diff --git a/dev/testing-utils.mjs b/dev/testing-utils.mjs
index b4b29b4c..d2e38971 100644
--- a/dev/testing-utils.mjs
+++ b/dev/testing-utils.mjs
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ async function isWebSocketReady (endpoint) {
 }
 
 export async function jumpStartNetwork (entropy, maxTime = 360 * SECONDS) {
+  console.log('jumping')
   let timeout, unsub
   // if you used spinNetworkUp check what network was used
   // this is done this way so we can still use this for other
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@ export async function jumpStartNetwork (entropy, maxTime = 360 * SECONDS) {
       if (!startHeader) startHeader = header
       if (started) {
         headersSenseStart++
-        if (lastEventTime) console.log('context#headers time sense last events seen:', Math.floor((Date.now() - lastEventTime)/1000), 'seconds')
 
       }
       if (
@@ -103,10 +103,9 @@ export async function jumpStartNetwork (entropy, maxTime = 360 * SECONDS) {
         ) {
         await entropy.substrate.tx.registry.jumpStartNetwork()
           .signAndSend(entropy.keyring.accounts.registration.pair)
-        console.log('retrying jumpstart', headersSenseStart, 'headers sense initial try')
+          console.log('had to tell everyone to jump again')
       }
 
-      console.log(`#${header.number}: ${header.author}`);
       if (headersSenseStart === 200) {
         reject('waiting period of 200 blocks sense initial jump start reached')
         blockUnsub()
@@ -115,16 +114,14 @@ export async function jumpStartNetwork (entropy, maxTime = 360 * SECONDS) {
     })
     unsub = await entropy.substrate.query.system.events((records) => {
       const nowEvents = Date.now()
-      if (lastEventTime) console.log('context#events time sense last events:', Math.floor((nowEvents - lastEventTime)/1000), 'seconds')
       lastEventTime = nowEvents
-      console.log('time sense start:', Math.floor((Date.now() - startTime)/1000), 'seconds')
-      console.log('event methods:', records.map((record) => record?.event?.method))
       if (records.find(record => record?.event?.method === wantedMethod)) {
         unsub()
         blockUnsub()
         res(undefined)
       } else if (records.find(record => record?.event?.method === 'StartedNetworkJumpStart')) {
         started = true
+        console.log('everyone knows to start jumping')
       }
     })
   })
@@ -132,7 +129,13 @@ export async function jumpStartNetwork (entropy, maxTime = 360 * SECONDS) {
   await entropy.substrate.tx.registry.jumpStartNetwork()
     .signAndSend(entropy.keyring.accounts.registration.pair)
 
-  await isDone.catch((err) => {console.error(err); process.exit(1)})
+  return isDone.then(() => {
+    console.log(`
+final report:jump-start
+total-time: ${Math.floor((Date.now() - startTime)/1000)} seconds
+total-block-time: ${headersSenseStart} blocks
+      `)
+  }).catch((err) => {console.error(err); process.exit(1)})
 }
 
 export async function spinNetworkDown (networkType = 'four-nodes') {
diff --git a/tests/transfer.test.ts b/tests/transfer.test.ts
index 4cc9398a..0e7c8470 100644
--- a/tests/transfer.test.ts
+++ b/tests/transfer.test.ts
@@ -61,18 +61,6 @@ test('Transfer', async (t) => {
       'initially naynay has nothing'
     )
   }
-  {
-    const account = charlie.keyring.accounts.registration.address
-    const accountInfo = (await charlie.substrate.query.system.account(
-      account
-    )) as any
-    t.equal(
-      BigInt(accountInfo.data.free),
-      BigInt(1e17),
-      'initially charlie is rich!'
-    )
-  }
-
   const sender = charlie.keyring.accounts.registration.pair
   function sendMoney(amount) {
     return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {