diff --git a/openvalidators/neuron.py b/openvalidators/neuron.py
index e6c7962..d905d4f 100644
--- a/openvalidators/neuron.py
+++ b/openvalidators/neuron.py
@@ -88,11 +88,9 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.wallet = bt.wallet(config=self.config)
         self.wallet.create_if_non_existent()
         if not self.config.wallet._mock:
-            bt.utils.reregister(
-                wallet = self.wallet,
-                subtensor=self.subtensor,
-                netuid=self.config.netuid
-            )
+            if not self.subtensor.is_hotkey_registered_on_subnet(hotkey_ss58=self.wallet.hotkey.ss58_address, netuid=self.config.netuid):
+                raise Exception(f'Wallet not currently registered on netuid {self.config.netuid}, please first register wallet before running')
+                
         bt.logging.debug(str(self.wallet))
 
         # Init metagraph.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 23c892f..8f47125 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-bittensor>=5.3.2,<6.0.0
+bittensor>=5.2.0,<6.0.0
 transformers<=4.28.0
 wandb==0.15.3
-datasets==2.12.0
+datasets>=2.12.0, <= 2.14.0
 plotly==5.14.1
 networkx==3.1
 scipy==1.10.1
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ click==8.1.3
 torchmetrics
 sentencepiece
 numpy==1.21.6
-bittensor-wallet>=0.0.4,<1.0.0