diff --git a/beacon_chain/gossip_processing/eth2_processor.nim b/beacon_chain/gossip_processing/eth2_processor.nim
index d49a33e0a..b1ca47367 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/gossip_processing/eth2_processor.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/gossip_processing/eth2_processor.nim
@@ -392,11 +392,9 @@ proc processDataColumnSidecar*(
 
   debug "Data column validated, putting data column in quarantine"
   self.dataColumnQuarantine[].put(newClone(dataColumnSidecar))
-
-  if self.dataColumnQuarantine[].supernode == false:
-    self.dag.db.putDataColumnSidecar(dataColumnSidecar)
-    debug "Validated column belongs to custody, attempting to persist",
-      data_column = shortLog(dataColumnSidecar)
+  self.dag.db.putDataColumnSidecar(dataColumnSidecar)
+  debug "Validated column belongs to custody, attempting to persist",
+    data_column = shortLog(dataColumnSidecar)
 
   let block_root = hash_tree_root(block_header)
   if (let o = self.quarantine[].popColumnless(block_root); o.isSome):
diff --git a/beacon_chain/sync/request_manager.nim b/beacon_chain/sync/request_manager.nim
index 40adddb08..ee70fc11f 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/sync/request_manager.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/sync/request_manager.nim
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ proc getMissingDataColumns(rman: RequestManager): seq[DataColumnIdentifier] =
           debug "Not handling missing data columns early in slot"
           continue
 
-        if not rman.dataColumnQuarantine[].hasMissingDataColumns(forkyBlck):
+        if rman.dataColumnQuarantine[].hasMissingDataColumns(forkyBlck):
           let missing = rman.dataColumnQuarantine[].dataColumnFetchRecord(forkyBlck)
           if len(missing.indices) == 0:
             warn "quarantine is missing data columns, but missing indices are empty",