diff --git a/src/not-so-smart/decoder.ml b/src/not-so-smart/decoder.ml
index 74680cfd4..44555807c 100644
--- a/src/not-so-smart/decoder.ml
+++ b/src/not-so-smart/decoder.ml
@@ -150,9 +150,6 @@ let at_least_one_line decoder =
 let pkt_len_unsafe (decoder : decoder) =
   let hex = Bytes.of_string "0x0000" in
   Bytes.blit decoder.buffer decoder.pos hex 2 4;
-  Log.debug (fun m ->
-      m "hex: %s buffer: %s" (Bytes.to_string hex)
-        (Bytes.to_string decoder.buffer));
   int_of_string (Bytes.unsafe_to_string hex)
 
 (* no header *)
diff --git a/src/not-so-smart/fetch.ml b/src/not-so-smart/fetch.ml
index d8f5be3c9..2513ade9e 100644
--- a/src/not-so-smart/fetch.ml
+++ b/src/not-so-smart/fetch.ml
@@ -152,20 +152,17 @@ struct
               (Proto_vals_v2.Proto_request.upload_pack ~host ~version:2 path))
         else return ()
       in
-      let* server_caps =
-        Wire_proto_v2.(recv ctx Witness.Capability_advertisement)
-      in
-      return server_caps
+      Wire_proto_v2.(recv ctx Witness.Capability_advertisement)
 
     let get_server_capabilities ?(uses_git_transport = false) ~host ~path ctx
         flow =
-      let get_caps =
+      let get_caps ctx =
         let ( let* ) = Wire_proto_v2.( let* ) in
         let* caps = connect ~uses_git_transport ~host ~path ctx in
         let* () = Wire_proto_v2.send ctx Flush () in
         Wire_proto_v2.return caps
       in
-      State_flow.run sched fail io flow get_caps |> prj
+      State_flow.run sched fail io flow (get_caps ctx) |> prj
 
     (* let connect ?(uses_git_transport = false) ~host path flow access =
        Wire_proto_v2_flow *)
diff --git a/src/not-so-smart/proto_vals_v2.ml b/src/not-so-smart/proto_vals_v2.ml
index 31b83486f..ceade4de7 100644
--- a/src/not-so-smart/proto_vals_v2.ml
+++ b/src/not-so-smart/proto_vals_v2.ml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ module Decoder = struct
     value = 1*(ALPHA | DIGIT | " -_.,?\/{}[]()<>!@#$%^&*+=:;") *)
   let decode_capability_ads decoder =
     (* protocol-version *)
-    skip_string "version 2" decoder >>= fun () ->
+    prompt_pkt (skip_string "version 2") decoder >>= fun () ->
     let expected = `Pkt [ `Str "key[=value] LF" ] in
 
     (* capability-list
diff --git a/test/smart/test.ml b/test/smart/test.ml
index 49837f237..d95ae6b4e 100644
--- a/test/smart/test.ml
+++ b/test/smart/test.ml
@@ -1685,11 +1685,14 @@ module Proto_v2 = struct
         in
         let path = "not-found.git" in
         let proto_ctx = Wire_proto_v2.Context.make ~client_caps:[] in
-        let* run =
+        let* capabilities =
           Fetch.V2.get_server_capabilities ~uses_git_transport:false ~host ~path
             proto_ctx flow
         in
-        assert (not (List.length run = 0));
+        Alcotest.(check bool)
+          "capability list is not empty"
+          (List.length capabilities > 0)
+          true;
         Lwt.return ()
 end