diff --git a/deploy/docker-compose.yml b/deploy/docker-compose.yml
index 98bbfe1..7be80e4 100644
--- a/deploy/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deploy/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ volumes:
 services:
   oracle:
     container_name: oracle
-    image: europe-west4-docker.pkg.dev/stakewiselabs/public/oracle:v2.0.0
+    image: europe-west4-docker.pkg.dev/stakewiselabs/public/oracle:v2.0.1
     restart: always
     entrypoint: ["python"]
     command: ["oracle/oracle/main.py"]
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ services:
 
   keeper:
     container_name: keeper
-    image: europe-west4-docker.pkg.dev/stakewiselabs/public/oracle:v2.0.0
+    image: europe-west4-docker.pkg.dev/stakewiselabs/public/oracle:v2.0.1
     restart: always
     entrypoint: ["python"]
     command: ["oracle/keeper/main.py"]
diff --git a/oracle/common/settings.py b/oracle/common/settings.py
index fe4c473..0ad18f4 100644
--- a/oracle/common/settings.py
+++ b/oracle/common/settings.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 REWARD_VOTE_FILENAME = "reward-vote.json"
 DISTRIBUTOR_VOTE_FILENAME = "distributor-vote.json"
 VALIDATOR_VOTE_FILENAME = "validator-vote.json"
+TEST_VOTE_FILENAME = "test-vote.json"
 
 # supported networks
 MAINNET = "mainnet"
diff --git a/oracle/oracle/clients.py b/oracle/oracle/clients.py
index 0ae2d77..8d429f3 100644
--- a/oracle/oracle/clients.py
+++ b/oracle/oracle/clients.py
@@ -24,11 +24,14 @@
     aws_secret_access_key=AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
 )
 
+# set default timeout to 5 minutes
+DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5 * 60
+
 
 @backoff.on_exception(backoff.expo, Exception, max_time=300)
 async def execute_sw_gql_query(query: DocumentNode, variables: Dict) -> Dict:
     """Executes GraphQL query."""
-    transport = AIOHTTPTransport(url=STAKEWISE_SUBGRAPH_URL)
+    transport = AIOHTTPTransport(url=STAKEWISE_SUBGRAPH_URL, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
     async with Client(transport=transport) as session:
         return await session.execute(query, variable_values=variables)
 
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ async def execute_sw_gql_query(query: DocumentNode, variables: Dict) -> Dict:
 @backoff.on_exception(backoff.expo, Exception, max_time=300)
 async def execute_uniswap_v3_gql_query(query: DocumentNode, variables: Dict) -> Dict:
     """Executes GraphQL query."""
-    transport = AIOHTTPTransport(url=UNISWAP_V3_SUBGRAPH_URL)
+    transport = AIOHTTPTransport(url=UNISWAP_V3_SUBGRAPH_URL, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
     async with Client(transport=transport) as session:
         return await session.execute(query, variable_values=variables)
 
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ async def execute_uniswap_v3_gql_query(query: DocumentNode, variables: Dict) ->
 @backoff.on_exception(backoff.expo, Exception, max_time=300)
 async def execute_ethereum_gql_query(query: DocumentNode, variables: Dict) -> Dict:
     """Executes GraphQL query."""
-    transport = AIOHTTPTransport(url=ETHEREUM_SUBGRAPH_URL)
+    transport = AIOHTTPTransport(url=ETHEREUM_SUBGRAPH_URL, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
     async with Client(transport=transport) as session:
         return await session.execute(query, variable_values=variables)
 
diff --git a/oracle/oracle/main.py b/oracle/oracle/main.py
index 0ce250e..94a63f0 100644
--- a/oracle/oracle/main.py
+++ b/oracle/oracle/main.py
@@ -5,27 +5,22 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 import aiohttp
-from decouple import UndefinedValueError
 from eth_account import Account
 from eth_account.signers.local import LocalAccount
 
 from oracle.common.health_server import create_health_server_runner, start_health_server
-from oracle.common.settings import ENABLE_HEALTH_SERVER, LOG_LEVEL
+from oracle.common.settings import ENABLE_HEALTH_SERVER, LOG_LEVEL, TEST_VOTE_FILENAME
 from oracle.oracle.distributor.controller import DistributorController
 from oracle.oracle.eth1 import (
     check_oracle_account,
     get_finalized_block,
     get_voting_parameters,
+    submit_vote,
 )
 from oracle.oracle.health_server import oracle_routes
 from oracle.oracle.rewards.controller import RewardsController
 from oracle.oracle.rewards.eth2 import get_finality_checkpoints, get_genesis
-from oracle.oracle.settings import (
-    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
-    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
-    ORACLE_PRIVATE_KEY,
-    ORACLE_PROCESS_INTERVAL,
-)
+from oracle.oracle.settings import ORACLE_PRIVATE_KEY, ORACLE_PROCESS_INTERVAL
 from oracle.oracle.validators.controller import ValidatorsController
 
 logging.basicConfig(
@@ -60,10 +55,14 @@ def exit_gracefully(self, signum: int, frame: Any) -> None:
 async def main() -> None:
     oracle: LocalAccount = Account.from_key(ORACLE_PRIVATE_KEY)
 
-    if not (AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY):
-        raise UndefinedValueError(
-            "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY env variables must be specified"
-        )
+    # try submitting test vote
+    # noinspection PyTypeChecker
+    submit_vote(
+        oracle=oracle,
+        encoded_data=b"test data",
+        vote={"name": "test vote"},
+        name=TEST_VOTE_FILENAME,
+    )
 
     # check stakewise graphql connection
     await get_finalized_block()