diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f00fab1c..473bbeaba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ pdm-web-components/docs
 blockchain-node
 /apihub-root/external-volume/mq_*
 
-privatesky
+/privatesky
 themes
 
 !ionic-core/dist
diff --git a/apihub-root/index.html b/apihub-root/index.html
index a396dcb7a..a31418dfa 100644
--- a/apihub-root/index.html
+++ b/apihub-root/index.html
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ <h3><a id="participant-name">Participant</a> Workspace</h3>
 
         <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">WARNING:</span> Unstable software and environments. Use at your own risk! Data persistence at risk of unexpected reset!</p>
 
-        <h2>v0.11.3 Release Notes 2022-11-15</h2>
+        <h2>v0.11.4 Release Notes 2022-11-15</h2>
         <ul>
             <li>Decentralized Brick Storage (Each participant's data is stored on their own servers), with centralised BDNS (Blockchain Domain Naming Service) for distributed brick storage configuration <a href="https://github.com/PharmaLedger-IMI/fgt-workspace/issues/123">#123</a>.
                 The running environment now has an additional pre-startup script <code>npm run update-docker-apihub-config</code>, that needs 2 additional environment variables:
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ <h2>Release notes 2021-03-26</h2>
         <br>
         This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 853992
         <br>&nbsp;<br>
-        v<!-- VERSION_START -->0.11.3-gb1499506<!-- VERSION_END --> &copy;&nbsp;2021 <a href="http://pharmaledger.eu">Pharmaledger.eu</a> - All Rights Reserved.
+        v<!-- VERSION_START -->0.11.3-geaed537a<!-- VERSION_END --> &copy;&nbsp;2021 <a href="http://pharmaledger.eu">Pharmaledger.eu</a> - All Rights Reserved.
     </footer>
 
     <script type="application/javascript">
diff --git a/blockchain-patch/apply/privatesky/psknode/core/utils/pingpongFork.js b/blockchain-patch/apply/privatesky/psknode/core/utils/pingpongFork.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9155806cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blockchain-patch/apply/privatesky/psknode/core/utils/pingpongFork.js
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+const PING = "PING";
+const PONG = "PONG";
+
+module.exports.fork = function pingPongFork(modulePath, args, options){
+    const child_process = require("child_process");
+    const defaultStdio = ["inherit", "inherit", "inherit", "ipc"];
+
+    if(!options){
+        options = {stdio: defaultStdio};
+    }else{
+        if(typeof options.stdio === "undefined"){
+            options.stdio = defaultStdio;
+        }
+
+        let stdio = options.stdio;
+        if(stdio.length<3){
+            for(let i=stdio.length; i<4; i++){
+                stdio.push("inherit");
+            }
+            stdio.push("ipc");
+        }
+    }
+
+    let child = child_process.fork(modulePath, args, options);
+
+    child.on("message", (message)=>{
+        if(message === PING){
+            child.send(PONG);
+        }
+    });
+
+    return child;
+};
+
+module.exports.enableLifeLine = function(timeout){
+
+    if(typeof process.send === "undefined"){
+        console.log("\"process.send\" not found. LifeLine mechanism disabled!");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let lastConfirmationTime;
+    const interval = timeout || 10 * 60 * 1000;
+
+    // this is needed because new Date().getTime() has reduced precision to mitigate timer based attacks
+    // for more information see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getTime
+    const roundingError = 101;
+
+    function sendPing(){
+        try {
+            process.send(PING);
+        } catch (e) {
+            //console.log('Parent is not available, shutting down');
+            //exit(1)
+        }
+    }
+
+    process.on("message", function (message){
+        if(message === PONG){
+            lastConfirmationTime = new Date().getTime();
+        }
+    });
+
+    function exit(code){
+        setTimeout(()=>{
+            process.exit(code);
+        }, 0);
+    }
+
+    const exceptionEvents = ["SIGINT", "SIGUSR1", "SIGUSR2", "SIGTERM", "SIGHUP"];
+    let killingSignal = false;
+    for(let i=0; i<exceptionEvents.length; i++){
+        process.on(exceptionEvents[i], (event, code)=>{
+            killingSignal = true;
+            clearInterval(timeoutInterval);
+            //console.log(`Caught event type [${exceptionEvents[i]}]. Shutting down...`, code, event);
+            //exit(code);
+        });
+    }
+
+    const timeoutInterval = setInterval(function(){
+        const currentTime = new Date().getTime();
+
+        if(typeof lastConfirmationTime === "undefined" || currentTime - lastConfirmationTime < interval + roundingError && !killingSignal){
+            sendPing();
+        }else{
+            //console.log("Parent process did not answer. Shutting down...", process.argv, killingSignal);
+            //exit(1);
+        }
+    }, interval);
+};
diff --git a/docker/api/traceability/startup-script.sh b/docker/api/traceability/startup-script.sh
index 1da954876..2ba14d3aa 100755
--- a/docker/api/traceability/startup-script.sh
+++ b/docker/api/traceability/startup-script.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 # This script expects cwd to be /fgt-workspace
 rm -rf apihub-root/external-volume/config
 cp -r docker/api/traceability/config apihub-root/external-volume/config
+cp -r blockchain-patch/apply/privatesky/psknode/core/utils/pingpongFork.js privatesky/psknode/core/utils/pingpongFork.js
 npm run switch-to-simul-chain ; npm run server & ( sleep 5s ; npm run build-all; npm run build-dsu-explorer ; tail -f /dev/null )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/octopus-freeze.json b/octopus-freeze.json
index b38a1579f..d8b971d0d 100644
--- a/octopus-freeze.json
+++ b/octopus-freeze.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                     "type": "smartClone",
                     "target": ".",
                     "collectLog": false,
-                    "commit": "2f1d49f168cdad784008a610b4c48cea311b755c"
+                    "commit": "be8027202d04032bed93fb8de74253d61ec6a3b9"
                 },
                 {
                     "type": "execute",
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 69f0f64c2..896ed814e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fgt-workspace",
-  "version": "0.11.3",
+  "version": "0.11.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 98fc2480b..4bcb3d55d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fgt-workspace",
-  "version": "0.11.3",
+  "version": "0.11.4",
   "description": "",
   "scripts": {
     "dev-install": "node ./bin/mkDevEnv.js && npm install",