diff --git a/consensus/doc/CHANGELOG.md b/consensus/doc/CHANGELOG.md
index 0d39daf16..deb86a6aa 100644
--- a/consensus/doc/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/consensus/doc/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.0.0.47] - 2023-04-17
+
+-  Log warnings in `handleStateSyncMessage()` 
+
 ## [0.0.0.46] - 2023-04-13
 
 - Utilise the `TxResult` protobuf from `shared/core/types`
diff --git a/consensus/state_sync_handler.go b/consensus/state_sync_handler.go
index fbb2eabbb..d67e2832a 100644
--- a/consensus/state_sync_handler.go
+++ b/consensus/state_sync_handler.go
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ func (m *consensusModule) handleStateSyncMessage(stateSyncMessage *typesCons.Sta
 	case *typesCons.StateSyncMessage_MetadataReq:
 		m.logger.Info().Str("proto_type", "MetadataRequest").Msg("Handling StateSyncMessage MetadataReq")
 		if !m.serverModeEnabled {
-			return fmt.Errorf("server module is not enabled")
+			m.logger.Warn().Msg("Node's server module is not enabled")
+			return nil
 		}
 		return m.stateSync.HandleStateSyncMetadataRequest(stateSyncMessage.GetMetadataReq())
 	case *typesCons.StateSyncMessage_MetadataRes:
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ func (m *consensusModule) handleStateSyncMessage(stateSyncMessage *typesCons.Sta
 	case *typesCons.StateSyncMessage_GetBlockReq:
 		m.logger.Info().Str("proto_type", "GetBlockRequest").Msg("Handling StateSyncMessage GetBlockRequest")
 		if !m.serverModeEnabled {
-			return fmt.Errorf("server module is not enabled")
+			m.logger.Warn().Msg("Node's server module is not enabled")
+			return nil
 		}
 		return m.stateSync.HandleGetBlockRequest(stateSyncMessage.GetGetBlockReq())
 	case *typesCons.StateSyncMessage_GetBlockRes: