diff --git a/lib/services/coins/litecoin/litecoin_wallet.dart b/lib/services/coins/litecoin/litecoin_wallet.dart
index 4698883f8..ff36bc5c6 100644
--- a/lib/services/coins/litecoin/litecoin_wallet.dart
+++ b/lib/services/coins/litecoin/litecoin_wallet.dart
@@ -1891,7 +1891,6 @@ class LitecoinWallet extends CoinServiceAPI
           // TODO check the specific output, not just the address in general
           // TODO optimize by querying the litescribe API for all addresses at once, instead of one API call per output
           if (utxoOwnerAddress != null) {
-            // TODO add inscription to database
             if (await inscriptionInAddress(utxoOwnerAddress!)) {
               shouldBlock = true;
               blockReason = "Ordinal";
@@ -1927,15 +1926,16 @@ class LitecoinWallet extends CoinServiceAPI
         }
       }
 
-      if (inscriptionsRefreshNeeded) {
-        await refreshInscriptions();
-      }
-
       Logging.instance.log(
         'Outputs fetched: $outputArray',
         level: LogLevel.Info,
       );
 
+      // TODO replace with refreshInscriptions if outputs are changed
+      if (inscriptionsRefreshNeeded) {
+        await refreshInscriptions();
+      }
+
       await db.updateUTXOs(walletId, outputArray);
 
       // finally update balance
diff --git a/lib/services/mixins/ordinals_interface.dart b/lib/services/mixins/ordinals_interface.dart
index 5b17f3b48..f25508517 100644
--- a/lib/services/mixins/ordinals_interface.dart
+++ b/lib/services/mixins/ordinals_interface.dart
@@ -91,4 +91,14 @@ mixin OrdinalsInterface {
       return false;
     }
   }
+
+  // check if an inscription is in a given <UTXO> output
+  Future<bool> inscriptionInAddresses(List<String> addresses) async {
+    var inscriptions = await _getInscriptionDataFromAddresses(addresses);
+    if (inscriptions.isNotEmpty) {
+      return true;
+    } else {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
 }