diff --git a/test/realtime.test.js b/test/realtime.test.js
index 8484c08..b196237 100644
--- a/test/realtime.test.js
+++ b/test/realtime.test.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ async function flatten(iter) {
 }
 
 // copy of test in pzp-sync, but that doesn't test if it works with gc enabled
-test('create 200 messages that manage to replicate with low "newest" goals', async (t) => {
+test('create 200 messages that manage to replicate with low "newest" goals (using onRecordAdded and with initial message)', async (t) => {
   const n = 200
 
   const alice = createPeer({ name: 'alice' })
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ test('create 200 messages that manage to replicate with low "newest" goals', asy
     assert.deepEqual(arr, [], 'alice has no posts from bob')
   }
 
-  // TODO: make things work with this first, then add another test without this?
   await p(bob.db.feed.publish)({
     account: bobID,
     domain: 'post',