diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9232a6d9..da619f2c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "test:unit": "NODE_ENV=test ./node_modules/.bin/mocha --config ./test/mocharc.json -r ts-node/register ./src/**/*.test.ts",
     "db:migrate": "npx knex migrate:latest --knexfile src/lib/db/knexfile.ts",
     "db:rollback": "npx knex migrate:rollback --knexfile src/lib/db/knexfile.ts",
-    "flows": "npx @digicatapult/dscp-process-management@latest create -h localhost -p 9944 -u //Alice -f ./processFlows.json"
+    "flows": "npx @digicatapult/dscp-process-management@latest create -h 127.0.0.1 -p 9944 -u //Alice -f ./processFlows.json"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/src/lib/db/index.ts b/src/lib/db/index.ts
index 3ffb579d..4a69d1ab 100644
--- a/src/lib/db/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db/index.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export default class Database {
   // generics methods
   insert = async (
     model: keyof Models<() => QueryBuilder>,
-    record: Record<string, string | number>
+    record: Record<string, string | number | UUID>
   ): Promise<keyof Entities> => {
     const query = this.db()[model]
 
diff --git a/test/integration/onchain/chain.test.ts b/test/integration/onchain/chain.test.ts
index 840cf44e..7027be86 100644
--- a/test/integration/onchain/chain.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/onchain/chain.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import ChainNode from '../../../src/lib/chainNode'
 import { logger } from '../../../src/lib/logger'
 import env from '../../../src/env'
 import { pollTransactionState } from '../../helpers/poll'
+import type { UUID } from '../../../src/models/strings'
 
 describe('on-chain', function () {
   this.timeout(120000)
@@ -43,11 +44,11 @@ describe('on-chain', function () {
       const extrinsic = await node.prepareRunProcess({ process: invalidProcess, inputs: [], outputs: [] })
       const [transaction] = await db.insert('transaction', {
         api_type: 'certificate',
-        transaction_type: 'initialise',
+        transaction_type: 'creation',
         local_id: '0f5af074-7d4d-40b4-86a5-17a2391303cb',
         state: 'submitted',
         hash: extrinsic.hash.toHex().slice(2),
-      })
+      }) as UUID
 
       node.submitRunProcess(extrinsic, (state) => db.update('transaction', { id: transaction }, { state }))