diff --git a/components/ratgdo/automation.h b/components/ratgdo/automation.h
index 6aef9f7..f0db6d9 100644
--- a/components/ratgdo/automation.h
+++ b/components/ratgdo/automation.h
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ class SyncFailed : public Trigger<> {
 public:
     explicit SyncFailed(RATGDOComponent* parent)
     {
-        parent->subscribe_sync_failed([this](bool state) {
-            if (state)
+        parent->subscribe_sync_failed([this](optional<bool> state) {
+            if (state.value_or(false))
                 this->trigger();
         });
     }
diff --git a/components/ratgdo/cover/ratgdo_cover.cpp b/components/ratgdo/cover/ratgdo_cover.cpp
index e9d8c7a..24ba360 100644
--- a/components/ratgdo/cover/ratgdo_cover.cpp
+++ b/components/ratgdo/cover/ratgdo_cover.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void RATGDOCover::setup()
 
 void RATGDOCover::on_door_state(DoorState state, float position)
 {
-    if (state == DoorState::UNKNOWN) {
+    if (!*this->parent_->synced || state == DoorState::UNKNOWN) {
         return;
     }
     // ESP_LOGD("ON_DOOR_STATE", "%s %f", LOG_STR_ARG(DoorState_to_string(state)), position);
diff --git a/components/ratgdo/ratgdo.cpp b/components/ratgdo/ratgdo.cpp
index c46a330..d4b7059 100644
--- a/components/ratgdo/ratgdo.cpp
+++ b/components/ratgdo/ratgdo.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ void RATGDOComponent::setup()
 
     // many things happening at startup, use some delay for sync
     this->set_timeout(SYNC_DELAY, [this] { this->sync(); });
+
+    this->synced.subscribe([this](bool is_synced) {
+        if (is_synced) {
+            this->door_state.notify();
+            this->light_state.notify();
+            this->lock_state.notify();
+        }
+    });
+
     ESP_LOGD(TAG, " _____ _____ _____ _____ ____  _____ ");
     ESP_LOGD(TAG, "| __  |  _  |_   _|   __|    \\|     |");
     ESP_LOGD(TAG, "|    -|     | | | |  |  |  |  |  |  |");
diff --git a/components/ratgdo/ratgdo.h b/components/ratgdo/ratgdo.h
index 0af31b3..fde140b 100644
--- a/components/ratgdo/ratgdo.h
+++ b/components/ratgdo/ratgdo.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public:
     OnceCallbacks<void(DoorState)> on_door_state_;
 
     single_observable<bool> synced { false };
-    single_observable<bool> sync_failed { false };
+    single_observable<optional<bool>> sync_failed { nullopt };
 
     void set_output_gdo_pin(InternalGPIOPin* pin) { this->output_gdo_pin_ = pin; }
     void set_input_gdo_pin(InternalGPIOPin* pin) { this->input_gdo_pin_ = pin; }
diff --git a/components/ratgdo/secplus2.cpp b/components/ratgdo/secplus2.cpp
index fdf0320..a4b9849 100644
--- a/components/ratgdo/secplus2.cpp
+++ b/components/ratgdo/secplus2.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ namespace secplus2 {
     {
         ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Starting sync...");
         this->ratgdo_->synced = false;
-        this->ratgdo_->sync_failed = false;
         this->scheduler_->cancel_timeout(this->ratgdo_, TIMEOUT_SYNC);
         this->sync_helper(millis(), 500, 0);
     }
diff --git a/garage-gate.yaml b/garage-gate.yaml
index 9a3aac5..59f6e50 100644
--- a/garage-gate.yaml
+++ b/garage-gate.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ time:
 binary_sensor:
   - platform: template
     name: "Sync failed"
-    lambda: 'return !*id(garage_gate).synced;'
+    lambda: 'return *id(garage_gate).sync_failed;'
     device_class: problem
     entity_category: diagnostic