diff --git a/tc-subxt/src/db.rs b/tc-subxt/src/db.rs
index f0a4dfd6b..d12a46620 100644
--- a/tc-subxt/src/db.rs
+++ b/tc-subxt/src/db.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ impl ITransactionDbOps for TransactionsDB {
 		let write_tx = self.db.begin_write()?;
 		let mut pending_txs = Vec::new();
 
-		// Use a scope to contain the table borrow
 		{
 			let mut table = write_tx.open_table(TX_TABLE)?;
 			let mut delete_keys = Vec::new();
diff --git a/tc-subxt/src/worker.rs b/tc-subxt/src/worker.rs
index f3d4e0b5e..e3d38ea9f 100644
--- a/tc-subxt/src/worker.rs
+++ b/tc-subxt/src/worker.rs
@@ -123,12 +123,10 @@ where
 		let txs_data = db.load_pending_txs(nonce)?;
 		let pending_tx: VecDeque<TxStatus<C>> = txs_data
 			.into_iter()
-			.filter_map(|tx_data| {
-				(tx_data.nonce >= nonce).then(|| TxStatus {
-					data: tx_data,
-					event_sender: None,
-					best_block: None,
-				})
+			.map(|tx_data| TxStatus {
+				data: tx_data,
+				event_sender: None,
+				best_block: None,
 			})
 			.collect();
 		Ok(Self {
@@ -409,7 +407,7 @@ where
 								self.pending_tx = new_pending;
 							},
 							Some(Err(e)) => {
-								tracing::error!("Error processing block: {:?}", e);
+								tracing::error!("Error processing finalized blocks: {:?}", e);
 								tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
 								continue;
 							},
diff --git a/tc-subxt/tests/mock_client/mod.rs b/tc-subxt/tests/mock_client/mod.rs
index 2c8aa4170..1c09bd270 100644
--- a/tc-subxt/tests/mock_client/mod.rs
+++ b/tc-subxt/tests/mock_client/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::{HashMap, VecDeque};
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use futures::stream::{self, BoxStream};
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ use tc_subxt::timechain_client::{
 use tc_subxt::worker::TxData;
 use tc_subxt::ExtrinsicParams;
 use tokio::sync::{broadcast, Mutex};
-use tokio_stream::wrappers::errors::BroadcastStreamRecvError;
 use tokio_stream::wrappers::BroadcastStream;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ impl MockClient {
 			};
 			self.push_best_block(&block).await;
 			self.push_finalized_block(&block).await;
+			tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
 		}
 		tracing::info!("Done inserting blocks");
 	}
@@ -117,14 +118,14 @@ pub struct MockTransaction {
 	failing_hashes: Arc<Mutex<Vec<H256>>>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct MockBlock {
 	pub number: u64,
 	pub hash: H256,
 	pub extrinsics: Vec<MockExtrinsic>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct MockExtrinsic {
 	pub hash: H256,
 	pub is_success: bool,
@@ -193,21 +194,8 @@ impl ITimechainClient for MockClient {
 			*counter += 1;
 		}
 		let stream = BroadcastStream::new(rx)
-			.map(|res| match res {
-				Ok(block) => Ok(Some(block)),
-				Err(BroadcastStreamRecvError::Lagged(n)) => {
-					tracing::warn!("Skipped {} best blocks due to lag", n);
-					Ok(None)
-				},
-				Err(e) => Err(anyhow::anyhow!(e)),
-			})
-			.filter_map(|res| async {
-				match res {
-					Ok(Some(block)) => Some(Ok((block.clone(), block.extrinsics.clone()))),
-					Ok(None) => None,
-					Err(e) => Some(Err(e)),
-				}
-			})
+			.map(|res| res.map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!(e)))
+			.map(|block_result| block_result.map(|block| (block.clone(), block.extrinsics.clone())))
 			.boxed();
 		Ok(stream)
 	}
diff --git a/tc-subxt/tests/test_cases.rs b/tc-subxt/tests/test_cases.rs
index db635f6ff..3ee2c4582 100644
--- a/tc-subxt/tests/test_cases.rs
+++ b/tc-subxt/tests/test_cases.rs
@@ -73,23 +73,23 @@ async fn test_transaction_mortality_outage_flow() {
 #[tokio::test]
 #[ignore]
 // not working tbf
-async fn test_transaction_mortality_outage_flow_50() {
-	let total_tasks: usize = 50;
+async fn test_transaction_mortality_outage_flow_25() {
+	let total_tasks: usize = 25;
 	let env = new_env().await;
 	let mut receivers = VecDeque::new();
 	// init 100 transactions
 	for _ in 0..total_tasks {
 		let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
+		tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
 		env.tx_sender.unbounded_send((Tx::Ready { shard_id: 0 }, tx)).unwrap();
 		receivers.push_back(rx);
 	}
+
 	let hashes = wait_for_submission(&env.client, total_tasks).await;
 	assert!(hashes.len() == total_tasks);
-	env.client.inc_empty_blocks(MORTALITY / 2).await;
-	tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
-	env.client.inc_empty_blocks(MORTALITY / 2).await;
-	tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
-	env.client.inc_empty_blocks(1).await;
+	tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+	env.client.inc_empty_blocks(MORTALITY + 1).await;
+
 	let hashes = wait_for_submission(&env.client, total_tasks + total_tasks).await;
 	assert_eq!(hashes[0], hashes[total_tasks + 1]);
 	env.client.inc_block_with_tx(hashes[0], true).await;