# Voting power 0 and not jailed

**URL:** <https://forum.cosmos.network/t/voting-power-0-and-not-jailed/1309>\
**Category:** Validation\
**Created:** [November 11, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/voting-power-0-and-not-jailed/1309 "2018-11-11T15:29:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![crytter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/crytter/32/178_2.png) [@crytter](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/crytter)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/voting-power-0-and-not-jailed/1309/1 "2018-11-11T15:29:00Z")

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Hi Guys,

Today I tried to bond with gaiacli tx create-validator --amount=50steak --pubkey=$(gaiad tendermint show-validator) --moniker=“Crytter” --chain-id=gaia-9001 --from=crytter --commission-rate=“0.10” --commission-max-rate=“0.20” --commission-max-change-rate=“0.01”

Seemed to go alright, however I have voting power 0 when running gaiacli status. I can see I’m appearing in figment however I’m not voting it seems.

Also gaiacli query tendermint-validator-set | grep “$(gaiad tendermint show-validator)” gives nothing. When checking the gaiad log it seems its prevoting just fine.

Has this happened to anyone before? Thx.

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**Author:** ![kwunyeung](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/kwunyeung/32/68_2.png) [@kwunyeung](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/kwunyeung)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/voting-power-0-and-not-jailed/1309/2 "2018-11-11T16:17:10Z")

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Make sure you read the right `priv_validator.json` with `gaiad tendermint show-validator`. `gaiad tendermint show-validator` defaults read the home directory of your current user. If you are running your node using another system user, you are creating a validator with the wrong pub key. If this is the case, copy the `priv_validator.json` in your home directory to the home the user who is responsible for running `gaiad start`.

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**Author:** ![crytter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/crytter/32/178_2.png) [@crytter](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/crytter)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/voting-power-0-and-not-jailed/1309/3 "2018-11-12T07:16:50Z")

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that solved my issue indeed, thx kwunyeung!!