diff --git a/packages/taler-harness/src/integrationtests/test-withdrawal-manual.ts b/packages/taler-harness/src/integrationtests/test-withdrawal-manual.ts
index 10b2e5f44..d28ecc91c 100644
--- a/packages/taler-harness/src/integrationtests/test-withdrawal-manual.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-harness/src/integrationtests/test-withdrawal-manual.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ import { GlobalTestState } from "../harness/harness.js";
 import { createSimpleTestkudosEnvironment } from "../harness/helpers.js";
 import { WalletApiOperation, BankApi } from "@gnu-taler/taler-wallet-core";
 import {
-  AbsoluteTime,
+  AbsoluteTime, j2s, Logger,
 } from "@gnu-taler/taler-util";
 
+const logger = new Logger("test-withdrawal-manual.ts");
+
 /**
  * Run test for basic, bank-integrated withdrawal.
  */
@@ -43,7 +45,9 @@ export async function runWithdrawalManualTest(t: GlobalTestState) {
 
   const tStart = AbsoluteTime.now();
 
+  logger.info("starting AcceptManualWithdrawal request");
   // We expect this to return immediately.
+  
   const wres = await wallet.client.call(
     WalletApiOperation.AcceptManualWithdrawal,
     {
@@ -52,6 +56,9 @@ export async function runWithdrawalManualTest(t: GlobalTestState) {
     },
   );
 
+  logger.info("AcceptManualWithdrawal finished");
+  logger.info(`result: ${j2s(wres)}`);
+
   // Check that the request did not go into long-polling.
   const duration = AbsoluteTime.difference(tStart, AbsoluteTime.now());
   if (duration.d_ms > 5 * 1000) {
diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-cli/src/index.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-cli/src/index.ts
index 48e98264d..6641dab09 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-cli/src/index.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,9 @@ async function withWallet<T>(
         return w.handleCoreApiRequest(operation, "my-req", payload);
       },
     };
-    return await f(ctx);
+    const result = await f(ctx);
+    w.stop();
+    return result;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/withdraw.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/withdraw.ts
index cb1627c1e..5c9854c0f 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/withdraw.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/withdraw.ts
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ export async function createManualWithdrawal(
       x.exchangeDetails,
       x.exchangeTrust,
     ])
-    .runReadWrite(async (tx) => {
+    .runReadOnly(async (tx) => {
       return await getFundingPaytoUris(tx, withdrawalGroup.withdrawalGroupId);
     });