diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/clients/attribute_wrapper.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/clients/attribute_wrapper.py
index e9239a834a248af32886df651a5f2463b4764489..b8e829ede0b5857cc5cc6c4da5d6052118cf57b7 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/clients/attribute_wrapper.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/clients/attribute_wrapper.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class attribute_wrapper(attribute):
         if access == AttrWriteType.READ_WRITE:
             """ if the attribute is of READ_WRITE type, assign the write function to it"""
 
-            @only_in_states([DevState.STANDBY, DevState.ON], log=False)
+            @only_in_states([DevState.STANDBY, DevState.ON, DevState.ALARM], log=False)
             @fault_on_error()
             def write_func_wrapper(device, value):
                 """
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class attribute_wrapper(attribute):
 
         """ Assign the read function to the attribute"""
 
-        @only_in_states([DevState.STANDBY, DevState.ON], log=False)
+        @only_in_states([DevState.STANDBY, DevState.ON, DevState.ALARM], log=False)
         @fault_on_error()
         def read_func_wrapper(device):
             """