diff --git a/core/commands/repo.go b/core/commands/repo.go
index 6afd533f4..9eada3125 100644
--- a/core/commands/repo.go
+++ b/core/commands/repo.go
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ var repoVerifyCmd = &cmds.Command{
 
 		res.SetOutput((<-chan interface{})(out))
 	},
+	Type: VerifyProgress{},
 	Marshalers: cmds.MarshalerMap{
 		cmds.Text: func(res cmds.Response) (io.Reader, error) {
 			out := res.Output().(<-chan interface{})
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0084-repo-read-rehash.sh b/test/sharness/t0084-repo-read-rehash.sh
index a4831f0f0..9be2e95cf 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0084-repo-read-rehash.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0084-repo-read-rehash.sh
@@ -29,14 +29,22 @@ test_expect_success 'blocks are swapped' '
 
 ipfs config --bool Datastore.HashOnRead true
 
-test_expect_success 'getting modified block fails' '
-	(test_must_fail ipfs cat $H_BLOCK2 2> err_msg) &&
-	grep "block in storage has different hash than requested" err_msg
-'
+test_check_bad_blocks() {
+	test_expect_success 'getting modified block fails' '
+		(test_must_fail ipfs cat $H_BLOCK2 2> err_msg) &&
+		grep "block in storage has different hash than requested" err_msg
+	'
 
-test_expect_success "block shows up in repo verify" '
-	test_expect_code 1 ipfs repo verify > verify_out &&
-	grep "$H_BLOCK2" verify_out
-'
+	test_expect_success "block shows up in repo verify" '
+		test_expect_code 1 ipfs repo verify > verify_out &&
+		grep "$H_BLOCK2" verify_out
+	'
+}
+
+test_check_bad_blocks
+
+test_launch_ipfs_daemon
+test_check_bad_blocks
+test_kill_ipfs_daemon
 
 test_done