diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 52fd39c9..d3fc8e36 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/x/bandwidth"
 	bw "github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/x/bandwidth/types"
 	cbdbank "github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/x/bank"
+	"github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/x/debug"
 	"github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/x/link"
 	"github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/x/link/keeper"
 	"github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/x/mint"
@@ -86,8 +87,7 @@ type CyberdApp struct {
 
 	latestBlockHeight int64
 
-	// debug values
-	failBeforeHeight int64
+	debugState *debug.State
 }
 
 // NewBasecoinApp returns a reference to a new CyberdApp given a
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func NewCyberdApp(
 
 	// RANK PARAMS
 	app.rankState.Load(ctx, app.Logger())
-	app.failBeforeHeight = opts.FailBeforeHeight
+	app.debugState = &debug.State{Opts: opts.Debug, StartupBlock: app.latestBlockHeight}
 	app.Seal()
 	return app
 }
@@ -450,10 +450,7 @@ func getSignersTags(tx sdk.Tx) sdk.Tags {
 
 func (app *CyberdApp) BeginBlocker(ctx sdk.Context, req abci.RequestBeginBlock) abci.ResponseBeginBlock {
 
-	if app.failBeforeHeight != 0 && req.Header.Height == app.failBeforeHeight {
-		app.Logger().Info("Forced panic at begin blocker", "height", app.failBeforeHeight)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
+	debug.BeginBlocker(app.debugState, req, app.Logger())
 
 	// mint new tokens for the previous block
 	mint.BeginBlocker(ctx, app.minter)
diff --git a/app/options.go b/app/options.go
index 1f325f75..bbac69fa 100644
--- a/app/options.go
+++ b/app/options.go
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 package app
 
-import "github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/x/rank"
+import (
+	"github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/x/debug"
+	"github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/x/rank"
+)
 
 type Options struct {
-	// main options
 	ComputeUnit rank.ComputeUnit
 	AllowSearch bool
 
-	// debug options
-	FailBeforeHeight int64
+	Debug debug.Options
 }
diff --git a/daemon/main.go b/daemon/main.go
index 05396ff6..4fa3645f 100644
--- a/daemon/main.go
+++ b/daemon/main.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/daemon/cmd"
 	"github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/daemon/rpc"
 	"github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/util"
+	"github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/x/debug"
 	"github.com/cybercongress/cyberd/x/rank"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
@@ -24,10 +25,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	flagGpuEnabled         = "compute-rank-on-gpu"
-	flagFailBeforeHeight   = "fail-before-height"
-	flagSearchEnabled      = "allow-search"
-	flagNotToSealAccPrefix = "not-to-seal-acc-prefix"
+	flagGpuEnabled                = "compute-rank-on-gpu"
+	flagFailBeforeHeight          = "fail-before-height"
+	flagFailRandomlyInNextNBlocks = "fail-randomly-in-next-n-blocks"
+	flagSearchEnabled             = "allow-search"
+	flagNotToSealAccPrefix        = "not-to-seal-acc-prefix"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ func main() {
 		if c.Use == "start" {
 			c.Flags().Bool(flagGpuEnabled, true, "Run cyberd with cuda calculations")
 			c.Flags().Int64(flagFailBeforeHeight, 0, "Forced node shutdown before specified height")
+			c.Flags().Int64(flagFailRandomlyInNextNBlocks, 0, "Forced node shutdown at random heights")
 			c.Flags().Bool(flagSearchEnabled, false, "Build index of links with ranks and allow to query search through RPC")
 		}
 	}
@@ -78,9 +81,9 @@ func newApp(logger log.Logger, db dbm.DB, storeTracer io.Writer) abci.Applicatio
 	}
 
 	opts := app.Options{
-		ComputeUnit:      computeUnit,
-		AllowSearch:      viper.GetBool(flagSearchEnabled),
-		FailBeforeHeight: viper.GetInt64(flagFailBeforeHeight),
+		ComputeUnit: computeUnit,
+		AllowSearch: viper.GetBool(flagSearchEnabled),
+		Debug:       getDebugOptsFromFlags(),
 	}
 	cyberdApp := app.NewCyberdApp(logger, db, opts, pruning)
 	rpc.SetCyberdApp(cyberdApp)
@@ -104,3 +107,9 @@ func setAppPrefix(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	app.SetPrefix()
 	return nil
 }
+
+func getDebugOptsFromFlags() (opts debug.Options) {
+	opts.FailRandomlyInNextNBlocks = viper.GetInt64(flagFailRandomlyInNextNBlocks)
+	opts.FailBeforeBlock = viper.GetInt64(flagFailBeforeHeight)
+	return
+}
diff --git a/x/debug/abci.go b/x/debug/abci.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3adda818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/debug/abci.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package debug
+
+import (
+	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+	"math/rand"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func BeginBlocker(state *State, req abci.RequestBeginBlock, log log.Logger) {
+
+	if state.Opts.FailRandomlyInNextNBlocks != 0 {
+		randNum := rand.Int63n(state.Opts.FailRandomlyInNextNBlocks) + 1
+		state.Opts.FailBeforeBlock = state.StartupBlock + randNum
+		state.Opts.FailRandomlyInNextNBlocks = 0
+		log.Info("Scheduled forced panic at begin blocker ", "height", state.Opts.FailBeforeBlock)
+	}
+
+	failBeforeBlock := state.Opts.FailBeforeBlock
+	if failBeforeBlock != 0 && req.Header.Height == failBeforeBlock {
+		log.Info("Forced panic at begin blocker", "height", failBeforeBlock)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/x/debug/options.go b/x/debug/options.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b162160b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/debug/options.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package debug
+
+type Options struct {
+	FailBeforeBlock           int64
+	FailRandomlyInNextNBlocks int64
+}
diff --git a/x/debug/state.go b/x/debug/state.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97209ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/debug/state.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package debug
+
+type State struct {
+	Opts         Options
+	StartupBlock int64
+}