diff --git a/lib/submit-request.js b/lib/submit-request.js
index 5c33fb9b1..2334f38a7 100644
--- a/lib/submit-request.js
+++ b/lib/submit-request.js
@@ -91,17 +91,21 @@ SubmitRequest.prototype.submit = function(callback) {
   // Send a special projection so that getSnapshot knows to return all fields.
   // With a null projection, it strips document metadata
   var fields = {$submit: true};
+  console.log('submit', collection, id, op);
 
   var snapshotOptions = {};
   snapshotOptions.agentCustom = request.agent.custom;
   backend.db.getSnapshot(collection, id, fields, snapshotOptions, function(err, snapshot) {
     if (err) return callback(err);
+    console.log('get snapshot', collection, id, snapshot);
 
     request.snapshot = snapshot;
     request._addSnapshotMeta();
 
     if (op.v == null) {
+      console.log('null version');
       if (op.create && snapshot.type && op.src) {
+        console.log('check create collision');
         // If the document was already created by another op, we will return a
         // 'Document already exists' error in response and fail to submit this
         // op. However, this could also happen in the case that the op was
@@ -110,7 +114,8 @@ SubmitRequest.prototype.submit = function(callback) {
         // must get the past ops and check their src and seq values to
         // differentiate.
         request._fetchCreateOpVersion(function(error, version) {
-          if (err) return callback(err);
+          console.log('fetch create op version returned', error, version);
+          if (error) return callback(error);
           if (version == null) {
             callback(request.alreadyCreatedError());
           } else {
@@ -301,6 +306,7 @@ SubmitRequest.prototype._shouldSaveMilestoneSnapshot = function(snapshot) {
 
 SubmitRequest.prototype._fetchCreateOpVersion = function(callback) {
   var create = this.snapshot.m._create;
+  console.log('got create meta', create);
   if (create) {
     var version = (create.src === this.op.src && create.seq === this.op.seq) ? create.v : null;
     return callback(null, version);
@@ -310,6 +316,7 @@ SubmitRequest.prototype._fetchCreateOpVersion = function(callback) {
   // This can happen if a client tries to re-create or resubmit a create op to
   // a "legacy" snapshot that existed before we started adding the meta (should
   // be uncommon) or when using a driver that doesn't support metadata (eg Postgres).
+  console.log('get committed op version...');
   this.backend.db.getCommittedOpVersion(this.collection, this.id, this.snapshot, this.op, null, callback);
 };
 
diff --git a/test/client/submit.js b/test/client/submit.js
index c74058499..80262228e 100644
--- a/test/client/submit.js
+++ b/test/client/submit.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ var deserializedType = require('./deserialized-type');
 var numberType = require('./number-type');
 var errorHandler = require('../util').errorHandler;
 var richText = require('rich-text');
-var MemoryDB = require('../../lib/db/memory');
 types.register(deserializedType.type);
 types.register(deserializedType.type2);
 types.register(numberType.type);
@@ -215,8 +214,8 @@ module.exports = function() {
 
       describe('no snapshot metadata available', function() {
         beforeEach(function() {
-          var getSnapshot = MemoryDB.prototype.getSnapshot;
-          sinon.stub(MemoryDB.prototype, 'getSnapshot')
+          var getSnapshot = this.backend.db.getSnapshot;
+          sinon.stub(this.backend.db, 'getSnapshot')
             .callsFake(function() {
               var args = Array.from(arguments);
               var callback = args.pop();
@@ -297,6 +296,7 @@ module.exports = function() {
         });
 
         it('does not fail when resubmitting a create op on a doc that was deleted', function(done) {
+          console.log('AKG');
           var backend = this.backend;
           var connection1 = backend.connect();
           var connection2 = backend.connect();