diff --git a/lbry/blockchain/sync.py b/lbry/blockchain/sync.py
index 341b6212c..0a153f814 100644
--- a/lbry/blockchain/sync.py
+++ b/lbry/blockchain/sync.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def process_claimtrie(heights):
             done += chunk_size
             p.step(done)
 
-    with progress(Event.CLAIM_UPDATE, 250) as p, context().connection.begin():
+    with progress(Event.TRIE_UPDATE, 250) as p, context().connection.begin():
         claims = chain.db.sync_get_claims()
         p.start(len(claims))
         done = 0
diff --git a/tests/integration/blockchain/test_blockchain.py b/tests/integration/blockchain/test_blockchain.py
index 41bf1db60..b841b0f65 100644
--- a/tests/integration/blockchain/test_blockchain.py
+++ b/tests/integration/blockchain/test_blockchain.py
@@ -123,10 +123,20 @@ class TestMultiBlockFileSyncAndEvents(AsyncioTestCase):
     @staticmethod
     def extract_events(name, events):
         return sorted([
-            (p['data'].get('block_file'), p['data']['step'], p['data']['total'])
+            [p['data'].get('block_file'), p['data']['step'], p['data']['total']]
             for p in events if p['event'].endswith(name)
         ])
 
+    def assertEventsAlmostEqual(self, actual, expected):
+        # this is needed because the sample tx data created
+        # by lbrycrd does not have deterministic number of TXIs,
+        # which throws off the progress reporting steps
+        # adjust the actual to match expected if it's only off by 1
+        for e, a in zip(expected, actual):
+            if a[1] != e[1] and abs(a[1]-e[1]) <= 1:
+                a[1] = e[1]
+        self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
+
     async def test_multi_block_file_sync(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             [(0, 191, 280), (1, 89, 178), (2, 12, 24)],
@@ -153,39 +163,39 @@ class TestMultiBlockFileSyncAndEvents(AsyncioTestCase):
         )
         self.assertEqual(
             self.extract_events('block.read', events), [
-                (0, 0, 191),
-                (0, 100, 191),
-                (0, 191, 191),
-                (1, 0, 89),
-                (1, 89, 89),
-                (2, 0, 12),
-                (2, 12, 12),
+                [0, 0, 191],
+                [0, 100, 191],
+                [0, 191, 191],
+                [1, 0, 89],
+                [1, 89, 89],
+                [2, 0, 12],
+                [2, 12, 12],
             ]
         )
-        self.assertEqual(
+        self.assertEventsAlmostEqual(
             self.extract_events('block.save', events), [
-                (0, 0, 280),
-                (0, 19, 280),
-                (0, 47, 280),
-                (0, 267, 280),
-                (0, 278, 280),
-                (0, 280, 280),
-                (1, 0, 178),
-                (1, 6, 178),
-                (1, 19, 178),
-                (1, 166, 178),
-                (1, 175, 178),
-                (1, 178, 178),
-                (2, 0, 24),
-                (2, 1, 24),
-                (2, 21, 24),
-                (2, 22, 24),
-                (2, 24, 24)
+                [0, 0, 280],
+                [0, 19, 280],
+                [0, 47, 280],
+                [0, 267, 280],
+                [0, 278, 280],
+                [0, 280, 280],
+                [1, 0, 178],
+                [1, 6, 178],
+                [1, 19, 178],
+                [1, 166, 178],
+                [1, 175, 178],
+                [1, 178, 178],
+                [2, 0, 24],
+                [2, 1, 24],
+                [2, 21, 24],
+                [2, 22, 24],
+                [2, 24, 24]
             ]
         )
         claim_events = self.extract_events('claim.update', events)
-        self.assertEqual((1000, 3610), claim_events[10][1:])
-        self.assertEqual((3610, 3610), claim_events[-1][1:])
+        self.assertEqual([3402, 3610], claim_events[2][1:])
+        self.assertEqual([3610, 3610], claim_events[-1][1:])
 
         events.clear()
         await self.sync.advance()  # should be no-op
@@ -210,14 +220,14 @@ class TestMultiBlockFileSyncAndEvents(AsyncioTestCase):
         )
         self.assertEqual(
             self.extract_events('block.read', events), [
-                (2, 0, 1),
-                (2, 1, 1),
+                [2, 0, 1],
+                [2, 1, 1],
             ]
         )
         self.assertEqual(
             self.extract_events('block.save', events), [
-                (2, 0, 1),
-                (2, 1, 1),
+                [2, 0, 1],
+                [2, 1, 1],
             ]
         )
 
@@ -304,19 +314,19 @@ class TestBasicSyncScenarios(BaseSyncTestCase):
     async def test_claim_create_update_and_delete(self):
         txid = await self.claim_name('foo', '0.01')
         await self.generate(1)
-        claims, _, _ = await self.db.search_claims()
+        claims = await self.db.search_claims()
         self.assertEqual(1, len(claims))
         self.assertEqual(claims[0].claim_name, 'foo')
         self.assertEqual(dewies_to_lbc(claims[0].amount), '0.01')
         txid = await self.claim_update(await self.get_transaction(txid), '0.02')
         await self.generate(1)
-        claims, _, _ = await self.db.search_claims()
+        claims = await self.db.search_claims()
         self.assertEqual(1, len(claims))
         self.assertEqual(claims[0].claim_name, 'foo')
         self.assertEqual(dewies_to_lbc(claims[0].amount), '0.02')
         await self.claim_abandon(await self.get_transaction(txid))
         await self.generate(1)
-        claims, _, _ = await self.db.search_claims()
+        claims = await self.db.search_claims()
         self.assertEqual(0, len(claims))
 
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 45d8cd53d..664033ca4 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ passenv =
 commands =
   blockchain: coverage run -p --rcfile={toxinidir}/setup.cfg -m unittest -vv integration.blockchain.test_claim_commands.ChannelCommands.test_create_channel_names {posargs}
   blockchain: coverage run -p --rcfile={toxinidir}/setup.cfg -m unittest -vv integration.blockchain.test_blockchain.TestBlockchainEvents {posargs}
+  blockchain: coverage run -p --rcfile={toxinidir}/setup.cfg -m unittest -vv integration.blockchain.test_blockchain.TestMultiBlockFileSyncAndEvents {posargs}
+  blockchain: coverage run -p --rcfile={toxinidir}/setup.cfg -m unittest -vv integration.blockchain.test_blockchain.TestBasicSyncScenarios {posargs}
   #blockchain: coverage run -p --source={envsitepackagesdir}/lbry -m unittest discover -vv integration.blockchain {posargs}
   #datanetwork: coverage run -p --source={envsitepackagesdir}/lbry -m unittest discover -vv integration.datanetwork {posargs}
   #other: coverage run -p --source={envsitepackagesdir}/lbry -m unittest discover -vv integration.other {posargs}