diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 99ba1fa..9310b6d 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@
   branch = "master"
   name = "github.com/lbryio/lbry.go"
   packages = ["errors","jsonrpc","lbrycrd","null","stop","util"]
-  revision = "7a6eb5728093ff8da4bc6d9691308acf10fb9a53"
+  revision = "f986bd3066b9044ae1a44534908bdf4b381bbd1b"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  name = "github.com/lbryio/lbryschema.go"
-  packages = ["pb"]
-  revision = "185433f2fd0c732547654749b98b37e56223dd22"
+  name = "github.com/lbryio/types"
+  packages = ["go"]
+  revision = "594241d24e0025d769d2cb58168536b6963d51cf"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
   branch = "master"
   name = "github.com/rylio/ytdl"
   packages = ["."]
-  revision = "0227c2bacb82a434f2332d7d8c64093615c08a40"
+  revision = "44fe64bba886b85c00fc7045e092d796484d6f90"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
diff --git a/sdk/api.go b/sdk/api.go
index 73217ad..753cdbd 100644
--- a/sdk/api.go
+++ b/sdk/api.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (a *APIConfig) SetChannelClaimID(channelID string, channelClaimID string) e
 	var response apiChannelStatusResponse
 	err := json.Unmarshal(body, &response)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Err(err)
 	}
 	if !response.Error.IsNull() {
 		return errors.Err(response.Error.String)
diff --git a/setup.go b/setup.go
index 32e07b2..1918134 100644
--- a/setup.go
+++ b/setup.go
@@ -186,9 +186,25 @@ func (s *Sync) ensureChannelOwnership() error {
 	} else if channels == nil {
 		return errors.Err("no channel response")
 	}
-
-	isChannelMine := false
-	for _, channel := range *channels {
+	//special case for wallets we don't retain full control anymore
+	if len(*channels) > 1 {
+		// This wallet is probably not under our control anymore but we still want to publish to it
+		// here we shall check if within all the channels there is one that was created by ytsync
+		SendInfoToSlack("we are dealing with a wallet that has multiple channels. This indicates that the wallet was probably transferred but we still want to sync their content. YoutubeID: %s", s.YoutubeChannelID)
+		if s.lbryChannelID == "" {
+			return errors.Err("this channel does not have a recorded claimID in the database. To prevent failures, updates are not supported until an entry is manually added in the database")
+		}
+		for _, c := range *channels {
+			if c.ClaimID != s.lbryChannelID {
+				if c.Name != s.LbryChannelName {
+					return errors.Err("the channel in the wallet is different than the channel in the database")
+				}
+				return nil // we have the ytsync channel and both the claimID and the channelName from the database are correct
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if len(*channels) == 1 {
+		channel := (*channels)[0]
 		if channel.Name == s.LbryChannelName {
 			//TODO: eventually get rid of this when the whole db is filled
 			if s.lbryChannelID == "" {
@@ -196,18 +212,12 @@ func (s *Sync) ensureChannelOwnership() error {
 			} else if channel.ClaimID != s.lbryChannelID {
 				return errors.Err("the channel in the wallet is different than the channel in the database")
 			}
-			if channel.Name != s.LbryChannelName {
-				return errors.Err("the channel in the wallet is different than the channel in the database")
-			}
 			s.lbryChannelID = channel.ClaimID
-			isChannelMine = true
+			return err
 		} else {
-			return errors.Err("this wallet has multiple channels. maybe something went wrong during setup?")
+			return errors.Err("this channel does not belong to this wallet! Expected: %s, found: %s", s.LbryChannelName, channel.Name)
 		}
 	}
-	if isChannelMine {
-		return err
-	}
 
 	channelBidAmount := channelClaimAmount
 
diff --git a/ytsync.go b/ytsync.go
index 168964d..b5bf817 100644
--- a/ytsync.go
+++ b/ytsync.go
@@ -102,23 +102,29 @@ func (s *Sync) AppendSyncedVideo(videoID string, published bool, failureReason s
 }
 
 // SendErrorToSlack Sends an error message to the default channel and to the process log.
-func SendErrorToSlack(format string, a ...interface{}) error {
+func SendErrorToSlack(format string, a ...interface{}) {
 	message := format
 	if len(a) > 0 {
 		message = fmt.Sprintf(format, a...)
 	}
 	log.Errorln(message)
-	return util.SendToSlack(":sos: " + message)
+	err := util.SendToSlack(":sos: " + message)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorln(err)
+	}
 }
 
 // SendInfoToSlack Sends an info message to the default channel and to the process log.
-func SendInfoToSlack(format string, a ...interface{}) error {
+func SendInfoToSlack(format string, a ...interface{}) {
 	message := format
 	if len(a) > 0 {
 		message = fmt.Sprintf(format, a...)
 	}
 	log.Infoln(message)
-	return util.SendToSlack(":information_source: " + message)
+	err := util.SendToSlack(":information_source: " + message)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorln(err)
+	}
 }
 
 // IsInterrupted can be queried to discover if the sync process was interrupted manually
@@ -371,22 +377,28 @@ func logShutdownError(shutdownErr error) {
 	SendErrorToSlack("WALLET HAS NOT BEEN MOVED TO THE WALLET BACKUP DIR")
 }
 
+func isYtsyncClaim(c jsonrpc.Claim) bool {
+	if !util.InSlice(c.Category, []string{"claim", "update"}) || c.Value.Stream == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if c.Value.Stream.Metadata == nil || c.Value.Stream.Metadata.Thumbnail == nil {
+		//most likely a claim created outside of ytsync, ignore!
+		return false
+	}
+
+	//we're dealing with something that wasn't published by us!
+	return !strings.Contains(*c.Value.Stream.Metadata.Thumbnail, "https://berk.ninja/thumbnails/")
+}
+
 // fixDupes abandons duplicate claims
 func (s *Sync) fixDupes(claims []jsonrpc.Claim) (bool, error) {
 	abandonedClaims := false
 	videoIDs := make(map[string]jsonrpc.Claim)
 	for _, c := range claims {
-		if !util.InSlice(c.Category, []string{"claim", "update"}) || c.Value.Stream == nil {
+		if !isYtsyncClaim(c) {
 			continue
 		}
-		if c.Value.Stream.Metadata == nil || c.Value.Stream.Metadata.Thumbnail == nil {
-			return false, errors.Err("something is wrong with this claim: %s", c.ClaimID)
-		}
 		tn := *c.Value.Stream.Metadata.Thumbnail
-		if !strings.Contains(tn, "https://berk.ninja/thumbnails/") {
-			//we're dealing with something that wasn't published by us!
-			continue
-		}
 		videoID := tn[strings.LastIndex(tn, "/")+1:]
 
 		log.Infof("claimid: %s, claimName: %s, videoID: %s", c.ClaimID, c.Name, videoID)
@@ -402,11 +414,11 @@ func (s *Sync) fixDupes(claims []jsonrpc.Claim) (bool, error) {
 			claimToAbandon = cl
 			videoIDs[videoID] = c
 		}
+		log.Debugf("abandoning %+v", claimToAbandon)
 		_, err := s.daemon.ClaimAbandon(claimToAbandon.Txid, claimToAbandon.Nout)
 		if err != nil {
 			return true, err
 		}
-		log.Debugf("abandoning %+v", claimToAbandon)
 		abandonedClaims = true
 		//return true, nil
 	}
@@ -417,12 +429,10 @@ func (s *Sync) fixDupes(claims []jsonrpc.Claim) (bool, error) {
 func (s *Sync) updateRemoteDB(claims []jsonrpc.Claim) (total int, fixed int, err error) {
 	count := 0
 	for _, c := range claims {
-		if !util.InSlice(c.Category, []string{"claim", "update"}) || c.Value.Stream == nil {
+		if !isYtsyncClaim(c) {
 			continue
 		}
-		if c.Value.Stream.Metadata == nil || c.Value.Stream.Metadata.Thumbnail == nil {
-			return count, fixed, errors.Err("something is wrong with the this claim: %s", c.ClaimID)
-		}
+		count++
 		//check if claimID is in remote db
 		tn := *c.Value.Stream.Metadata.Thumbnail
 		videoID := tn[strings.LastIndex(tn, "/")+1:]
@@ -431,12 +441,11 @@ func (s *Sync) updateRemoteDB(claims []jsonrpc.Claim) (total int, fixed int, err
 			fixed++
 			err = s.Manager.apiConfig.MarkVideoStatus(s.YoutubeChannelID, videoID, VideoStatusPublished, c.ClaimID, c.Name, "", nil)
 			if err != nil {
-				return total, fixed, err
+				return count, fixed, err
 			}
 		}
-		total++
 	}
-	return total, fixed, nil
+	return count, fixed, nil
 }
 
 func (s *Sync) doSync() error {