diff --git a/src/accountant.rs b/src/accountant.rs
index a94629837e..a214aa4196 100644
--- a/src/accountant.rs
+++ b/src/accountant.rs
@@ -218,13 +218,18 @@ impl Accountant {
         (trs, rest)
     }
 
-    pub fn process_verified_events(&self, events: Vec<Event>) -> Result<()> {
+    pub fn process_verified_events(&self, events: Vec<Event>) -> Vec<Result<Event>> {
         let (trs, rest) = Self::partition_events(events);
-        self.process_verified_transactions(trs);
+        let mut results: Vec<_> = self.process_verified_transactions(trs)
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|x| x.map(Event::Transaction))
+            .collect();
+
         for event in rest {
-            self.process_verified_event(&event)?;
+            results.push(self.process_verified_event(event));
         }
-        Ok(())
+
+        results
     }
 
     /// Process a Witness Signature that has already been verified.
@@ -278,12 +283,13 @@ impl Accountant {
     }
 
     /// Process an Transaction or Witness that has already been verified.
-    pub fn process_verified_event(&self, event: &Event) -> Result<()> {
-        match *event {
+    pub fn process_verified_event(&self, event: Event) -> Result<Event> {
+        match event {
             Event::Transaction(ref tr) => self.process_verified_transaction(tr),
             Event::Signature { from, tx_sig, .. } => self.process_verified_sig(from, tx_sig),
             Event::Timestamp { from, dt, .. } => self.process_verified_timestamp(from, dt),
-        }
+        }?;
+        Ok(event)
     }
 
     /// Create, sign, and process a Transaction from `keypair` to `to` of
diff --git a/src/accountant_skel.rs b/src/accountant_skel.rs
index a2a8d21d42..e334665687 100644
--- a/src/accountant_skel.rs
+++ b/src/accountant_skel.rs
@@ -308,20 +308,20 @@ impl AccountantSkel {
     /// Split Request list into verified transactions and the rest
     fn partition_requests(
         req_vers: Vec<(Request, SocketAddr, u8)>,
-    ) -> (Vec<Transaction>, Vec<(Request, SocketAddr)>) {
-        let mut trs = vec![];
+    ) -> (Vec<Event>, Vec<(Request, SocketAddr)>) {
+        let mut events = vec![];
         let mut reqs = vec![];
         for (msg, rsp_addr, verify) in req_vers {
             match msg {
                 Request::Transaction(tr) => {
                     if verify != 0 {
-                        trs.push(tr);
+                        events.push(Event::Transaction(tr));
                     }
                 }
                 _ => reqs.push((msg, rsp_addr)),
             }
         }
-        (trs, reqs)
+        (events, reqs)
     }
 
     fn process_packets(
@@ -329,16 +329,16 @@ impl AccountantSkel {
         req_vers: Vec<(Request, SocketAddr, u8)>,
     ) -> Result<Vec<(Response, SocketAddr)>> {
         debug!("partitioning");
-        let (trs, reqs) = Self::partition_requests(req_vers);
-        debug!("trs: {} reqs: {}", trs.len(), reqs.len());
+        let (events, reqs) = Self::partition_requests(req_vers);
+        debug!("events: {} reqs: {}", events.len(), reqs.len());
 
         // Process the transactions in parallel and then log the successful ones.
-        for result in self.acc.lock().unwrap().process_verified_transactions(trs) {
-            if let Ok(tr) = result {
+        for result in self.acc.lock().unwrap().process_verified_events(events) {
+            if let Ok(event) = result {
                 self.historian_input
                     .lock()
                     .unwrap()
-                    .send(Signal::Event(Event::Transaction(tr)))?;
+                    .send(Signal::Event(event))?;
             }
         }
 
@@ -436,13 +436,12 @@ impl AccountantSkel {
         for msgs in &blobs {
             let blob = msgs.read().unwrap();
             let entries: Vec<Entry> = deserialize(&blob.data()[..blob.meta.size]).unwrap();
+            let acc = obj.acc.lock().unwrap();
             for entry in entries {
-                obj.acc.lock().unwrap().register_entry_id(&entry.id);
-
-                obj.acc
-                    .lock()
-                    .unwrap()
-                    .process_verified_events(entry.events)?;
+                acc.register_entry_id(&entry.id);
+                for result in acc.process_verified_events(entry.events) {
+                    result?;
+                }
             }
             //TODO respond back to leader with hash of the state
         }
@@ -805,7 +804,11 @@ mod tests {
         // the account balance below zero before the credit is added.
         let acc = Accountant::new(&mint);
         for entry in entries {
-            acc.process_verified_events(entry.events).unwrap();
+            assert!(
+                acc.process_verified_events(entry.events)
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .all(|x| x.is_ok())
+            );
         }
         assert_eq!(acc.get_balance(&alice.pubkey()), Some(1));
     }
diff --git a/src/bin/testnode.rs b/src/bin/testnode.rs
index e9318bbb8f..8d1a4e1eab 100644
--- a/src/bin/testnode.rs
+++ b/src/bin/testnode.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,13 @@ fn main() {
     let mut last_id = entry1.id;
     for entry in entries {
         last_id = entry.id;
-        acc.process_verified_events(entry.events).unwrap();
+        let results = acc.process_verified_events(entry.events);
+        for result in results {
+            if let Err(e) = result {
+                eprintln!("failed to process event {:?}", e);
+                exit(1);
+            }
+        }
         acc.register_entry_id(&last_id);
     }