diff --git a/docker_entrypoint.sh b/docker_entrypoint.sh
index 9deb5a6..6b6c297 100755
--- a/docker_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker_entrypoint.sh
@@ -67,10 +67,21 @@ export POOL_BTCADDRESS="${SELFTEST_ADDRESS}"
 # SOCKET_DIR is ephemeral — sockets are re-created on each start.
 export LOGDIR=/root/.ckpool/logs
 export SOCKET_DIR=/run/ckpool
-export BITCOIN_NOTIFY=true
-# ckpool itself doesn't use ZMQ in this build — zmqblock is stripped
-# from the rendered conf below. kamado-api subscribes separately.
-export ZMQ_BLOCK=""
+
+# ckpool has TWO independent new-block detection paths. Wire up both
+# so we're never blind to a tip change (every second of stale work
+# in solo mode is hashrate burned on a dead block).
+#
+#   1. Blockpoll thread: polls bitcoind's getbestblockhash every
+#      BLOCKPOLL_MS. This only runs when notify=false — with
+#      notify=true the thread sleeps 5s and returns immediately.
+#      So keep notify=false.
+#   2. ZMQ hashblock subscriber: instant push notifications from
+#      bitcoind. ckpool defaults zmqblock to tcp://127.0.0.1:28332
+#      which is useless in this container, so point it at the real
+#      endpoint explicitly.
+export BITCOIN_NOTIFY=false
+export ZMQ_BLOCK="tcp://${BITCOIN_RPC_HOST}:28332"
 export BLOCKPOLL_MS=100
 export UPDATE_INTERVAL_S=30
 mkdir -p "${LOGDIR}" "${SOCKET_DIR}" /etc/ckpool
@@ -98,7 +109,6 @@ sed \
     -e "s|\${LOGDIR}|${LOGDIR}|g" \
     -e "s|\${ZMQ_BLOCK}|${ZMQ_BLOCK}|g" \
     "${TEMPLATE}" > "${CONF}"
-sed -i '/"zmqblock":/d' "${CONF}"
 
 echo "kamado-entrypoint: starting ckpool (solo, ${BITCOIND_VARIANT}) on port ${STRATUM_PORT}"
 /usr/local/bin/ckpool --btcsolo --config "${CONF}" --sockdir "${SOCKET_DIR}" --log-shares &