diff --git a/beacon_node/src/run.rs b/beacon_node/src/run.rs
index 1afeb5408..52dc3973b 100644
--- a/beacon_node/src/run.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/src/run.rs
@@ -27,12 +27,22 @@ pub fn run_beacon_node(config: ClientConfig, log: &slog::Logger) -> error::Resul
 
     match config.db_type {
         DBType::RocksDB => {
+            info!(
+                log,
+                "BeaconNode starting";
+                "type" => "DiskDBTestingClientType"
+            );
             let client: Client<DiskDBTestingClientType> =
                 Client::new(config, log.clone(), &executor)?;
 
             run(client, executor, runtime, log)
         }
         DBType::Memory => {
+            info!(
+                log,
+                "BeaconNode starting";
+                "type" => "MemoryDBTestingClientType"
+            );
             let client: Client<MemoryDBTestingClientType> =
                 Client::new(config, log.clone(), &executor)?;
 
diff --git a/eth2/types/src/test_utils/testing_beacon_state_builder.rs b/eth2/types/src/test_utils/testing_beacon_state_builder.rs
index def58b0d7..b0168eb78 100644
--- a/eth2/types/src/test_utils/testing_beacon_state_builder.rs
+++ b/eth2/types/src/test_utils/testing_beacon_state_builder.rs
@@ -122,12 +122,7 @@ impl TestingBeaconStateBuilder {
             })
             .collect();
 
-        let now = SystemTime::now()
-            .duration_since(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH)
-            .unwrap()
-            .as_secs()
-            - 30;
-        let genesis_time = now; // arbitrary
+        let genesis_time = 1554069200; // arbitrary
 
         let mut state = BeaconState::genesis(
             genesis_time,