diff --git a/etherlink/kernel_latest/kernel/src/chains.rs b/etherlink/kernel_latest/kernel/src/chains.rs
index af3c88ef4dfaee207ae0a3d0ee5288f838dd1796..7182493d59d6288f462b087b87cdc417462d83b8 100644
--- a/etherlink/kernel_latest/kernel/src/chains.rs
+++ b/etherlink/kernel_latest/kernel/src/chains.rs
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ use std::fmt::{Debug, Display};
 use tezos_evm_logging::{log, Level::*};
 use tezos_evm_runtime::runtime::Runtime;
 use tezos_smart_rollup::{outbox::OutboxQueue, types::Timestamp};
-use tezos_smart_rollup_host::path::Path;
+use tezos_smart_rollup_host::path::{Path, RefPath};
 use tezos_tezlink::block::TezBlock;
 
+pub const TEZLINK_SAFE_STORAGE_ROOT_PATH: RefPath = RefPath::assert_from(b"/tezlink");
+
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
 pub enum ChainFamily {
     Evm,
diff --git a/etherlink/kernel_latest/kernel/src/lib.rs b/etherlink/kernel_latest/kernel/src/lib.rs
index 1b96f4c94436c745828c6269fa32fcac49005125..e168fd981efaff26017dd2ca2a2d6162c8b2c866 100644
--- a/etherlink/kernel_latest/kernel/src/lib.rs
+++ b/etherlink/kernel_latest/kernel/src/lib.rs
@@ -368,6 +368,21 @@ pub fn kernel_loop<Host: tezos_smart_rollup_host::runtime::Runtime>(host: &mut H
             .unwrap();
     }
 
+    let tezlink_subkeys = host
+        .host
+        .store_count_subkeys(&chains::TEZLINK_SAFE_STORAGE_ROOT_PATH)
+        .expect("The kernel failed to read the number of /tezlink subkeys");
+
+    if tezlink_subkeys == 0 {
+        host.host
+            .store_write(
+                &chains::TEZLINK_SAFE_STORAGE_ROOT_PATH,
+                b"Un carnaval de foncteur",
+                0,
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+
     if is_revealed_storage(&host) {
         reveal_storage(
             &mut host,