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# Set nominees
If you are already staking with the Aleph Zero Foundation nodes and want to switch to our **SWISS-AREA51** node, you don't most go through the unbonding period. Just follow the steps below.
{% code title="SWISS-AREA51 validator address" %}
```
5DD8XggGRHJLbK1NB8f76Gz5YWkKsY7H6GFjHsz2BooogChK
```
{% endcode %}
To set nominees open the Aleph Zero Substrate Portal in your webbrowser.
```
https://azero.dev
```
1. Select **Network -> Staking**
2. In the Staking submenu click on **Accounts**\
Click on the 3 dots next to your current Stash account and select **Set nominees** from the pop-up menu
3. **Remove** the foundation validator by clicking on the current nominated account
4. In the search box enter SWISS and click on our validator **SWISS-AREA51**
5. Now our validator is in the nominated accounts and you can click **Nominate**
6. To authorize the transaction type your **unlock password** and click **Sign and Submit**
7. You can see now our validator **SWISS-AREA51** under **Waiting nominations**
{% hint style="info" %}
**Useful informations**
* To stake your tokens this will take 1 ERA (approx. 24 hours)
* To unbond your tokens this will take 14 ERA's (approx. 14 days)
* Always leave some $AZERO in the controller account. You will use them to pay the transactions to nominate, bond or unbond fonds.
{% endhint %}