diff --git a/pkg/k8s/statefulsets.go b/pkg/k8s/statefulsets.go
index b556847..2d3ae3b 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s/statefulsets.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s/statefulsets.go
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/celestiaorg/torch/pkg/db/redis"
 )
 
-const queueK8SNodes = "k8s"
+const (
+	queueK8SNodes = "k8s" // queueK8SNodes name of the queue.
+	daNodePrefix  = "da"  // daNodePrefix name prefix that Torch will use to filter the StatefulSets.
+)
 
 // WatchStatefulSets watches for changes to the StatefulSets in the specified namespace and updates the metrics accordingly
 func WatchStatefulSets() error {
@@ -43,10 +46,12 @@ func WatchStatefulSets() error {
 	// Watch for events on the watcher channel
 	for event := range watcher.ResultChan() {
 		if statefulSet, ok := event.Object.(*v1.StatefulSet); ok {
-			//log.Info("StatefulSet containers: ", statefulSet.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers)
+			if !ok {
+				log.Warn("Received an event that is not a StatefulSet. Skipping this resource...")
+				continue
+			}
 
-			// check if the node is DA, if so, send it to the queue to generate the multi address
-			if strings.HasPrefix(statefulSet.Name, "da") {
+			if isStatefulSetValid(statefulSet) {
 				err := redis.Producer(statefulSet.Name, queueK8SNodes)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Error("ERROR adding the node to the queue: ", err)
@@ -58,3 +63,11 @@ func WatchStatefulSets() error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// isStatefulSetValid validates the StatefulSet received.
+// checks if the StatefulSet name contains the daNodePrefix, and if the StatefulSet is in the "Running" state.
+func isStatefulSetValid(statefulSet *v1.StatefulSet) bool {
+	return strings.HasPrefix(statefulSet.Name, daNodePrefix) &&
+		statefulSet.Status.CurrentReplicas > 0 &&
+		statefulSet.Status.Replicas == statefulSet.Status.ReadyReplicas
+}