diff --git a/packages/modules/packages/archivist/packages/memory/src/spec/MemoryArchivist.spec.ts b/packages/modules/packages/archivist/packages/memory/src/spec/MemoryArchivist.spec.ts
index b0d5de1cd1..8689019ade 100644
--- a/packages/modules/packages/archivist/packages/memory/src/spec/MemoryArchivist.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/packages/archivist/packages/memory/src/spec/MemoryArchivist.spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   asId, IdSchema, isId,
 } from '@xyo-network/id-payload-plugin'
 import { PayloadBuilder } from '@xyo-network/payload-builder'
+import { WithStorageMeta } from '@xyo-network/payload-model'
 import {
   describe, expect, it,
 } from 'vitest'
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ describe('MemoryArchivist', () => {
     await archivist.clear()
   })
 
-  it('should return items inserted in the order they were provided in', async () => {
+  it.only('should return items inserted in the order they were provided in', async () => {
     const archivist = await MemoryArchivist.create({ account: 'random' })
     const payloads: Id[] = Array.from({ length: 100 }, (_, i) => new PayloadBuilder<Id>({ schema: IdSchema }).fields({ salt: `${i}` }).build())
     // Ensure payload was create in order provided
@@ -42,6 +43,17 @@ describe('MemoryArchivist', () => {
       expect(id?.salt).toBe(`${index}`)
     }
 
+    const withStorageMeta = await PayloadBuilder.addStorageMeta(payloads)
+
+    // Ensure payload was returned in order provided
+    for (const [index, result] of withStorageMeta.entries()) {
+      expect(isId(result)).toBe(true)
+      const id = asId(result)
+      expect(id).toBeDefined()
+      expect(id?.salt).toBe(`${index}`)
+      expect(await PayloadBuilder.dataHash(result)).toEqual(await PayloadBuilder.dataHash(payloads[index]))
+    }
+
     const results = await archivist.insert(payloads)
 
     // Ensure payload was inserted in order provided
@@ -49,6 +61,17 @@ describe('MemoryArchivist', () => {
       expect(isId(result)).toBe(true)
       const id = asId(result)
       expect(id).toBeDefined()
+      if (index > 0) {
+        expect(result._sequence > results[index - 1]._sequence).toBeTrue()
+      }
+      if (index < 99) {
+        expect(result._sequence < results[index + 1]._sequence).toBeTrue()
+      }
+      if (id?.salt !== `${index}`) {
+        console.warn('result-', results[index - 1])
+        console.warn('result', result)
+        console.warn('result+', results[index + 1])
+      }
       expect(id?.salt).toBe(`${index}`)
       expect(await PayloadBuilder.dataHash(result)).toEqual(await PayloadBuilder.dataHash(payloads[index]))
     }
diff --git a/packages/protocol/packages/payload/packages/builder/src/Builder.ts b/packages/protocol/packages/payload/packages/builder/src/Builder.ts
index ca2337fc66..ea38c7addd 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/packages/payload/packages/builder/src/Builder.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/packages/payload/packages/builder/src/Builder.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ export class PayloadBuilder<T extends Payload = Payload<AnyObject>, R = T> {
   static async addStorageMeta<T extends Payload>(payloads: T | T[], index = 0): Promise<WithStorageMeta<T>[] | WithStorageMeta<T>> {
     return Array.isArray(payloads)
       ? await (async () => {
+        const timestamp = Date.now()
         return await Promise.all(payloads.map(async (payload, i) => await this.addSequencedStorageMeta(
           payload,
+          timestamp,
           i,
         )))
       })()
@@ -242,9 +244,9 @@ export class PayloadBuilder<T extends Payload = Payload<AnyObject>, R = T> {
     }
   }
 
-  private static async addSequencedStorageMeta<T extends Payload = Payload>(payload: T, index = 0): Promise<WithStorageMeta<T>> {
+  private static async addSequencedStorageMeta<T extends Payload = Payload>(payload: T, timestamp: number, index = 0): Promise<WithStorageMeta<T>> {
     const withHashMeta = await this.addHashMeta(payload)
-    const _sequence = SequenceParser.from(Date.now(), withHashMeta._hash, index).localSequence
+    const _sequence = SequenceParser.from(timestamp, withHashMeta._hash, index).localSequence
     return {
       ...withHashMeta,
       _sequence,