diff --git a/unittests/test_issues.py b/unittests/test_issues.py
index 9393d712daf0151ea6327357eea9bf87ac5dcdd9..e1ecb1d6c9288989de683599c27e57980655b857 100644
--- a/unittests/test_issues.py
+++ b/unittests/test_issues.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def test_issue_39():
     b2 = db.Record(name="B", id=102).add_parent(name="RT_B")
     a2.add_property(name="RT_B", value=b2)
 
-    flat_list = [b2, a2, a1, b1]
+    flat_list = [b1, a1, a2, b2]
 
     # the two records with ids exist remotely
     crawler.add_to_remote_existing_cache(a1)
@@ -114,6 +114,3 @@ def test_issue_39():
 
     # this would result in a merge conflict before
     ins, ups = crawler.split_into_inserts_and_updates(flat_list)
-    print(ins)
-    print(ups)
-    assert False