diff --git a/test/scxml_converter/_test_data/battery_drainer_w_bt/gt_bt_scxml/1000_ReactiveSequence.scxml b/test/scxml_converter/_test_data/battery_drainer_w_bt/gt_bt_scxml/1000_ReactiveSequence.scxml
index d8e5aeab..12e4fa4e 100644
--- a/test/scxml_converter/_test_data/battery_drainer_w_bt/gt_bt_scxml/1000_ReactiveSequence.scxml
+++ b/test/scxml_converter/_test_data/battery_drainer_w_bt/gt_bt_scxml/1000_ReactiveSequence.scxml
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-<scxml name="1000_ReactiveSequence" version="1.0" model_src="" initial="wait_for_tick" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/07/scxml">
+<scxml name="1000_ReactiveSequence" version="1.0" model_src="" initial="init" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/07/scxml">
     <datamodel>
         <data id="success_count" expr="0" type="int8"/>
         <data id="child_idx" expr="0" type="int8"/>
         <data id="children_count" expr="2" type="int8"/>
     </datamodel>
+    <state id="init">
+        <transition cond="children_count &lt; 1" target="error"/>
+        <transition target="wait_for_tick"/>
+    </state>
     <state id="wait_for_tick">
-        <transition target="error" cond="children_count &lt; 1"/>
         <transition target="tick_children" event="bt_1000_tick">
             <assign location="success_count" expr="0"/>
             <assign location="child_idx" expr="0"/>
diff --git a/test/scxml_converter/_test_data/battery_drainer_w_bt/gt_bt_scxml/1001_Inverter.scxml b/test/scxml_converter/_test_data/battery_drainer_w_bt/gt_bt_scxml/1001_Inverter.scxml
index 75f06330..d1624be0 100644
--- a/test/scxml_converter/_test_data/battery_drainer_w_bt/gt_bt_scxml/1001_Inverter.scxml
+++ b/test/scxml_converter/_test_data/battery_drainer_w_bt/gt_bt_scxml/1001_Inverter.scxml
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-<scxml name="1001_Inverter" version="1.0" model_src="" initial="wait_for_tick" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/07/scxml">
+<scxml name="1001_Inverter" version="1.0" model_src="" initial="init" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/07/scxml">
     <datamodel>
         <data id="children_count" expr="1" type="int8"/>
     </datamodel>
+    <state id="init">
+        <transition cond="children_count != 1" target="error"/>
+        <transition target="wait_for_tick"/>
+    </state>
     <state id="wait_for_tick">
-        <transition target="error" cond="children_count != 1"/>
         <transition target="tick_child" event="bt_1001_tick"/>
     </state>
     <state id="tick_child">
diff --git a/test/scxml_converter/_test_data/bt_ports_only/gt_bt_scxml/1000_ReactiveSequence.scxml b/test/scxml_converter/_test_data/bt_ports_only/gt_bt_scxml/1000_ReactiveSequence.scxml
index 8d61abce..ab21e083 100644
--- a/test/scxml_converter/_test_data/bt_ports_only/gt_bt_scxml/1000_ReactiveSequence.scxml
+++ b/test/scxml_converter/_test_data/bt_ports_only/gt_bt_scxml/1000_ReactiveSequence.scxml
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-<scxml name="1000_ReactiveSequence" version="1.0" model_src="" initial="wait_for_tick" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/07/scxml">
+<scxml name="1000_ReactiveSequence" version="1.0" model_src="" initial="init" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/07/scxml">
     <datamodel>
         <data id="success_count" expr="0" type="int8"/>
         <data id="child_idx" expr="0" type="int8"/>
         <data id="children_count" expr="2" type="int8"/>
     </datamodel>
+    <state id="init">
+        <transition cond="children_count &lt; 1" target="error"/>
+        <transition target="wait_for_tick"/>
+    </state>
     <state id="wait_for_tick">
-        <transition target="error" cond="children_count &lt; 1"/>
         <transition target="tick_children" event="bt_1000_tick">
             <assign location="success_count" expr="0"/>
             <assign location="child_idx" expr="0"/>