diff --git a/go/enclave/rpc/GetTransactionReceipt.go b/go/enclave/rpc/GetTransactionReceipt.go
index a119a7f1a..107a2c90d 100644
--- a/go/enclave/rpc/GetTransactionReceipt.go
+++ b/go/enclave/rpc/GetTransactionReceipt.go
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ func isAddress(topics []gethcommon.Hash, nr int, requester *gethcommon.Address)
 	if len(topics) < nr+1 {
 		return false
 	}
-	topic := gethcommon.Address(topics[nr].Bytes())
-	return topic == *requester
+	addressFromTopic := gethcommon.BytesToAddress(topics[nr].Bytes())
+	return addressFromTopic == *requester
 }
 
 // marshalReceipt marshals a transaction receipt into a JSON object.
diff --git a/go/host/enclave/service.go b/go/host/enclave/service.go
index c0eab697c..e027e26c4 100644
--- a/go/host/enclave/service.go
+++ b/go/host/enclave/service.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (e *Service) EvictEnclave(enclaveID *common.EnclaveID) {
 	e.haLock.Lock()
 	defer e.haLock.Unlock()
 	for i, guardian := range e.enclaveGuardians {
-		if guardian.GetEnclaveID() == enclaveID {
+		if *(guardian.GetEnclaveID()) == *enclaveID {
 			failedEnclaveIdx = i
 			break
 		}
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (e *Service) EvictEnclave(enclaveID *common.EnclaveID) {
 	e.enclaveGuardians = append(e.enclaveGuardians[:failedEnclaveIdx], e.enclaveGuardians[failedEnclaveIdx+1:]...)
 	e.logger.Warn("Evicted enclave from HA pool.", log.EnclaveIDKey, enclaveID)
 
-	if e.activeSequencerID == enclaveID {
+	if *e.activeSequencerID == *enclaveID {
 		// sequencer enclave has failed, so we need to select another one to promote as the active sequencer
 		var i int
 		for i = 0; i < len(e.enclaveGuardians); i++ {
diff --git a/integration/networktest/tests/nodescenario/sequencer_multi_enclave_test.go b/integration/networktest/tests/nodescenario/sequencer_multi_enclave_test.go
index 7226e71c5..3e16b07c5 100644
--- a/integration/networktest/tests/nodescenario/sequencer_multi_enclave_test.go
+++ b/integration/networktest/tests/nodescenario/sequencer_multi_enclave_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestMultiEnclaveSequencer(t *testing.T) {
 // This test runs with an HA sequencer, does a transfer then kills the active sequencer enclave,
 // allows it time to failover then performs another transfer to check the failover was successful.
 // Note: this is a happy path failover, we need to test for edge cases etc and test the failover in a live testnet
-func TestHASequencerFailover(t *testing.T) {
+func TestHASequencerBackup(t *testing.T) {
 	networktest.TestOnlyRunsInIDE(t)
 	doubleTransferAmount := big.NewInt(2).Mul(big.NewInt(2), _transferAmount)
 	networktest.Run(