diff --git a/cmd/mirror/event_store.go b/cmd/mirror/event_store.go
index 180b52543e..4e0548ee2a 100644
--- a/cmd/mirror/event_store.go
+++ b/cmd/mirror/event_store.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgconn"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib"
 	"github.com/shopspring/decimal"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -172,6 +173,10 @@ func copyEvents(ctx context.Context, source, dest *db.DB, bulkSize uint32) {
 		tag, err := conn.PgConn().CopyFrom(ctx, reader, "COPY eventstore.events2 FROM STDIN")
 		eventCount = tag.RowsAffected()
 		if err != nil {
+			pgErr := new(pgconn.PgError)
+			errors.As(err, &pgErr)
+
+			logging.WithError(err).WithField("pg_err_details", pgErr.Detail).Error("unable to copy events into destination")
 			return zerrors.ThrowUnknown(err, "MIGRA-DTHi7", "unable to copy events into destination")
 		}
 
diff --git a/cmd/mirror/projections.go b/cmd/mirror/projections.go
index 163bf55325..6adbf01424 100644
--- a/cmd/mirror/projections.go
+++ b/cmd/mirror/projections.go
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ func projections(
 	logging.OnError(err).Fatal("unable create static storage")
 
 	config.Eventstore.Querier = old_es.NewCRDB(client)
-	config.Eventstore.Pusher = new_es.NewEventstore(client)
+	newES := new_es.NewEventstore(client)
+	config.Eventstore.Pusher = newES
+	config.Eventstore.Searcher = newES
+
 	es := eventstore.NewEventstore(config.Eventstore)
 	esV4 := es_v4.NewEventstoreFromOne(es_v4_pg.New(client, &es_v4_pg.Config{
 		MaxRetries: config.Eventstore.MaxRetries,
diff --git a/internal/v2/readmodel/last_successful_mirror.go b/internal/v2/readmodel/last_successful_mirror.go
index 6635b73342..ca7815b2a8 100644
--- a/internal/v2/readmodel/last_successful_mirror.go
+++ b/internal/v2/readmodel/last_successful_mirror.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func (p *LastSuccessfulMirror) Filter() *eventstore.Filter {
 		),
 		eventstore.FilterPagination(
 			eventstore.Descending(),
+			eventstore.Limit(1),
 		),
 	)
 }