diff --git a/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/group_manager_base.nim b/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/group_manager_base.nim
index de2962e42..9c088d4c5 100644
--- a/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/group_manager_base.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/group_manager_base.nim
@@ -144,6 +144,4 @@ method generateProof*(
   return err("generateProof is not implemented")
 
 method isReady*(g: GroupManager): Future[bool] {.base, async.} =
-  raise newException(
-    CatchableError, "isReady proc for " & $g.type & " is not implemented yet"
-  )
+  return true
diff --git a/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/on_chain/group_manager.nim b/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/on_chain/group_manager.nim
index 8e26e48ed..467605a54 100644
--- a/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/on_chain/group_manager.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/on_chain/group_manager.nim
@@ -628,14 +628,15 @@ method stop*(g: OnchainGroupManager): Future[void] {.async, gcsafe.} =
 
   g.initialized = false
 
-method isReady*(g: OnchainGroupManager): Future[Result[bool, string]] {.async.} =
+method isReady*(g: OnchainGroupManager): Future[bool] {.async.} =
   checkInitialized(g).isOkOr:
-    return err(error)
+    return false
 
   if g.ethRpc.isNone():
-    return err("Ethereum RPC client is not configured")
+    error "Ethereum RPC client is not configured"
+    return false
 
   if g.wakuRlnContract.isNone():
-    return err("Waku RLN contract is not configured")
-
-  return ok(true)
+    error "Waku RLN contract is not configured"
+    return false
+  return true
diff --git a/waku/waku_rln_relay/rln_relay.nim b/waku/waku_rln_relay/rln_relay.nim
index d918f525a..c212a871f 100644
--- a/waku/waku_rln_relay/rln_relay.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_rln_relay/rln_relay.nim
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ proc mount(
   wakuRlnRelay.epochMonitorFuture = monitorEpochs(wakuRlnRelay)
   return ok(wakuRlnRelay)
 
-proc isReady*(rlnPeer: WakuRLNRelay): Future[bool] {.async: (raises: [Exception]).} =
+proc isReady*(rlnPeer: WakuRLNRelay): Future[bool] {.async.} =
   ## returns true if the rln-relay protocol is ready to relay messages
   ## returns false otherwise