diff --git a/bin/manage.py b/bin/manage.py
index 3a68239..cf5e567 100644
--- a/bin/manage.py
+++ b/bin/manage.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
     PRIMARY, REPLICA, UNASSIGNED, \
     UnknownPrimary, WaitTimeoutError
 
+from manager.discovery import FAILOVER_KEY
+
 
 class Node(object):
     """
@@ -84,6 +86,13 @@ def is_primary(self):
             self.cp.state = PRIMARY
             return True
 
+        # A fail over is happening and I'm the only one left and I got the lock
+        _, failover_name = self.consul.read_lock(FAILOVER_KEY)
+        log.debug('failover_name: %s' % failover_name)
+        if failover_name == self.name:
+            self.cp.state = PRIMARY
+            return True
+
         self.cp.state = UNASSIGNED
         return False