diff --git a/common/protocol/src/index.ts b/common/protocol/src/index.ts
index 07676bbc..cfcd6c9f 100644
--- a/common/protocol/src/index.ts
+++ b/common/protocol/src/index.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import {
   isStorageBalanceLow,
 } from "./methods";
 import { ICacheProvider, IMetrics, IRuntime } from "./types";
-import { standardizeError } from "./utils";
+import { IDLE_TIME, sleep, standardizeError } from "./utils";
 import { SupportedChains } from "@kyvejs/sdk/dist/constants";
 import { storageProviderFactory } from "./reactors/storageProviders";
 import { compressionFactory } from "./reactors/compression";
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ export class Validator {
       process.exit(1);
     }
 
+    // until data is not available we wait and idle
+    while (!(await this.isDataAvailable())) {
+      await sleep(IDLE_TIME);
+    }
+
     if (!(await this.isDataAvailable())) {
       process.exit(1);
     }
diff --git a/common/protocol/src/methods/checks/isDataAvailable.ts b/common/protocol/src/methods/checks/isDataAvailable.ts
index 51588cb4..478538d7 100644
--- a/common/protocol/src/methods/checks/isDataAvailable.ts
+++ b/common/protocol/src/methods/checks/isDataAvailable.ts
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ export async function isDataAvailable(this: Validator): Promise<boolean> {
 
     return true;
   } catch (err) {
-    this.logger.fatal(`Data not available. Exiting ...`);
-    this.logger.fatal(standardizeError(err));
+    this.logger.warn(`Data not available for next key. Retrying in 60s ...`);
+    this.logger.debug(standardizeError(err));
 
     return false;
   }