diff --git a/tools/integration-tests/tester/tests/testutil.go b/tools/integration-tests/tester/tests/testutil.go
index c337b7daac7eef6061cf9f208a00fd3c923a84a6..49ab041eee8bae05bfc6e73256aef7cc5bd0a6b3 100644
--- a/tools/integration-tests/tester/tests/testutil.go
+++ b/tools/integration-tests/tester/tests/testutil.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func CheckForMessageIds(t *testing.T, peers []*framework.Peer, ids map[string]Da
 			// check that the peer sees itself as synchronized
 			info, err := peer.Info()
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			require.True(t, info.Synced)
+			assert.Truef(t, info.Synced, "Node %s is not synced", peer)
 		}
 
 		resp, err := peer.FindMessageByID(idsSlice)