diff --git a/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/Corda.kt b/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/Corda.kt
index 3427fb2879..ca7c9e969a 100644
--- a/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/Corda.kt
+++ b/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/Corda.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory
 import java.net.InetAddress
 import java.nio.file.Paths
+import kotlin.concurrent.thread
 import kotlin.system.exitProcess
 
 private var renderBasicInfoToConsole = true
@@ -85,6 +86,14 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
         node.start()
         printPluginsAndServices(node)
 
+        thread {
+            Thread.sleep(30.seconds.toMillis())
+            while (!node.networkMapRegistrationFuture.isDone) {
+                printBasicNodeInfo("Waiting for response from network map ...")
+                Thread.sleep(30.seconds.toMillis())
+            }
+        }
+
         node.networkMapRegistrationFuture.success {
             val elapsed = (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) / 10 / 100.0
             printBasicNodeInfo("Node started up and registered in $elapsed sec")