diff --git a/.github/workflows/localnet-test.yml b/.github/workflows/localnet-test.yml
index 7b797a809..ec4de385c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/localnet-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/localnet-test.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         run: docker compose -f ./e2e/docker-compose.yml build
 
       - name: "run localnet"
-        run: docker compose -f ./e2e/docker-compose.yml up -d
+        run: docker compose -f ./e2e/docker-compose.yml up
 
       - name: "kill an op-node after a minute"
         run: sleep 60 && docker compose -f ./e2e/docker-compose.yml down op-node
diff --git a/e2e/docker-compose.yml b/e2e/docker-compose.yml
index 2193475c0..c1ba3de7c 100644
--- a/e2e/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/e2e/docker-compose.yml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ services:
       BFG_POSTGRES_URI: "postgres://postgres@bfgd-postgres:5432/bfg?sslmode=disable"
       BFG_BTC_START_HEIGHT: "1"
       BFG_EXBTC_ADDRESS: "electrs:50001"
-      BFG_LOG_LEVEL: "INFO"
+      BFG_LOG_LEVEL: "TRACE"
       BFG_PUBLIC_ADDRESS: ":8383"
       BFG_PRIVATE_ADDRESS: ":8080"
     networks:
diff --git a/service/bfg/bfg.go b/service/bfg/bfg.go
index 04c83f1bb..9d86f61d9 100644
--- a/service/bfg/bfg.go
+++ b/service/bfg/bfg.go
@@ -630,10 +630,10 @@ func (s *Server) processBitcoinBlock(ctx context.Context, height uint64, failOnD
 
 	err = s.db.BtcBlockInsert(ctx, &btcBlock)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("could not insert btc block: %s", err)
+
 		// XXX  don't return err here so we keep counting up, need to be smarter
 		if errors.Is(err, database.ErrDuplicate) {
-			log.Errorf("could not insert btc block: %s", err)
-
 			if failOnDuplicate {
 				return err
 			}