diff --git a/src/tests/prepareNetwork.ts b/src/tests/prepareNetwork.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..956cf208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/prepareNetwork.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { LoadTestSettingsFromEnv } from "../services/main/settings.js"
+import { BitcoinCoreWrapper } from "./bitcoinCore.js"
+import LND from '../services/lnd/lnd.js'
+export const prepareNetwork = async () => {
+
+    const settings = LoadTestSettingsFromEnv()
+    const core = new BitcoinCoreWrapper(settings)
+    await core.InitAddress()
+    await core.Mine(1)
+    const lnd = new LND(settings.lndSettings, () => { }, () => { }, () => { }, () => { })
+    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+        try {
+            const info = await lnd.GetInfo()
+            if (!info.syncedToChain) {
+                throw new Error("not synced to chain")
+            }
+            if (!info.syncedToGraph) {
+                throw new Error("not synced to graph")
+            }
+            return
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.log("waiting for lnd to be ready")
+            await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000))
+        }
+    }
+    throw new Error("lnd is not ready after 10 seconds")
+}
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diff --git a/src/tests/testRunner.ts b/src/tests/testRunner.ts
index aedeed05..5177ac86 100644
--- a/src/tests/testRunner.ts
+++ b/src/tests/testRunner.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { globby } from 'globby'
-import { LoadTestSettingsFromEnv } from '../services/main/settings.js'
-import { BitcoinCoreWrapper } from './bitcoinCore.js'
 import { setupNetwork } from './networkSetup.js'
+import { prepareNetwork } from './prepareNetwork.js'
 import { Describe, SetupTest, teardown, TestBase } from './testBase.js'
 
 
@@ -25,10 +24,7 @@ const start = async () => {
     if (process.argv[2] === 'setup_network') {
         await setupNetwork()
     } else {
-        const core = new BitcoinCoreWrapper(LoadTestSettingsFromEnv())
-        await core.InitAddress()
-        await core.Mine(1)
-        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000))
+        await prepareNetwork()
     }
     const files = await globby(["**/*.spec.js", "!**/node_modules/**"])
     const modules: { file: string, module: TestModule }[] = []