diff --git a/tools/fleet/box-standing.sh b/tools/fleet/box-standing.sh
index cd2eb1c12..f82945240 100755
--- a/tools/fleet/box-standing.sh
+++ b/tools/fleet/box-standing.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,13 @@ miner_loop() {
 n=0
 while :; do
   cur=$(node_bin); rb=$(node_running_bin)
-  if [ -z "$rb" ]; then start_node
+  if [ -z "$rb" ]; then
+    # a crash loop on a corrupt datadir (22:10Z: p2-4090-1b, "Corruption: Can't access /029017.sst", 24 restarts): three starts in five
+    # minutes with a Corruption or "No space left" line in the log's tail move the datadir aside and the node joins fresh
+    if [ "$(grep -c standing_node_started $OUT/standing-supervisor.log 2>/dev/null)" -ge 3 ] && tail -40 $LOG 2>/dev/null | grep -qE 'Corruption|No such file or directory: while stat' && [ "$(find $OUT/standing-supervisor.log -mmin -5 | wc -l)" = 1 ] && [ "$(grep standing_node_started $OUT/standing-supervisor.log | tail -3 | awk '{print $3}' | sort -u | wc -l)" = 3 ]; then
+      mv $APP $APP.corrupt-$(date -u +%H%M); mkdir -p $APP; echo "RESULT standing_datadir_reset $(stamp) corrupt datadir moved to $APP.corrupt-$(date -u +%H%M); the node joins fresh"
+    fi
+    start_node
   elif [ -n "$cur" ] && [ "$rb" != "$cur" ] && [ -s $F/standing.node ]; then echo "RESULT standing_node_update $(stamp) from=$rb to=$cur"; start_node; fi
   if [ "$MINE" = 1 ] && ! pgrep -f '^/opt/igneum/pkg/bin/igneum-miner mine' >/dev/null && [ -z "${MINER_LOOP_PID:-}" -o ! -e "/proc/${MINER_LOOP_PID:-0}" ]; then
     w="$($B/igneum-miner watch 1 grpc://127.0.0.1:26610 2>/dev/null | grep -o 'synced=[a-z]*' | tail -1)"