diff --git a/crates/corro-agent/src/agent/handlers.rs b/crates/corro-agent/src/agent/handlers.rs
index 450058da..4e04a42c 100644
--- a/crates/corro-agent/src/agent/handlers.rs
+++ b/crates/corro-agent/src/agent/handlers.rs
@@ -465,6 +465,8 @@ pub async fn handle_emptyset(
             }
         }
     }
+
+    println!("shutting down handle empties loop");
 }
 
 pub async fn process_emptyset(
@@ -506,12 +508,12 @@ pub async fn process_emptyset(
         store_empty_changeset(&tx, actor_id, version.clone(), *ts)?;
     }
 
-    // snap.insert_db(&tx, RangeInclusiveSet::from_iter(versions.clone()))
-    //     .map_err(|source| ChangeError::Rusqlite {
-    //         source,
-    //         actor_id: None,
-    //         version: None,
-    //     })?;
+    snap.insert_db(&tx, RangeInclusiveSet::from_iter(versions.clone()))
+        .map_err(|source| ChangeError::Rusqlite {
+            source,
+            actor_id: None,
+            version: None,
+        })?;
     snap.update_cleared_ts(&tx, *ts)
         .map_err(|source| ChangeError::Rusqlite {
             source,
diff --git a/crates/corro-agent/src/agent/util.rs b/crates/corro-agent/src/agent/util.rs
index d4b2cd3c..886f8cad 100644
--- a/crates/corro-agent/src/agent/util.rs
+++ b/crates/corro-agent/src/agent/util.rs
@@ -528,10 +528,6 @@ pub async fn process_fully_buffered_changes(
         .await;
     debug!(%actor_id, %version, "acquired Booked write lock to process fully buffered changes");
 
-    let mut agent_booked = agent
-        .booked()
-        .write("get snapshot for update cleared ts")
-        .await;
     let inserted = block_in_place(|| {
         let (last_seq, ts) = {
             match bookedw.partials.get(&version) {
@@ -672,6 +668,12 @@ pub async fn process_fully_buffered_changes(
             }
         }
 
+        let mut agent_booked = {
+            agent
+                .booked()
+                .blocking_write("process_fully_buffered_changes(get snapshot)")
+        };
+
         let mut agent_snap = agent_booked.snapshot();
         if let Some(ts) = last_cleared {
             agent_snap
@@ -718,13 +720,17 @@ pub async fn process_multiple_changes(
         if !seen.insert((change.actor_id, versions, seqs.cloned())) {
             continue;
         }
-        if bookie
-            .write(format!(
-                "process_multiple_changes(ensure):{}",
-                change.actor_id.as_simple()
-            ))
-            .await
-            .ensure(change.actor_id)
+
+        let booked_writer = {
+            bookie
+                .write(format!(
+                    "process_multiple_changes(ensure):{}",
+                    change.actor_id.as_simple()
+                ))
+                .await
+                .ensure(change.actor_id)
+        };
+        if booked_writer
             .read(format!(
                 "process_multiple_changes(contains?):{}",
                 change.actor_id.as_simple()
diff --git a/crates/corro-agent/src/api/peer.rs b/crates/corro-agent/src/api/peer.rs
index 51242b8d..6c5df4fd 100644
--- a/crates/corro-agent/src/api/peer.rs
+++ b/crates/corro-agent/src/api/peer.rs
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ async fn process_sync(
     let last_ts = agent
         .clone()
         .booked()
-        .read("process_sync")
+        .read("process_sync(read_cleared_ts))")
         .await
         .last_cleared_ts();
     loop {
diff --git a/crates/corro-types/src/sync.rs b/crates/corro-types/src/sync.rs
index 0da2321e..43d21aa6 100644
--- a/crates/corro-types/src/sync.rs
+++ b/crates/corro-types/src/sync.rs
@@ -280,7 +280,12 @@ impl From<SyncStateV1> for SyncMessage {
 }
 
 pub async fn get_last_cleared_ts(bookie: &Bookie, actor_id: &ActorId) -> Option<Timestamp> {
-    if let Some(booked) = bookie.read("get_last_cleared_ts").await.get(actor_id) {
+    let booked = bookie
+        .read("get_last_cleared_ts")
+        .await
+        .get(actor_id)
+        .cloned();
+    if let Some(booked) = booked {
         let booked_reader = booked.read("get_last_cleared_ts").await;
         return booked_reader.last_cleared_ts();
     }