diff --git a/src/agent/tasks.js b/src/agent/tasks.js
index 74f65ae..9e5c9bb 100644
--- a/src/agent/tasks.js
+++ b/src/agent/tasks.js
@@ -126,16 +126,25 @@ class CookingCraftingTaskValidator {
         this.data = data;
         this.agent = agent;
     } 
-    validate() {
-        const result = checkItemPresence(this.data, this.agent);
-        let score = 0;
-        if (result.success) {
-            score = 1;
+    validate(has_initiated) {
+        if (has_initiated) {
+
+            const result = checkItemPresence(this.data, this.agent);
+            let score = 0;
+            if (result.success) {
+                score = 1;
+            }
+            return {
+                "valid": result.success, 
+                "score": score,
+            };
+        }
+        else {
+            return {
+                "valid": false,
+                "score": 0
+            };
         }
-        return {
-            "valid": result.success, 
-            "score": score,
-        };
     }
 }
 
@@ -188,6 +197,7 @@ export class Task {
 
         this.name = this.agent.name;
         this.available_agents = settings.profiles.map((p) => JSON.parse(readFileSync(p, 'utf8')).name);
+        this.agent_initialized = false;
     }
 
     getAgentGoal() {
@@ -239,7 +249,7 @@ export class Task {
     isDone() {
         let res = null;
         if (this.validator)
-            res = this.validator.validate();
+            res = this.validator.validate(this.agent_initialized);
         if (res && res.valid) {
             return {"message": 'Task successful', "score": res.score};
         }
@@ -311,6 +321,8 @@ export class Task {
             await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500));
         }
 
+        this.agent_initialized = true;
+
         if (this.initiator) {
             await this.initiator.init();
         }