diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 3181770..e49448f 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ function initNet(peer, config) {
   async function start() {
     await stats.loaded()
     glue(infos, connections)
-    queueMicrotask(() => scheduler.start.bind(scheduler))
+    queueMicrotask(() => scheduler.start.bind(scheduler)((err) => {
+      if (err) console.error("pzp-net scheduler start failed:", err)
+    }))
   }
 
   function stop() {
diff --git a/test/glue.test.js b/test/glue.test.js
index d8f3a15..47f64cc 100644
--- a/test/glue.test.js
+++ b/test/glue.test.js
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ test('Glueing together stats with connections', async (t) => {
     while (FS.existsSync(statsJSONPath) === false) {
       await p(setTimeout)(1)
     }
+
+    await p(setTimeout)(2000)
+
     const fileContents = FS.readFileSync(statsJSONPath, 'utf8')
     const json = JSON.parse(fileContents)
     assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(json), [TEST_ADDR])
@@ -101,12 +104,17 @@ test('Glueing together stats with connections', async (t) => {
     while (FS.existsSync(statsJSONPath) === false) {
       await p(setTimeout)(1)
     }
+
+    await p(setTimeout)(1000)
+
     const fileContents = FS.readFileSync(statsJSONPath, 'utf8')
     assert.equal(fileContents.length > 10, true, 'stats.json is not empty')
 
     peer.net.forget(address)
     await p(setTimeout)(200)
 
+    await p(setTimeout)(1000)
+
     const entriesAfterForget = await p(peer.net.peers())(null)
     assert.equal(entriesAfterForget.length, 0, 'there is no entry in peers()')