diff --git a/tests/test_tractor.py b/tests/test_tractor.py
index 410144e..dcb49d5 100644
--- a/tests/test_tractor.py
+++ b/tests/test_tractor.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def test_local_actor_async_func():
 # interal pickling infra of the forkserver to work
 async def spawn(is_arbiter):
     statespace = {'doggy': 10, 'kitty': 4}
-    namespaces = ['piker.brokers.core']
+    namespaces = [__name__]
 
     await trio.sleep(0.1)
     actor = tractor.current_actor()
@@ -72,22 +72,33 @@ async def spawn(is_arbiter):
             )
             assert len(nursery._children) == 1
             assert portal.channel.uid in tractor.current_actor()._peers
+            # be sure we can still get the result 
+            result = await portal.result()
+            assert result == 10
+            return result
     else:
         return 10
 
 
 def test_local_arbiter_subactor_global_state():
     statespace = {'doggy': 10, 'kitty': 4}
-    tractor.run(
+    result = tractor.run(
         spawn,
         True,
         name='arbiter',
         statespace=statespace,
     )
+    assert result == 10
 
 
-async def rx_price_quotes_from_brokerd(us_symbols):
-    """Verify we can spawn a daemon actor and retrieve streamed price data.
+async def stream_seq(sequence):
+    for i in sequence:
+        yield i
+        await trio.sleep(0.1)
+
+
+async def stream_from_single_subactor():
+    """Verify we can spawn a daemon actor and retrieve streamed data.
     """
     async with tractor.find_actor('brokerd') as portals:
         if not portals:
@@ -95,33 +106,25 @@ async def rx_price_quotes_from_brokerd(us_symbols):
             async with tractor.open_nursery() as nursery:
                 # no brokerd actor found
                 portal = await nursery.start_actor(
-                    'brokerd',
-                    rpc_module_paths=['piker.brokers.core'],
-                    statespace={
-                        'brokers2tickersubs': {},
-                        'clients': {},
-                        'dtasks': set()
-                    },
-                    main=None,  # don't start a main func - use rpc
+                    'streamerd',
+                    rpc_module_paths=[__name__],
+                    statespace={'global_dict': {}},
+                    # don't start a main func - use rpc
+                    # currently the same as outlive_main=False
+                    main=None,
                 )
 
-                # gotta expose in a broker agnostic way...
-                # retrieve initial symbol data
-                # sd = await portal.run(
-                #     'piker.brokers.core', 'symbol_data', symbols=us_symbols)
-                # assert list(sd.keys()) == us_symbols
+                seq = range(10)
 
                 gen = await portal.run(
-                    'piker.brokers.core',
-                    '_test_price_stream',
-                    broker='robinhood',
-                    symbols=us_symbols,
+                    __name__,
+                    'stream_seq',  # the func above
+                    sequence=list(seq),  # has to be msgpack serializable
                 )
                 # it'd sure be nice to have an asyncitertools here...
-                async for quotes in gen:
-                    assert quotes
-                    for key in quotes:
-                        assert key in us_symbols
+                iseq = iter(seq)
+                async for val in gen:
+                    assert val == next(iseq)
                     break
                     # terminate far-end async-gen
                     # await gen.asend(None)
@@ -130,14 +133,36 @@ async def rx_price_quotes_from_brokerd(us_symbols):
                 # stop all spawned subactors
                 await nursery.cancel()
 
-    # arbitter is cancelled here due to `find_actors()` internals
-    # (which internally uses `get_arbiter` which kills its channel
-    # server scope on exit)
 
-
-def test_rx_price_quotes_from_brokerd(us_symbols):
+def test_stream_from_single_subactor(us_symbols):
+    """Verify streaming from a spawned async generator.
+    """
     tractor.run(
-        rx_price_quotes_from_brokerd,
-        us_symbols,
-        name='arbiter',
+        stream_from_single_subactor,
+        name='client',
     )
+
+
+async def assert_err():
+    assert 0
+
+
+def test_remote_error():
+    """Verify an error raises in a subactor is propagated to the parent.
+    """
+    async def main():
+        async with tractor.open_nursery() as nursery:
+
+            portal = await nursery.start_actor('errorer', main=assert_err)
+
+            # get result(s) from main task
+            try:
+                return await portal.result()
+            except tractor.RemoteActorError:
+                raise
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+            assert 0, "Remote error was not raised?"
+
+    with pytest.raises(tractor.RemoteActorError):
+        tractor.run(main)