diff --git a/services/horizon/cmd/ingest.go b/services/horizon/cmd/ingest.go
index 9c8bcc76e2..50638fc1c5 100644
--- a/services/horizon/cmd/ingest.go
+++ b/services/horizon/cmd/ingest.go
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ var ingestBuildStateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		}
 
 		mngr := historyarchive.NewCheckpointManager(globalConfig.CheckpointFrequency)
-		if !mngr.IsCheckpoint(ingestBuildStateSequence) && ingestBuildStateSequence != 1 {
+		if !mngr.IsCheckpoint(ingestBuildStateSequence) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("`--sequence` must be a checkpoint ledger")
 		}
 
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/ingest/fsm.go b/services/horizon/internal/ingest/fsm.go
index b3fed4491f..00fb0e4c3f 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/ingest/fsm.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/ingest/fsm.go
@@ -301,9 +301,6 @@ func (b buildState) run(s *system) (transition, error) {
 
 	// We don't need to prepare range for genesis checkpoint because we don't
 	// perform protocol version and bucket list hash checks.
-	// In the long term we should probably create artificial xdr.LedgerCloseMeta
-	// for ledger #1 instead of using `ingest.GenesisChange` reader in
-	// ProcessorRunner.RunHistoryArchiveIngestion().
 	// We can also skip preparing range if `skipChecks` is `true` because we
 	// won't need bucket list hash and protocol version.
 	var protocolVersion uint32
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/ingest/processor_runner_test.go b/services/horizon/internal/ingest/processor_runner_test.go
index 2d867a52b2..6e307d3260 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/ingest/processor_runner_test.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/ingest/processor_runner_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package ingest
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/stellar/go/amount"
 	"io"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
@@ -29,14 +30,33 @@ func TestProcessorRunnerRunHistoryArchiveIngestionHistoryArchive(t *testing.T) {
 	q := &mockDBQ{}
 	defer mock.AssertExpectationsForObjects(t, q)
 	historyAdapter := &mockHistoryArchiveAdapter{}
-	defer mock.AssertExpectationsForObjects(t, historyAdapter)
+	defer mock.AssertExpectationsForObjects(t, historyAdapter) // this will fail
 
 	m := &ingest.MockChangeReader{}
-	m.On("Read").Return(ingest.Change{}, io.EOF).Once()
 	m.On("Close").Return(nil).Once()
 	bucketListHash := xdr.Hash([32]byte{0, 1, 2})
 	m.On("VerifyBucketList", bucketListHash).Return(nil).Once()
 
+	changeEntry := ingest.Change{
+		Type: xdr.LedgerEntryTypeAccount,
+		Post: &xdr.LedgerEntry{
+			LastModifiedLedgerSeq: 1,
+			Data: xdr.LedgerEntryData{
+				Type: xdr.LedgerEntryTypeAccount,
+				Account: &xdr.AccountEntry{
+					// Master account address from Ledger 1
+					AccountId: xdr.MustAddress("GAAZI4TCR3TY5OJHCTJC2A4QSY6CJWJH5IAJTGKIN2ER7LBNVKOCCWN7"),
+					// 100B
+					Balance:    amount.MustParse("100000000000"),
+					SeqNum:     0,
+					Thresholds: xdr.Thresholds{1, 0, 0, 0},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	m.On("Read").Return(changeEntry, nil).Once()
+	m.On("Read").Return(ingest.Change{}, io.EOF).Once()
+
 	historyAdapter.
 		On("GetState", ctx, uint32(63)).
 		Return(
@@ -45,10 +65,23 @@ func TestProcessorRunnerRunHistoryArchiveIngestionHistoryArchive(t *testing.T) {
 		).Once()
 
 	batchBuilders := mockChangeProcessorBatchBuilders(q, ctx, true)
-	defer mock.AssertExpectationsForObjects(t, batchBuilders...)
+	defer mock.AssertExpectationsForObjects(t, batchBuilders...) // currently failing
 
-	assert.IsType(t, &history.MockAccountSignersBatchInsertBuilder{}, batchBuilders[0])
 	assert.IsType(t, &history.MockAccountsBatchInsertBuilder{}, batchBuilders[1])
+	batchBuilders[1].(*history.MockAccountsBatchInsertBuilder).On("Add", history.AccountEntry{
+		LastModifiedLedger: 1,
+		AccountID:          "GAAZI4TCR3TY5OJHCTJC2A4QSY6CJWJH5IAJTGKIN2ER7LBNVKOCCWN7",
+		Balance:            int64(1000000000000000000),
+		SequenceNumber:     0,
+		MasterWeight:       1,
+	}).Return(nil).Once()
+
+	assert.IsType(t, &history.MockAccountSignersBatchInsertBuilder{}, batchBuilders[0])
+	batchBuilders[0].(*history.MockAccountSignersBatchInsertBuilder).On("Add", history.AccountSigner{
+		Account: "GAAZI4TCR3TY5OJHCTJC2A4QSY6CJWJH5IAJTGKIN2ER7LBNVKOCCWN7",
+		Signer:  "GAAZI4TCR3TY5OJHCTJC2A4QSY6CJWJH5IAJTGKIN2ER7LBNVKOCCWN7",
+		Weight:  1,
+	}).Return(nil).Once()
 
 	q.MockQAssetStats.On("InsertAssetStats", ctx, []history.ExpAssetStat{}, 100000).
 		Return(nil)