diff --git a/src/govv3/checks/targetsVerified.ts b/src/govv3/checks/targetsVerified.ts
index ed7140d..9e17929 100644
--- a/src/govv3/checks/targetsVerified.ts
+++ b/src/govv3/checks/targetsVerified.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // adjusted for viem & aave governance v3
 import { Hex, PublicClient } from 'viem';
 import { ProposalCheck } from './types';
-import { TenderlySimulationResponse } from '../../utils/tenderlyClient';
+import { TenderlySimulationResponse, tenderly } from '../../utils/tenderlyClient';
 import { PayloadsController } from '../payloadsController';
 import { isKnownAddress } from '../utils/checkAddress';
 import { flagKnownAddress } from '../utils/markdownUtils';
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ async function checkVerificationStatuses(
       const contract = getContract(sim, addr);
       info.push(`- ${addr}: Contract (verified) (${contract?.contract_name}) ${flagKnownAddress(isAddrKnown)}`);
     } else {
+      try {
+        if (isAddrKnown && isAddrKnown.length > 0) {
+          await tenderly.pingAddress(addr);
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.log('error pinging tenderly');
+      }
       info.push(`- ${addr}: Contract (not verified) ${flagKnownAddress(isAddrKnown)}`);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/tenderlyClient.ts b/src/utils/tenderlyClient.ts
index f26c7f5..7327198 100644
--- a/src/utils/tenderlyClient.ts
+++ b/src/utils/tenderlyClient.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   zeroAddress,
   PublicClient,
   Chain,
+  Address,
 } from 'viem';
 import { EOA } from './constants';
 import { logError, logInfo, logSuccess, logWarning } from './logger';
@@ -261,6 +262,24 @@ class Tenderly {
     this.PROJECT = project;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tenderly does a quite bad job with contract verification & simulation.
+   * When you simulate sth, touching a contract noone ever accessed via the dashboard it will not be available for state decoding.
+   * This method simply pings the dashboard to fetch the code from etherscan etc. so it will be available in the **next** simulation.
+   * @param chainId
+   * @param address
+   * @returns
+   */
+  pingAddress = async (address: Address) => {
+    return fetch(`${this.TENDERLY_BASE}/search?query=${address}&quickSearch=true`, {
+      method: 'GET',
+      headers: new Headers({
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        'X-Access-Key': this.ACCESS_TOKEN,
+      }),
+    });
+  };
+
   trace = async (chainId: number, txHash: string): Promise<TenderlyTraceResponse> => {
     const response = await fetch(`${this.TENDERLY_BASE}/public-contract/${chainId}/trace/${txHash}`, {
       method: 'GET',