diff --git a/cmd/sovereignnode/config/prefs.toml b/cmd/sovereignnode/config/prefs.toml
index 5d0360b0e7..f14d7b4cb7 100644
--- a/cmd/sovereignnode/config/prefs.toml
+++ b/cmd/sovereignnode/config/prefs.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 [Preferences]
    # DestinationShardAsObserver represents the desired shard when running as observer
-   # value will be given as string. For example: "0", "1", "15", "metachain"
-   # if "disabled" is provided then the node will start in the corresponding shard for its public key or 0 otherwise
-   DestinationShardAsObserver = "disabled"
+   # value should always be "0" for sovereign chain observer
+   DestinationShardAsObserver = "0"
 
    # NodeDisplayName represents the friendly name a user can pick for his node in the status monitor when the node does not run in multikey mode
    # In multikey mode, all bls keys not mentioned in NamedIdentity section will use this one as default
diff --git a/scripts/testnet/sovereignBridge/config/common.snippets.sh b/scripts/testnet/sovereignBridge/config/common.snippets.sh
index 456bb33cc3..0548dadf7f 100644
--- a/scripts/testnet/sovereignBridge/config/common.snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/testnet/sovereignBridge/config/common.snippets.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ getFundsInAddressSovereign() {
         --gas-limit=50000 \
         --outfile=${OUTFILE} \
         --recall-nonce \
+        --wait-result \
         --send
-
-    sleep 6
 }
 
 gitPullAllChanges()