diff --git a/src/p2pool.cpp b/src/p2pool.cpp
index 2be38e2..d2dfa5a 100644
--- a/src/p2pool.cpp
+++ b/src/p2pool.cpp
@@ -2028,7 +2028,7 @@ void p2pool::on_external_block(const PoolBlock& block)
 
 void p2pool::api_update_aux_data()
 {
-	if (!m_api || m_stopped) {
+	if (!m_api || !m_params->m_localStats || m_stopped) {
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 016ce2e..ca5b681 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 namespace p2pool {
 
 #define P2POOL_VERSION_MAJOR 4
-#define P2POOL_VERSION_MINOR 7
+#define P2POOL_VERSION_MINOR 8
 #define P2POOL_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 constexpr uint32_t P2POOL_VERSION = (P2POOL_VERSION_MAJOR << 16) | (P2POOL_VERSION_MINOR << 8) | P2POOL_VERSION_PATCH;