diff --git a/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/collect_slate_node.py b/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/collect_slate_node.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5253f29889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/collect_slate_node.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import pyblish.api
+import nuke
+
+class CollectSlate(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
+    """Check if SLATE node is in scene and connected to rendering tree"""
+
+    order = pyblish.api.CollectorOrder + 0.09
+    label = "Collect Slate Node"
+    hosts = ["nuke"]
+    families = ["write"]
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+        node = instance[0]
+
+        slate = next((n for n in nuke.allNodes()
+                      if "slate" in n.name().lower()
+                      if not n["disable"].getValue()),
+                     None)
+
+        if slate:
+            # check if slate node is connected to write node tree
+            slate_check = 0
+            slate_node = None
+            while slate_check == 0:
+                try:
+                    node = node.dependencies()[0]
+                    if slate.name() in node.name():
+                        slate_node = node
+                        slate_check = 1
+                except IndexError:
+                    break
+
+            if slate_node:
+                instance.data["slateNodeName"] = slate_node.name()
+                instance.data["families"].append("slate")
+                self.log.info(
+                    "Slate node is in node graph: `{}`".format(slate.name()))
+                self.log.debug(
+                    "__ instance: `{}`".format(instance))
diff --git a/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/collect_writes.py b/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/collect_writes.py
index dd3049834d..67b6e2e189 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/collect_writes.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/collect_writes.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ class CollectNukeWrites(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
 
         self.log.debug("checking instance: {}".format(instance))
 
+        # check if slate node available
+        slate_node = instance.data.get("slateNodeName")
+
         # Determine defined file type
         ext = node["file_type"].value()
 
@@ -40,6 +43,10 @@ class CollectNukeWrites(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         first_frame = int(nuke.root()["first_frame"].getValue())
         last_frame = int(nuke.root()["last_frame"].getValue())
 
+        # remove one frame at beggining if slate
+        if slate_node:
+            first_frame -= 1
+
         if node["use_limit"].getValue():
             handles = 0
             first_frame = int(node["first"].getValue())
@@ -100,6 +107,13 @@ class CollectNukeWrites(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             "subset": instance.data["subset"],
             "fps": instance.context.data["fps"]
         }
+
+        # if slate node then remove one frame from version data
+        if slate_node:
+            version_data.update({
+                "frameStart": (first_frame + 1) + handle_start,
+            })
+
         instance.data["family"] = "write"
         group_node = [x for x in instance if x.Class() == "Group"][0]
         deadlineChunkSize = 1
diff --git a/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/extract_render_local.py b/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/extract_render_local.py
index 825db67e9d..19acc86273 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/extract_render_local.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/extract_render_local.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ class NukeRenderLocal(pype.api.Extractor):
 
         self.log.debug("instance collected: {}".format(instance.data))
 
+        # check if slate node available
+        slate_node = instance.data.get("slateNodeName")
+
         first_frame = instance.data.get("frameStart", None)
         last_frame = instance.data.get("frameEnd", None)
         node_subset_name = instance.data.get("name", None)
@@ -80,5 +83,11 @@ class NukeRenderLocal(pype.api.Extractor):
             collection = collections[0]
             instance.data['collection'] = collection
 
+        if slate_node:
+            instance.data['frameStart'] = first_frame + 1
+            self.log.info(
+                'Removing slate frame: `{}`'.format(
+                    instance.data['frameStart']))
+
         self.log.info('Finished render')
         return