diff --git a/src/hooks/usePublish/usePublish.ts b/src/hooks/usePublish/usePublish.ts
index fbd5055..de99aa7 100644
--- a/src/hooks/usePublish/usePublish.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/usePublish/usePublish.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { useState } from 'react'
 import { DataTokenOptions } from './DataTokenOptions'
 import { useOcean } from 'providers'
 import ProviderStatus from 'providers/OceanProvider/ProviderStatus'
-import { publishFeedback } from 'utils'
+import { publishFeedback, sleep } from 'utils'
 
 interface UsePublish {
   publish: (
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ function usePublish(): UsePublish {
         )
         .next(setStep)
       Logger.log('ddo created', ddo)
+      await sleep(15000)
       setStep(7)
       return ddo
     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
index d3114b6..5106ca7 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -39,3 +39,9 @@ export const publishFeedback: { [key in number]: string } = {
 }
 
 export * from './web3'
+
+export function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    setTimeout(resolve, ms)
+  })
+}