diff --git a/src/llmq/dkgsessionmgr.cpp b/src/llmq/dkgsessionmgr.cpp
index 6386d9487ab46..a06be22f863e8 100644
--- a/src/llmq/dkgsessionmgr.cpp
+++ b/src/llmq/dkgsessionmgr.cpp
@@ -317,6 +317,9 @@ bool CDKGSessionManager::GetVerifiedContributions(Consensus::LLMQType llmqType,
             if (it == contributionsCache.end()) {
                 CDataStream s(SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
                 if (!db->ReadDataStream(std::make_tuple(DB_VVEC, llmqType, pQuorumBaseBlockIndex->GetBlockHash(), proTxHash), s)) {
+                    LogPrint(BCLog::LLMQ, "%s -- this node does not have vvec for llmq=%d block=%s protx=%s\n",
+                             __func__, ToUnderlying(llmqType), pQuorumBaseBlockIndex->GetBlockHash().ToString(),
+                             proTxHash.ToString());
                     return false;
                 }
                 size_t vvec_size = ReadCompactSize(s);
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
index 8b325b480bd45..a5227c26ddc8a 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -2072,13 +2072,15 @@ def check_dkg_comitments():
                         continue
                     if c["quorumHash"] != quorum_hash:
                         continue
+                    if c["quorumPublicKey"] == '0' * 96:
+                        continue
                     c_ok = True
                     break
                 if not c_ok:
                     return False
             return True
 
-        self.wait_until(check_dkg_comitments, timeout=timeout, sleep=1)
+        self.wait_until(check_dkg_comitments, timeout=timeout)
 
     def wait_for_quorum_list(self, quorum_hash, nodes, timeout=15, llmq_type_name="llmq_test"):
         def wait_func():