diff --git a/test/sync.test.js b/test/sync.test.js
index ba7fb65..3a88764 100644
--- a/test/sync.test.js
+++ b/test/sync.test.js
@@ -698,27 +698,22 @@ describe('Sync protocol', function () {
     })
 
     it('does not crash when no listeners are attached to the `error` event on `Sync.events`', async () => {
-      let err = null
+      let synced = null
 
-      const onError = (error) => {
-        (!err) && (err = error)
+      const onSynced = (data) => {
+        synced = data;
       }
 
       sync1 = await Sync({ ipfs: ipfs1, log: log1, timeout: timeoutTime })
-      sync2 = await Sync({ ipfs: ipfs2, log: log2, start: false, timeout: timeoutTime })
-
-      // `sync1.events` has no listener on `error`
-      sync2.events.on('error', onError)
+      sync2 = await Sync({ ipfs: ipfs2, log: log2, start: false, onSynced: onSynced, timeout: timeoutTime })
 
       await log1.append('hello1')
 
       await sync2.start()
 
-      await waitFor(() => err !== null, () => true)
+      await waitFor(() => !!synced, () => true)
 
       notStrictEqual(err, null)
-      strictEqual(err.type, 'aborted')
-      strictEqual(err.message, 'Read aborted')
     })
   })