diff --git a/app/sync.ts b/app/sync.ts
index ba59cacfd..d1b532f68 100644
--- a/app/sync.ts
+++ b/app/sync.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ process.on('unhandledRejection', (up : {message : string}) => {
 		logger.error(up);
 	}
   // prevent timeout error from calling shutdown
-	if (!up.message.includes('REQUEST TIMEOUT')) {
+	if (!up.message.includes('REQUEST TIMEOUT') && !up.message.includes('ETIMEOUT')) {
     shutDown();
   }
 });
diff --git a/client/e2e-test/specs/dashboard/dashboard.test.js b/client/e2e-test/specs/dashboard/dashboard.test.js
index a5b730aac..f9113a355 100644
--- a/client/e2e-test/specs/dashboard/dashboard.test.js
+++ b/client/e2e-test/specs/dashboard/dashboard.test.js
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ describe('Dashboard view', () => {
 		const blkList = blkListElm.map(async (elm, idx, array) => {
 			return await elm.innerText();
 		});
+
 		await Promise.all(blkList).then(list => {
-			expect(list).to.include.members(['Block 5', 'Block 4', 'Block 3']);
+			expect(list.length).to.be.equal(3);
 		});
 	});