diff --git a/src/Data/Cycles.ts b/src/Data/Cycles.ts
index 46de6800..f4aa04ce 100644
--- a/src/Data/Cycles.ts
+++ b/src/Data/Cycles.ts
@@ -328,43 +328,15 @@ function updateNodeList(cycle: P2PTypes.CycleCreatorTypes.CycleData): void {
   NodeList.removeNodes(lostAfterSelectionPks)
 
   for (const joinedArchiver of joinedArchivers) {
-    const foundArchiver = State.activeArchivers.find((a) => a.publicKey === joinedArchiver.publicKey)
-    if (!foundArchiver) {
-      State.activeArchivers.push(joinedArchiver)
-      Utils.insertSorted(
-        State.activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted,
-        joinedArchiver,
-        NodeList.byAscendingPublicKey
-      )
-      Logger.mainLogger.debug(
-        'activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted',
-        State.activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted.map((archiver) => archiver.publicKey)
-      )
-      Logger.mainLogger.debug('New archiver added to active list', joinedArchiver)
-    }
-    Logger.mainLogger.debug('active archiver list', State.activeArchivers)
+    State.addArchiver(joinedArchiver)
   }
 
   for (const refreshedArchiver of refreshedArchivers) {
-    const foundArchiver = State.activeArchivers.find((a) => a.publicKey === refreshedArchiver.publicKey)
-    if (!foundArchiver) {
-      State.activeArchivers.push(refreshedArchiver)
-      Utils.insertSorted(
-        State.activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted,
-        refreshedArchiver,
-        NodeList.byAscendingPublicKey
-      )
-      Logger.mainLogger.debug(
-        'activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted',
-        State.activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted.map((archiver) => archiver.publicKey)
-      )
-      Logger.mainLogger.debug('Refreshed archiver added to active list', refreshedArchiver)
-    }
+    State.addArchiver(refreshedArchiver)
   }
 
   for (const leavingArchiver of leavingArchivers) {
     State.removeActiveArchiver(leavingArchiver.publicKey)
-    State.archiversReputation.delete(leavingArchiver.publicKey)
   }
 
   const nodesToUnsubscribed = [...apoptosizedPks, ...removedPks]
diff --git a/src/State.ts b/src/State.ts
index c1b925f0..a98cc078 100644
--- a/src/State.ts
+++ b/src/State.ts
@@ -100,16 +100,7 @@ export async function initFromConfig(config: Config, shutDownMode = false): Prom
         continue
       }
       if (response && response.nodeList && response.nodeList.length > 0) {
-        activeArchivers.push(existingArchivers[i])
-        Utils.insertSorted(
-          activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted,
-          existingArchivers[i],
-          NodeList.byAscendingPublicKey
-        )
-        Logger.mainLogger.debug(
-          'activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted',
-          activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted.map((archiver) => archiver.publicKey)
-        )
+        addArchiver(existingArchivers[i])
       }
     }
     /* eslint-enable security/detect-object-injection */
@@ -162,11 +153,27 @@ export function addSigListeners(sigint = true, sigterm = true): void {
   Logger.mainLogger.debug('Registerd exit signal listeners.')
 }
 
+export function addArchiver(archiver: ArchiverNodeInfo): void {
+  const foundArchiver = activeArchivers.find((a) => a.publicKey === archiver.publicKey)
+  if (!foundArchiver) {
+    Logger.mainLogger.debug('Adding archiver', archiver)
+    activeArchivers.push(archiver)
+    Utils.insertSorted(activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted, archiver, NodeList.byAscendingPublicKey)
+    Logger.mainLogger.debug(
+      'activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted',
+      activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted.map((archiver) => archiver.publicKey)
+    )
+    Logger.mainLogger.debug('New archiver added to active list', archiver)
+  }
+  Logger.mainLogger.debug('archivers list', activeArchivers)
+}
+
 export function removeActiveArchiver(publicKey: string): void {
   activeArchivers = activeArchivers.filter((a: ArchiverNodeInfo) => a.publicKey !== publicKey)
   activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted = activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted.filter(
     (a: ArchiverNodeInfo) => a.publicKey !== publicKey
   )
+  archiversReputation.delete(publicKey)
 }
 
 export function resetActiveArchivers(archivers: ArchiverNodeInfo[]): void {
diff --git a/src/sync-v2/index.ts b/src/sync-v2/index.ts
index 5ccb6609..d13359c4 100644
--- a/src/sync-v2/index.ts
+++ b/src/sync-v2/index.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@ import {
   robustQueryForArchiverListHash,
   getArchiverListFromNode,
 } from './queries'
-import { ArchiverNodeInfo, activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted } from '../State'
+import { ArchiverNodeInfo, resetActiveArchivers } from '../State'
 import { getActiveNodeListFromArchiver } from '../NodeList'
 import * as NodeList from '../NodeList'
 import { verifyArchiverList, verifyCycleRecord, verifyValidatorList } from './verify'
 import * as Logger from '../Logger'
-import * as Utils from '../Utils'
 
 /**
  * Given a list of archivers, queries each one until one returns an active node list.
@@ -114,18 +113,9 @@ export function syncV2(
               NodeList.addNodes(NodeList.NodeStatus.SYNCING, syncingNodeList)
               NodeList.addNodes(NodeList.NodeStatus.ACTIVE, activeNodeList)
               NodeList.addStandbyNodes(standbyNodeList)
-              
-              // add archivers
-              for (const archiver of archiverList) {
-                if (!activeArchivers.find(obj => obj.publicKey === archiver.publicKey)) {
-                  activeArchivers.push(archiver)
-                  Utils.insertSorted(
-                    activeArchiversByPublicKeySorted,
-                    archiver,
-                    NodeList.byAscendingPublicKey
-                  )
-                }
-              }
+
+              // reset the active archivers list with the new list
+              resetActiveArchivers(archiverList)
 
               // return a cycle that we'll store in the database
               return okAsync({
@@ -134,8 +124,8 @@ export function syncV2(
               })
             })
           )
+        )
       )
-    )
   )
 }