diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 35212ddd..63e2a253 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     "form-data": "^2.3.2",
     "go-ipfs-dep": "~0.4.17",
     "hat": "0.0.3",
-    "ipfs": "~0.32.0",
+    "ipfs": "~0.32.3",
     "ipfs-api": "^24.0.0",
     "ipfsd-ctl": "~0.39.1",
     "ipfs-unixfs": "~0.1.15",
diff --git a/test/ipns.js b/test/ipns.js
index e2d78b69..56bdf9d7 100644
--- a/test/ipns.js
+++ b/test/ipns.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const publishAndResolve = (publisherDaemon, resolverDaemon, callback) => {
     sameDaemon = true
   }
 
-  const stopAndStartSecondDaemon = (callback) => {
+  const stopPublisherAndStartResolverDaemon = (callback) => {
     if (sameDaemon) {
       return callback()
     }
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const publishAndResolve = (publisherDaemon, resolverDaemon, callback) => {
       cb()
     }),
     (cb) => publisherDaemon.api.name.publish(ipfsRef, { resolve: false }, cb),
-    (cb) => stopAndStartSecondDaemon(cb),
+    (cb) => stopPublisherAndStartResolverDaemon(cb),
     (cb) => {
       resolverDaemon.api.name.resolve(nodeId, { local: true }, (err, res) => {
         expect(err).to.not.exist()
diff --git a/test/node.js b/test/node.js
index 3c613449..2d4fbbe0 100644
--- a/test/node.js
+++ b/test/node.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require('./pubsub')
 require('./circuit')
 require('./repo')
 require('./exchange-files')
+require('./ipns')
 require('./kad-dht')
 require('./pin')
 require('./files')
-require('./ipns')
diff --git a/test/repo.js b/test/repo.js
index d267412e..47123203 100644
--- a/test/repo.js
+++ b/test/repo.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe('repo', () => {
   })
 
   it('read repo: js -> go', function (done) {
-    this.timeout(50 * 1000)
+    this.timeout(80 * 1000)
     const dir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), hat())
     const data = crypto.randomBytes(1024 * 5)
 
@@ -88,26 +88,34 @@ describe('repo', () => {
     series([
       (cb) => jsDf.spawn({
         repoPath: dir,
+        disposable: false,
         initOptions: { bits: 512 }
-      }, cb),
-      (node, cb) => {
+      }, (err, node) => {
+        expect(err).to.not.exist()
+
         jsDaemon = node
-        cb()
-      },
-      (cb) => jsDaemon.api.add(data, cb),
-      (res, cb) => {
+        jsDaemon.init(cb)
+      }),
+      (cb) => jsDaemon.start(cb),
+
+      (cb) => jsDaemon.api.add(data, (err, res) => {
+        expect(err).to.not.exist()
+
         hash = res[0].hash
         catAndCheck(jsDaemon.api, hash, data, cb)
-      },
+      }),
       (cb) => jsDaemon.stop(cb),
       (cb) => goDf.spawn({
         repoPath: dir,
+        disposable: false,
         initOptions: { bits: 1024 }
-      }, cb),
-      (node, cb) => {
+      }, (err, node) => {
+        expect(err).to.not.exist()
+
         goDaemon = node
         cb()
-      },
+      }),
+      (cb) => goDaemon.start(cb),
       (cb) => catAndCheck(goDaemon.api, hash, data, cb),
       (cb) => goDaemon.stop(cb)
     ], done)