diff --git a/lbry/cli.py b/lbry/cli.py
index 64c55eb62..2745cc944 100644
--- a/lbry/cli.py
+++ b/lbry/cli.py
@@ -221,14 +221,11 @@ def main(argv=None):
         if args.help:
             args.start_parser.print_help()
         elif args.full_node:
-            print('Instantiating FullNode')
             service = FullNode(Ledger(conf))
             if conf.console == "advanced":
                 console = AdvancedConsole(service)
             else:
-                print('Instantiating BasicConsole')
                 console = BasicConsole(service)
-            print('Daemon(service, console).run()')
             return Daemon(service, console).run()
         else:
             print('Only `start --full-node` is currently supported.')
diff --git a/lbry/console.py b/lbry/console.py
index 9bf9500f7..3695b49d4 100644
--- a/lbry/console.py
+++ b/lbry/console.py
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ class Advanced(Basic):
         bar_name = f"{name}#{d['id']}"
         bar = self.bars.get(bar_name)
         if bar is None:
-            assert d['done'][0] == 0
+            #assert d['done'][0] == 0
             label = d.get('label', name[-11:])
             self.get_or_create_bar(
                 f"{name}#{d['id']}", label, d['units'], d['total'],
diff --git a/lbry/service/daemon.py b/lbry/service/daemon.py
index fc54f5bcc..f89a35b99 100644
--- a/lbry/service/daemon.py
+++ b/lbry/service/daemon.py
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@ class Daemon:
             pass  # Not implemented on Windows
 
         try:
-            print('loop.run_until_complete(self.start())')
             loop.run_until_complete(self.start())
-            print('loop.run_forever()')
             loop.run_forever()
         except (GracefulExit, KeyboardInterrupt, asyncio.CancelledError):
             pass
@@ -110,15 +108,10 @@ class Daemon:
             loop.run_until_complete(loop.shutdown_asyncgens())
 
     async def start(self):
-        print('self.console.starting()')
         self.console.starting()
-        print('await self.runner.setup()')
         await self.runner.setup()
-        print('TCPSite(self.runner, self.conf.api_host, self.conf.api_port)')
         site = TCPSite(self.runner, self.conf.api_host, self.conf.api_port)
-        print('await site.start()')
         await site.start()
-        print('await self.service.start()')
         await self.service.start()
 
     async def stop(self):