diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70f1c859..2d11317c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cadt",
-  "version": "1.7.1",
+  "version": "1.7.2",
   "_comment": "DONT CHANGE MAJOR UNLESS DATAMODEL CHANGES: The major version corresponds to the datamodel version your using, so 2.0.0 means it'll use datamodel v2",
   "private": true,
   "bin": "build/server.js",
diff --git a/src/controllers/organization.controller.js b/src/controllers/organization.controller.js
index b50e8981..9550612f 100644
--- a/src/controllers/organization.controller.js
+++ b/src/controllers/organization.controller.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Sequelize } from 'sequelize';
 import { sequelize } from '../database';
-import { Organization } from '../models/organizations';
 import datalayer from '../datalayer';
 
 import {
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 
 import { getDataModelVersion } from '../utils/helpers';
 
-import { ModelKeys, Audit, Staging } from '../models';
+import { ModelKeys, Audit, Organization, Staging } from '../models';
 
 export const findAll = async (req, res) => {
   return res.json(await Organization.getOrgsMap());
@@ -21,17 +20,21 @@ export const findAll = async (req, res) => {
 
 export const homeOrgSyncStatus = async (req, res) => {
   try {
-    await assertHomeOrgExists();
+    //await assertHomeOrgExists();
     const walletSynced = await datalayer.walletIsSynced();
     const homeOrg = await Organization.getHomeOrg();
+    const pendingCommitsCount = await Staging.count({
+      where: { commited: true },
+    });
 
     return res.json({
+      ready:
+        walletSynced && Boolean(homeOrg?.synced) && pendingCommitsCount === 0,
       status: {
         wallet_synced: walletSynced,
-        home_org_synced: homeOrg?.synced ?? false,
+        home_org_synced: Boolean(homeOrg?.synced),
+        pending_commits: pendingCommitsCount,
       },
-      message:
-        'After you detect that wallet is synced, you will want to wait about 5 seconds and call this endpoint again to get the home org status. There is a delay between when the wallet is synced and when the proper status for home org is picked up.',
       success: true,
     });
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/models/organizations/organizations.model.js b/src/models/organizations/organizations.model.js
index d8cf9971..fd1aee87 100644
--- a/src/models/organizations/organizations.model.js
+++ b/src/models/organizations/organizations.model.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { sequelize } from '../../database';
 
 import datalayer from '../../datalayer';
 import { logger } from '../../config/logger.cjs';
-import { FileStore } from '../';
+import { FileStore, Staging } from '../';
 
 import { getDefaultOrganizationList } from '../../utils/data-loaders';
 
@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ class Organization extends Model {
     }
 
     if (myOrganization) {
-      myOrganization.synced = myOrganization.synced === 1;
+      const pendingCommitsCount = await Staging.count({
+        where: { commited: true },
+      });
+
+      myOrganization.synced =
+        myOrganization.synced === 1 && pendingCommitsCount === 0;
     }
 
     return myOrganization;
@@ -74,6 +79,13 @@ class Organization extends Model {
           await datalayer.getPublicAddress();
         organizations[i].dataValues.balance =
           await datalayer.getWalletBalance();
+
+        const pendingCommitsCount = await Staging.count({
+          where: { commited: true },
+        });
+
+        organizations[i].dataValues.synced =
+          organizations[i].dataValues.synced === 1 && pendingCommitsCount === 0;
         break;
       }
     }