diff --git a/exp/lighthorizon/main.go b/exp/lighthorizon/main.go
index 009249585c..b50ac82a3a 100644
--- a/exp/lighthorizon/main.go
+++ b/exp/lighthorizon/main.go
@@ -2,29 +2,19 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
-	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"os"
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/exp/lighthorizon/actions"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/exp/lighthorizon/archive"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/exp/lighthorizon/index"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/exp/lighthorizon/services"
-	"github.com/stellar/go/toid"
 
 	"github.com/stellar/go/network"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/log"
 )
 
 func main() {
-
-	os.Args = append(os.Args, "-source=file:///Users/sreuland/workspace/txmeta-live-archive")
-	os.Args = append(os.Args, "-indexes=file:///Users/sreuland/workspace/txmeta-live-archive")
-
-	cursor := toid.New(1586111, 1, 1).ToInt64()
-	fmt.Printf("\nthe cursor %v\n", cursor)
-
 	sourceUrl := flag.String("source", "gcs://horizon-archive-poc", "history archive url to read txmeta files")
 	indexesUrl := flag.String("indexes", "file://indexes", "url of the indexes")
 	networkPassphrase := flag.String("network-passphrase", network.TestNetworkPassphrase, "network passphrase")
diff --git a/exp/lighthorizon/services/main.go b/exp/lighthorizon/services/main.go
index b5a5758167..fa8160f69a 100644
--- a/exp/lighthorizon/services/main.go
+++ b/exp/lighthorizon/services/main.go
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ func (lh *LightHorizon) GetOperationsByAccount(ctx context.Context, cursor int64
 		ledgerSequence := startingCheckPointLedger
 
 		for (ledgerSequence - startingCheckPointLedger) < 64 {
-			ledger, findErr := lh.Archive.GetLedger(ctx, ledgerSequence)
-			if findErr != nil {
-				return nil, errors.Wrap(findErr, "indexing state is invalid, missing ledgers from checkpoint")
+			ledger, ledgerErr := lh.Archive.GetLedger(ctx, ledgerSequence)
+			if ledgerErr != nil {
+				return nil, errors.Wrapf(ledgerErr, "ledger export state is out of sync, missing ledger %v from checkpoint %v", ledgerSequence, ledgerSequence/64)
 			}
 
 			reader, readerErr := lh.Archive.NewLedgerTransactionReaderFromLedgerCloseMeta(lh.Passphrase, ledger)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (lh *LightHorizon) GetTransactionsByAccount(ctx context.Context, cursor int
 		for (ledgerSequence - startingCheckPointLedger) < 64 {
 			ledger, ledgerErr := lh.Archive.GetLedger(ctx, ledgerSequence)
 			if ledgerErr != nil {
-				return nil, errors.Wrap(ledgerErr, "indexing state is invalid, missing ledgers from checkpoint")
+				return nil, errors.Wrapf(ledgerErr, "ledger export state is out of sync, missing ledger %v from checkpoint %v", ledgerSequence, ledgerSequence/64)
 			}
 
 			reader, readerErr := lh.Archive.NewLedgerTransactionReaderFromLedgerCloseMeta(lh.Passphrase, ledger)