# Electrs Waiting for Bitcoin Node to finish syncing **URL:** \ **Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [March 23, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/electrs-waiting-for-bitcoin-node-to-finish-syncing/15783 "2024-03-23T08:56:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ghoost](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/ghoost/32/4892_2.png) [@Ghoost](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Ghoost)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/electrs-waiting-for-bitcoin-node-to-finish-syncing/15783/1 "2024-03-23T08:56:04Z")
Hello everyone, I run umbrel 1.0 on my raspberry pi 5 and I installed the Electrum server application (“Electrs”). My bitcoin node is fully synchronized but Electrs still saying me “Waiting for Bitcoin Node to finish syncing…”. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/6/6751f1952ab81be4671517321d5c0c6c7d72bfb9.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/1/11d6bdac26bede507cd2385a14991d406cef8b4c.png) Anyone can help me on this issue? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![smolgrrr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/smolgrrr/32/2825_2.png) [@smolgrrr](https://community.umbrel.com/u/smolgrrr)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/electrs-waiting-for-bitcoin-node-to-finish-syncing/15783/2 "2024-03-23T09:03:27Z")
Hi @Ghoost glad to hear your other issue was resolved. If you’re Bitcoin node recently finished syncing, it may take ~24hrs for Electrs to build it’s own database which should resolve this issue. ---
**Author:** ![Ghoost](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/ghoost/32/4892_2.png) [@Ghoost](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Ghoost)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 9:28am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/electrs-waiting-for-bitcoin-node-to-finish-syncing/15783/3 "2024-03-23T09:28:52Z")
Thank you @smolgrrr I will wait to see if it is resolved. Do you know if it possible and how to connect to a docker container since Umbrel 1.0? ---
**Author:** ![mayank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/mayank/32/26_2.png) [@mayank](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mayank)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/electrs-waiting-for-bitcoin-node-to-finish-syncing/15783/4 "2024-03-23T12:26:39Z")
Hey @Ghoost, can you please clarify how you’d like to connect to a docker container? For eg. what’s your use case? ---
**Author:** ![Ghoost](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/ghoost/32/4892_2.png) [@Ghoost](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Ghoost)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/electrs-waiting-for-bitcoin-node-to-finish-syncing/15783/5 "2024-03-23T14:13:19Z")
Hi @mayank , what I mean is for connecting to the pi-hole container for example. When I run the command **`docker exec -it pi-hole_server_1 bash`** for example it should connect me to the container with a bash, but with Umbrel 1.0 it is not working anymore (it was working with umbrel 0.5). That’s why I’m asking. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/a/a055c76c738df400227b654bbb29afdb2376cbed.png) ---
**Author:** ![mayank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/mayank/32/26_2.png) [@mayank](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mayank)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/electrs-waiting-for-bitcoin-node-to-finish-syncing/15783/6 "2024-03-23T16:46:09Z")
@Ghoost Interestingly, this command is working ok for me on umbrelOS 1.0: ```auto sudo docker exec -it pi-hole_server_1 bash ``` Looks like it could potentially be a Docker bug: [docker run with -t option lead to "open /dev/ptmx: no such file or directory" message · Issue #2067 · docker/cli · GitHub](https://github.com/docker/cli/issues/2067) but we need to look deeper. ---
**Author:** ![Ghoost](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/ghoost/32/4892_2.png) [@Ghoost](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Ghoost)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/electrs-waiting-for-bitcoin-node-to-finish-syncing/15783/7 "2024-03-23T18:06:41Z")
Ok thank you @mayank, i’m running umbrel OS 1.0.2 on my Raspberry pi5. I will try to have a look when I have more time 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ghoost](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/ghoost/32/4892_2.png) [@Ghoost](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Ghoost)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/electrs-waiting-for-bitcoin-node-to-finish-syncing/15783/8 "2024-03-24T12:27:11Z")
Hello @smolgrrr, the problem fixed. I restarted my umbrel and waited a bit of time and now Electrum server is fully synchronized 🙂 Thank you for your help! ---
**Author:** ![javo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@javo](https://community.umbrel.com/u/javo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/electrs-waiting-for-bitcoin-node-to-finish-syncing/15783/9 "2024-05-16T18:57:54Z")
I have been experiencing the same either with umbrel 0.5 and 1.1 and my ‘fix’ has always been the same: The most ridiculous and not-technical fix I have ever used: When I install the Electrs server, I have to let open that window all the time until the syncing reach 100%: ![Electrs](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/2X/7/7b85d3bfa086547bfa0dbe5988ce2dc7a3918388.jpeg) I could take about 12-20 hrs, because if I close it, and open the electrs app at a latter time it says: Waiting for the Bitcoin Node to finish syncing, even it is at 100%