_NETWORK, 1);
-
-            ss << vParts[part.part1]->data;
+        } else if (!vParts[part.part1]->data.empty()) {
+            CDataStream ss(vParts[part.part1]->data, SER_NETWORK, 1);
 
             ss >> total_credit_map;