diff --git a/lotus-soup/common_roles.go b/lotus-soup/common_roles.go
index 20e0aa67d..ee1a4d4df 100644
--- a/lotus-soup/common_roles.go
+++ b/lotus-soup/common_roles.go
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/testground/sdk-go/sync"
 )
 
 func runBootstrapper(t *TestEnvironment) error {
@@ -35,10 +38,12 @@ func runMiner(t *TestEnvironment) error {
 	done := make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {
 		defer close(done)
-		for mine {
+		var i int
+		for i = 0; mine; i++ {
 
 			// synchronize all miners to mine the next block
-			t.RecordMessage("synchronizing all miners to mine next block")
+			t.RecordMessage("synchronizing all miners to mine next block [%d]", i)
+			stateMineNext := sync.State(fmt.Sprintf("mine-block-%d", i))
 			t.SyncClient.MustSignalAndWait(ctx, stateMineNext, miners)
 
 			// add some random delay to encourage a different miner winning each round
@@ -51,6 +56,11 @@ func runMiner(t *TestEnvironment) error {
 				panic(err)
 			}
 		}
+
+		// signal the last block to make sure no miners are left stuck waiting for the next block signal
+		// while the others have stopped
+		stateMineLast := sync.State(fmt.Sprintf("mine-block-%d", i))
+		t.SyncClient.MustSignalEntry(ctx, stateMineLast)
 	}()
 
 	// wait for a signal from all clients to stop mining
diff --git a/lotus-soup/node.go b/lotus-soup/node.go
index 8a04b6775..6bdd30ebc 100644
--- a/lotus-soup/node.go
+++ b/lotus-soup/node.go
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/rand"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-
-	//"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/go-address"
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/node/modules/lp2p"
 	modtest "github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/node/modules/testing"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/node/repo"
+
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/specs-actors/actors/abi"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/specs-actors/actors/abi/big"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/specs-actors/actors/builtin"
@@ -38,11 +38,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/specs-actors/actors/builtin/power"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/specs-actors/actors/builtin/verifreg"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/specs-actors/actors/crypto"
+
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2"
 	libp2p_crypto "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/crypto"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/peer"
 	ma "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr"
+
 	"github.com/testground/sdk-go/run"
 	"github.com/testground/sdk-go/runtime"
 	"github.com/testground/sdk-go/sync"
@@ -75,7 +77,6 @@ var (
 
 	stateReady      = sync.State("ready")
 	stateDone       = sync.State("done")
-	stateMineNext   = sync.State("mine-next")
 	stateStopMining = sync.State("stop-mining")
 )
 
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ type InitialBalanceMsg struct {
 
 type PresealMsg struct {
 	Miner genesis.Miner
+	Seqno int64
 }
 
 type GenesisMsg struct {
@@ -306,7 +308,7 @@ func prepareMiner(t *TestEnvironment) (*Node, error) {
 
 	t.RecordMessage("Miner Info: Owner: %s Worker: %s", genMiner.Owner, genMiner.Worker)
 
-	presealMsg := &PresealMsg{Miner: *genMiner}
+	presealMsg := &PresealMsg{Miner: *genMiner, Seqno: t.GroupSeq}
 	t.SyncClient.Publish(ctx, presealTopic, presealMsg)
 
 	// then collect the genesis block and bootstrapper address
@@ -636,6 +638,10 @@ func collectPreseals(t *TestEnvironment, ctx context.Context, miners int) ([]*Pr
 		}
 	}
 
+	sort.Slice(preseals, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return preseals[i].Seqno < preseals[j].Seqno
+	})
+
 	return preseals, nil
 }