diff --git a/app/modules/bma/lib/controllers/wot.ts b/app/modules/bma/lib/controllers/wot.ts
index 163591ce6fff53cb34a1a2c569f81208dbc315a7..51d1768999c3740ca49e6f2f2e4dc03b3ae0d591 100644
--- a/app/modules/bma/lib/controllers/wot.ts
+++ b/app/modules/bma/lib/controllers/wot.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export class WOTBinding extends AbstractController {
   async requirementsOfPending(req:any): Promise<HttpRequirements> {
     const minsig = ParametersService.getMinSig(req)
     const identities = await this.server.dal.idtyDAL.query('SELECT i.*, count(c.sig) as nbSig FROM idty i, cert c WHERE c.target = i.hash group by i.hash having nbSig >= ?', minsig)
-    const all = await this.BlockchainService.requirementsOfIdentities(identities);
+    const all = await this.BlockchainService.requirementsOfIdentities(identities, false);
     if (!all || !all.length) {
       throw BMAConstants.ERRORS.NO_IDTY_MATCHING_PUB_OR_UID;
     }
diff --git a/app/service/BlockchainService.ts b/app/service/BlockchainService.ts
index 5ca05d175d313f446e26211c5d679701802c08d8..5dd935434a35ea18e9a0b8e14a788fb9462163d3 100644
--- a/app/service/BlockchainService.ts
+++ b/app/service/BlockchainService.ts
@@ -250,12 +250,12 @@ export class BlockchainService extends FIFOService {
   }
   
 
-  async requirementsOfIdentities(identities:DBIdentity[]) {
+  async requirementsOfIdentities(identities:DBIdentity[], computeDistance = true) {
     let all:HttpIdentityRequirement[] = [];
     let current = await this.dal.getCurrentBlockOrNull();
     for (const obj of identities) {
       try {
-        let reqs = await this.requirementsOfIdentity(obj, current);
+        let reqs = await this.requirementsOfIdentity(obj, current, computeDistance);
         all.push(reqs);
       } catch (e) {
         this.logger.warn(e);
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ export class BlockchainService extends FIFOService {
     return all;
   }
 
-  async requirementsOfIdentity(idty:DBIdentity, current:DBBlock): Promise<HttpIdentityRequirement> {
+  async requirementsOfIdentity(idty:DBIdentity, current:DBBlock, computeDistance = true): Promise<HttpIdentityRequirement> {
     // TODO: this is not clear
     let expired = false;
     let outdistanced = false;
@@ -300,7 +300,9 @@ export class BlockchainService extends FIFOService {
       const newLinks = await this.server.generatorNewCertsToLinks(newCerts, updates);
       const currentTime = current ? current.medianTime : 0;
       certs = await this.getValidCerts(pubkey, newCerts);
-      outdistanced = await GLOBAL_RULES_HELPERS.isOver3Hops(pubkey, newLinks, someNewcomers, current, this.conf, this.dal);
+      if (computeDistance) {
+        outdistanced = await GLOBAL_RULES_HELPERS.isOver3Hops(pubkey, newLinks, someNewcomers, current, this.conf, this.dal);
+      }
       // Expiration of current membershship
       const currentMembership = await this.dal.mindexDAL.getReducedMS(pubkey);
       const currentMSN = currentMembership ? parseInt(currentMembership.created_on) : -1;