diff --git a/packages/backend/src/AutomergeCollaboration.ts b/packages/backend/src/AutomergeCollaboration.ts
index 5452ab6..c529f6c 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/AutomergeCollaboration.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/AutomergeCollaboration.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import flatten from 'lodash/flatten'
 import { SyncDoc, CollabAction, toJS } from '@hiveteams/collab-bridge'
 import { debugCollabBackend } from './utils/debug'
 import AutomergeBackend from './AutomergeBackend'
+import getActiveConnections from './utils/getActiveConnections'
 
 export interface IAutomergeMetaData {
   docId: string
@@ -253,6 +254,10 @@ export default class AutomergeCollaboration {
       opCount: collabActions.length
     }
 
+    if (collabActions.length > 10) {
+      console.log(JSON.stringify(data.payload.changes, null, 2))
+    }
+
     this.onTrace(metaData, () => {
       switch (data.type) {
         case 'operation':
@@ -344,11 +349,7 @@ export default class AutomergeCollaboration {
   garbageNsp = (socket: SocketIO.Socket) => {
     const { name: docId } = socket.nsp
 
-    // This is the only way to synchronously check the number of active Automerge.Connections
-    // for this docId.
-    // @ts-ignore
-    const activeConnectionsCount = this.backend.documentSetMap[docId]?.handlers
-      .size
+    const activeConnectionsCount = getActiveConnections(this.backend, docId)
 
     debugCollabBackend(
       'Garbage namespace activeConnections=%s',
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/utils/getActiveConnections.ts b/packages/backend/src/utils/getActiveConnections.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6b5f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/utils/getActiveConnections.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import AutomergeBackend from '../AutomergeBackend'
+
+const getActiveConnections = (backend: AutomergeBackend, docId: string) => {
+  // This is the only way to synchronously check the number of active Automerge.Connections
+  // for this docId.
+  // @ts-ignore
+  const activeConnectionsCount = backend.documentSetMap[docId]?.handlers.size
+
+  return activeConnectionsCount
+}
+
+export default getActiveConnections
diff --git a/packages/client/src/client.spec.ts b/packages/client/src/client.spec.ts
index d09dce9..b0eb16b 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/client.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/client.spec.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import AutomergeCollaboration from '@hiveteams/collab-backend/lib/AutomergeColla
 import withIOCollaboration from './withIOCollaboration'
 import { AutomergeOptions, SocketIOPluginOptions } from './interfaces'
 import { getTarget } from '@hiveteams/collab-bridge/src/path'
+import getActiveConnections from '@hiveteams/collab-backend/src/utils/getActiveConnections'
 
 const connectionSlug = 'test'
 const docId = `/${connectionSlug}`
@@ -50,6 +51,12 @@ const collabBackend = new AutomergeCollaboration({
   },
   async onDocumentLoad(pathname) {
     return defaultSlateJson
+  },
+  onTrace(metaData, computationFn) {
+    if (metaData.opCount && metaData.opCount > 100) {
+    }
+    console.log('metaData', metaData)
+    computationFn()
   }
 })
 
@@ -60,6 +67,10 @@ describe('automerge editor client tests', () => {
     server.listen(5000, () => done())
   })
 
+  afterEach(done => {
+    waitForCondition(() => !collabBackend.backend.getDocument(docId)).then(done)
+  })
+
   const createCollabEditor = async (
     editorOptions?: Partial<AutomergeOptions> & Partial<SocketIOPluginOptions>
   ) => {
@@ -232,6 +243,8 @@ describe('automerge editor client tests', () => {
     expect(editor.children.length).toEqual(2)
     expect(Node.string(editor.children[0])).toEqual('new')
     expect(Node.string(editor.children[1])).toEqual('nodes')
+
+    editor.destroy()
   })
 
   it('set node for children with missing value should not throw error', () => {
@@ -265,6 +278,37 @@ describe('automerge editor client tests', () => {
     expect(target).toEqual(null)
   })
 
+  it('should work with concurrent insert text operations', async () => {
+    const editor1 = await createCollabEditor()
+    const editor2 = await createCollabEditor()
+
+    editor1.disconnect()
+
+    await waitForCondition(() => {
+      return getActiveConnections(collabBackend.backend, docId) === 1
+    })
+
+    editor2.insertNode({ type: 'paragraph', children: [{ text: 'hi' }] })
+
+    await waitForCondition(() => {
+      return collabBackend.backend.getDocument(docId)?.children.length === 2
+    })
+
+    editor1.connect()
+
+    await waitForCondition(() => {
+      return editor1.children.length === 2
+    })
+
+    editor2.destroy()
+
+    await waitForCondition(() => {
+      return getActiveConnections(collabBackend.backend, docId) === 1
+    })
+
+    editor1.destroy()
+  })
+
   afterAll(() => {
     collabBackend.destroy()
     server.close()