diff --git a/jmclient/jmclient/output.py b/jmclient/jmclient/output.py
index 6f76361..e76a790 100644
--- a/jmclient/jmclient/output.py
+++ b/jmclient/jmclient/output.py
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ def generate_podle_error_string(priv_utxo_pairs, to, ts, wallet_service, cjamoun
     errmsg += ("Utxos only in item 3 are not big enough for this "
                "coinjoin transaction, set by the value "
                "of taker_utxo_amtpercent.\n")
-    errmsg += ("If you cannot source a utxo from your wallet according "
+    errmsg += ("If you cannot source a utxo from your spending mixdepth according "
                "to these rules, use the tool add-utxo.py to source a "
+               "utxo from another mixdepth or a "
                "utxo external to your joinmarket wallet. Read the help "
                "with 'python add-utxo.py --help'\n\n")
     errmsg += ("***\nFor reference, here are the utxos in your wallet:\n")
diff --git a/jmclient/jmclient/taker.py b/jmclient/jmclient/taker.py
index fab90c8..b7c4a0f 100644
--- a/jmclient/jmclient/taker.py
+++ b/jmclient/jmclient/taker.py
@@ -742,7 +742,6 @@ class Taker(object):
             return priv_utxo_pairs, too_old, too_small
 
         commit_type_byte = "P"
-        podle_data = None
         tries = jm_single().config.getint("POLICY", "taker_utxo_retries")
         age = jm_single().config.getint("POLICY", "taker_utxo_age")
         #Minor rounding errors don't matter here
@@ -751,24 +750,11 @@ class Taker(object):
                                             "taker_utxo_amtpercent") / 100.0)
         priv_utxo_pairs, to, ts = priv_utxo_pairs_from_utxos(self.input_utxos,
                                                              age, amt)
-        #Note that we ignore the "too old" and "too small" lists in the first
-        #pass through, because the same utxos appear in the whole-wallet check.
 
         #For podle data format see: podle.PoDLE.reveal()
         #In first round try, don't use external commitments
         podle_data = generate_podle(priv_utxo_pairs, tries)
         if not podle_data:
-            #We defer to a second round to try *all* utxos in wallet;
-            #this is because it's much cleaner to use the utxos involved
-            #in the transaction, about to be consumed, rather than use
-            #random utxos that will persist after. At this step we also
-            #allow use of external utxos in the json file.
-            if any(self.wallet_service.get_utxos_by_mixdepth().values()):
-                utxos = {}
-                for mdutxo in self.wallet_service.get_utxos_by_mixdepth().values():
-                    utxos.update(mdutxo)
-                priv_utxo_pairs, to, ts = priv_utxo_pairs_from_utxos(
-                    utxos, age, amt)
             #Pre-filter the set of external commitments that work for this
             #transaction according to its size and age.
             dummy, extdict = get_podle_commitments()
@@ -777,7 +763,18 @@ class Taker(object):
                     list(extdict.keys()), age, amt)
             else:
                 ext_valid = None
-            podle_data = generate_podle(priv_utxo_pairs, tries, ext_valid)
+            #We defer to a second round to try *all* utxos in spending mixdepth;
+            #this is because it's much cleaner to use the utxos involved
+            #in the transaction, about to be consumed, rather than use
+            #random utxos that will persist after. At this step we also
+            #allow use of external utxos in the json file.
+            mixdepth_utxos = self.wallet_service.get_utxos_by_mixdepth()[self.mixdepth]
+            if len(self.input_utxos) == len(mixdepth_utxos):
+                # Already tried the whole mixdepth
+                podle_data = generate_podle([], tries, ext_valid)
+            else:
+                priv_utxo_pairs, to, ts = priv_utxo_pairs_from_utxos(mixdepth_utxos, age, amt)
+                podle_data = generate_podle(priv_utxo_pairs, tries, ext_valid)
         if podle_data:
             jlog.debug("Generated PoDLE: " + repr(podle_data))
             return (commit_type_byte + bintohex(podle_data.commitment),
diff --git a/jmclient/test/test_taker.py b/jmclient/test/test_taker.py
index edfd65e..9464515 100644
--- a/jmclient/test/test_taker.py
+++ b/jmclient/test/test_taker.py
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ def test_make_commitment(setup_taker, failquery, external):
     taker = get_taker([(mixdepth, amount, 3, "mnsquzxrHXpFsZeL42qwbKdCP2y1esN3qw", NO_ROUNDING)])
     taker.cjamount = amount
     taker.input_utxos = convert_utxos(t_utxos_by_mixdepth[0])
+    taker.mixdepth = mixdepth
     if failquery:
         jm_single().bc_interface.setQUSFail(True)
     taker.make_commitment()