diff --git a/test/from-old-versions.test.js b/test/from-old-versions.test.js
index 467e99d..2aa7f1f 100644
--- a/test/from-old-versions.test.js
+++ b/test/from-old-versions.test.js
@@ -39,16 +39,18 @@ test('can continue from old keyring from ssb-tribes 3.1.3', async t => {
   // we have to do it this way because we have no normal way of killing a bot that's crashed and therefore releasing its DB locks.
   const throwChild = childProcess.fork(join(__dirname, 'helpers/throw-bot.js'))
 
-  await new Promise((res) => {
-    throwChild.on("message", (msg) => {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    throwChild.on('message', (msg) => {
       t.match(msg, /found an old keystore/, "error when there's an old keystore but we don't use it")
 
       throwChild.kill()
 
-      res()
+      resolve()
     })
   })
 
+  await p(setTimeout)(500)
+
   const newOpts = {
     name: 'alice',
     startUnclean: true
diff --git a/test/helpers/test-bot.js b/test/helpers/test-bot.js
index cb80fde..fefe1cd 100644
--- a/test/helpers/test-bot.js
+++ b/test/helpers/test-bot.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module.exports = function TestBot (opts = {}) {
     .use(require('ssb-classic'))
     .use(require('ssb-db2/compat'))
     .use(require('ssb-db2/compat/feedstate'))
-    .use(require("ssb-db2/compat/post"))
+    .use(require('ssb-db2/compat/post'))
     .use(require('ssb-box2'))
     .use(require('../..'))
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module.exports = function TestBot (opts = {}) {
       ...opts.box2
     },
     // we don't want testbot to import db1 or db2 for us, we want to control what db2 plugins get imported
-    noDefaultUse: true,
+    noDefaultUse: true
   })
 
   if (opts.debug) {