diff --git a/src/services/itemDataService.ts b/src/services/itemDataService.ts
index e071111f..6e0edd23 100644
--- a/src/services/itemDataService.ts
+++ b/src/services/itemDataService.ts
@@ -185,14 +185,15 @@ export const getKeyChainMessage = ({ KeyChain, ChainStage }: IKeyChainRequest):
         throw new Error(`KeyChain ${KeyChain} does not contain chain stages`);
     }
 
-    const keyChainStage = chainStages[ChainStage];
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
-    if (!keyChainStage) {
-        throw new Error(`KeyChainStage ${ChainStage} not found`);
+    let i = ChainStage;
+    let chainStageMessage = chainStages[i].messageToSendWhenTriggered;
+    while (!chainStageMessage) {
+        if (++i >= chainStages.length) {
+            break;
+        }
+        chainStageMessage = chainStages[i].messageToSendWhenTriggered;
     }
 
-    const chainStageMessage = keyChainStage.messageToSendWhenTriggered;
-
     if (!chainStageMessage) {
         throw new Error(
             `client requested key chain message in keychain ${KeyChain} at stage ${ChainStage} but they did not exist`