diff --git a/lotus-soup/baseline.go b/lotus-soup/baseline.go
index c7d9d8a2b..ad00a4fda 100644
--- a/lotus-soup/baseline.go
+++ b/lotus-soup/baseline.go
@@ -84,7 +84,14 @@ func runBaselineMiner(t *TestEnvironment) error {
 		for mine {
 			time.Sleep(1000 * time.Millisecond)
 			t.RecordMessage("mine one block")
-			if err := miner.MineOne(ctx, func(bool) {}); err != nil {
+
+			// wait and synchronise
+
+			if err := miner.MineOne(ctx, func(bool) {
+
+				// after a block is mined
+
+			}); err != nil {
 				panic(err)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/lotus-soup/main.go b/lotus-soup/main.go
index 135c36d5d..cb1018a27 100644
--- a/lotus-soup/main.go
+++ b/lotus-soup/main.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var testplans = map[string]interface{}{
 }
 
 func init() {
-	logging.SetLogLevel("*", "WARN")
+	logging.SetLogLevel("*", "INFO")
 
 	build.DisableBuiltinAssets = true
 
diff --git a/lotus-soup/node.go b/lotus-soup/node.go
index e7527084c..cd0c87ac5 100644
--- a/lotus-soup/node.go
+++ b/lotus-soup/node.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func prepareBootstrapper(t *TestEnvironment) (*Node, error) {
 	genesisTemplate := genesis.Template{
 		Accounts:  genesisActors,
 		Miners:    genesisMiners,
-		Timestamp: uint64(time.Now().Unix() - 1000), // this needs to be in the past
+		Timestamp: uint64(time.Now().Unix() - 10000), // this needs to be in the past
 	}
 
 	// dump the genesis block