diff --git a/net/remote/remote-node.sh b/net/remote/remote-node.sh
index 94518199a..ba2ec72b7 100755
--- a/net/remote/remote-node.sh
+++ b/net/remote/remote-node.sh
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ EOF
         echo "0 Primordial stakes, staking with $internalNodesStakeLamports"
         multinode-demo/delegate-stake.sh --vote-account "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/vote-account.json \
                                          --stake-account "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/stake-account.json \
+                                         --force \
                                          "${args[@]}" "$internalNodesStakeLamports"
       else
         echo "Skipping staking with extra stakes: ${extraPrimordialStakes}"