diff --git a/integration-tests/tests/invalidated-replication-slot.lux b/integration-tests/tests/invalidated-replication-slot.lux
index abf1653fef..025500bbfb 100644
--- a/integration-tests/tests/invalidated-replication-slot.lux
+++ b/integration-tests/tests/invalidated-replication-slot.lux
@@ -15,6 +15,29 @@
 
 ###
 
+[macro capture_stack_supervisor_pid]
+  ?pid=(<\d+\.\d+\.\d+>) \[debug\] The single StackSupervisor is initializing...
+  # All interactive commands and matches are performed within a single IEx session,
+  # so we can assign local variables here which is less of a hassle than using lux variables.
+  !stack_supervisor_pid = :erlang.list_to_pid(~c"$1")
+  !stack_supervisor_mon = Process.monitor(stack_supervisor_pid)
+[endmacro]
+
+[macro verify_connection_and_stack_supervisors_shutdown stack_id invalidated_slot_error]
+  ??$invalidated_slot_error
+  ??[error] Stopping connection supervisor with stack_id=$stack_id due to an unrecoverable error
+
+  !receive do \
+     {:DOWN, ^stack_supervisor_mon, :process, ^stack_supervisor_pid, _} -> IO.puts "stack supervisor is down" \
+   end
+  ??stack supervisor is down
+
+  !IO.puts("Stack supervisor pid: #{inspect Process.whereis(Electric.StackSupervisor)}")
+  ??Stack supervisor pid: nil
+[endmacro]
+
+###
+
 ## Start a new Postgres cluster configured for easy replication slot invalidation.
 [invoke setup_pg \
   "--wal-segsize=1" \
@@ -24,6 +47,8 @@
 [invoke setup_electric]
 
 [shell electric]
+  [invoke capture_stack_supervisor_pid]
+
   ??[info] Starting replication from postgres
 
   # Verify that the stack supervisor is registered using regular process registration. If we
@@ -40,14 +65,6 @@
 [shell pg]
   ?invalidating slot "electric_slot_integration" because its restart_lsn [\d\w]+/[\d\w]+ exceeds max_slot_wal_keep_size
 
-[macro verify_connection_and_stack_supervisors_shutdown stack_id invalidated_slot_error]
-  ??$invalidated_slot_error
-  ??[error] Stopping connection supervisor with stack_id=$stack_id due to an unrecoverable error
-
-  !IO.puts("Stack supervisor pid: #{inspect Process.whereis(Electric.StackSupervisor)}")
-  ??Stack supervisor pid: nil
-[endmacro]
-
 ## Observe the fatal connection error.
 [shell electric]
   # Reset the failure pattern because we'll be matching on an error.
@@ -59,6 +76,8 @@
   !:ok = Application.stop(:electric)
   !:ok = Application.start(:electric)
 
+  [invoke capture_stack_supervisor_pid]
+
   ??[info] Starting replication from postgres
 
   [invoke verify_connection_and_stack_supervisors_shutdown $stack_id $invalidated_slot_error]
diff --git a/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/stack_supervisor.ex b/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/stack_supervisor.ex
index a5d1028814..a74b1d64db 100644
--- a/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/stack_supervisor.ex
+++ b/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/stack_supervisor.ex
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ defmodule Electric.StackSupervisor do
 
   alias Electric.ShapeCache.LogChunker
 
+  require Logger
+
   @opts_schema NimbleOptions.new!(
                  name: [type: :any, required: false],
                  stack_id: [type: :string, required: true],
@@ -201,6 +203,8 @@ defmodule Electric.StackSupervisor do
 
   @impl true
   def init(%{stack_id: stack_id} = config) do
+    Logger.debug("The single StackSupervisor is initializing...")
+
     Process.set_label({:stack_supervisor, stack_id})
     Logger.metadata(stack_id: stack_id)
     Electric.Telemetry.Sentry.set_tags_context(stack_id: stack_id)