diff --git a/eth/test/tests/02.sh b/eth/test/tests/02.sh
index 5231dbd78..619217ed8 100644
--- a/eth/test/tests/02.sh
+++ b/eth/test/tests/02.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ EOF
 
 peer 11 01
 peer 12 02
-P13ID=$PID
+P12ID=$PID
 test_node $NAME "" -loglevel 5 $JSFILE
-sleep 0.5
-kill $P13ID
+sleep 0.3
+kill $P12ID
 
diff --git a/eth/test/tests/03.sh b/eth/test/tests/03.sh
index 8c9d6565e..d7dba737f 100644
--- a/eth/test/tests/03.sh
+++ b/eth/test/tests/03.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-TIMEOUT=35
+TIMEOUT=12
 
 cat >> $JSFILE <<EOF
 eth.addPeer("localhost:30311");
-sleep(30000);
+sleep(10000);
 eth.export("$CHAIN_TEST");
 EOF
 
diff --git a/eth/test/tests/common.sh b/eth/test/tests/common.sh
index 74db073f7..f66cfb43e 100644
--- a/eth/test/tests/common.sh
+++ b/eth/test/tests/common.sh
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 # launched by run.sh
 function test_node {
   rm -rf $DIR/$1
-  ARGS="-datadir $DIR/$1 -debug debug -seed=false -shh=false -id test$1"
+  ARGS="-datadir $DIR/$1 -debug debug -seed=false -shh=false -id test$1 -port 303$1"
   if [ "" != "$2" ]; then
     chain="chains/$2.chain"
     echo "import chain $chain"
     $ETH $ARGS -loglevel 3 -chain $chain | grep CLI |grep import
   fi
-  echo "starting test node $1 with extra args ${@:3}"
-  $ETH $ARGS -port 303$1 ${@:3} &
+  echo "starting test node $1 with args $ARGS ${@:3}"
+  $ETH $ARGS  ${@:3} &
   PID=$!
   PIDS="$PIDS $PID"
 }