diff --git a/crawl.js b/crawl.js
index 8a622521..13503103 100644
--- a/crawl.js
+++ b/crawl.js
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ async function updateSignerPenAndStatus () {
         logger.error('updateSignerAndPen %s', e)
         web3 = new Web3Ws()
         validator = new Validator(web3)
+        await sleep(10000)
+        return updateSignerPenAndStatus()
     }
 }