diff --git a/tests/integration/multinodes.nim b/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
index a818551e..c457e152 100644
--- a/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ template multinodesuite*(name: string,
   startNodes: StartNodes, debugNodes: DebugNodes, body: untyped) =
 
   if (debugNodes.client or debugNodes.provider) and
-      (enabledLogLevel > LogLevel.DEBUG or
+      (enabledLogLevel > LogLevel.TRACE or
       enabledLogLevel == LogLevel.NONE):
     echo ""
     echo "More test debug logging is available by running the tests with " &
-      "'-d:chronicles_log_level=DEBUG " &
+      "'-d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE " &
       "-d:chronicles_default_output_device=stdout " &
       "-d:chronicles_sinks=textlines'"
     echo ""
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ template multinodesuite*(name: string,
         "--disc-port=" & $(8090 + index),
         "--eth-account=" & $accounts[index]]
         .concat(addlOptions)
-      if debug: options.add "--log-level=INFO;DEBUG: " & debugNodes.topics
+      if debug: options.add "--log-level=INFO;TRACE: " & debugNodes.topics
       let node = startNode(options, debug = debug)
       (node, datadir, accounts[index])
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/nodes.nim b/tests/integration/nodes.nim
index 2ce69cb2..f9a282b7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/nodes.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/nodes.nim
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ proc init*(_: type StartNodes,
 
 proc init*(_: type DebugNodes,
           client, provider, validator: bool,
-          topics: string = "validation,proving"): DebugNodes =
+          topics: string = "validator,proving"): DebugNodes =
   DebugNodes(client: client, provider: provider, validator: validator,
              topics: topics)
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/testproofs.nim b/tests/integration/testproofs.nim
index 7f4abe3b..36afc40b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/testproofs.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/testproofs.nim
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ multinodesuite "Simulate invalid proofs",
     let config = await marketplace.config()
     period = config.proofs.period.truncate(uint64)
     periodDowntime = config.proofs.downtime
-    await provider.getSigner(accounts[0]).mint()
-    await provider.getSigner(accounts[2]).mint()
-    await provider.getSigner(accounts[2]).deposit()
     proofSubmitted = newFuture[void]("proofSubmitted")
     proc onProofSubmitted(event: ProofSubmitted) =
       submitted.add(event.proof)
@@ -140,6 +137,11 @@ multinodesuite "Simulate invalid proofs",
     downtime = @[]
     periodicity = Periodicity(seconds: period.u256)
 
+    # Our Hardhat configuration does use automine, which means that time tracked by `provider.currentTime()` is not
+    # advanced until blocks are mined and that happens only when transaction is submitted.
+    # As we use in tests provider.currentTime() which uses block timestamp this can lead to synchronization issues.
+    await provider.advanceTime(1.u256)
+
   teardown:
     await subscription.unsubscribe()