diff --git a/system-test/integration_test.go b/system-test/integration_test.go
index 3a2eae38..f310ac24 100644
--- a/system-test/integration_test.go
+++ b/system-test/integration_test.go
@@ -47,33 +47,12 @@ var (
 const cloudScope = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"
 
 const startupTemplate = `
-#! /bin/bash
-
-(
-
-# Signal any unexpected error.
-trap 'echo "{{.ErrorString}}"' ERR
-
-# Shut down the VM in 5 minutes after this script exits
-# to stop accounting the VM for billing and cores quota.
-trap "sleep 300 && poweroff" EXIT
-
-retry() {
-  for i in {1..3}; do
-    "${@}" && return 0
-  done
-  return 1
-}
+{{- template "prologue" . }}
 
 npm_install() {
 	timeout 60 npm install "${@}"
 }
 
-# Fail on any error
-set -eo pipefail
-
-# Display commands being run
-set -x
 # Install git
 retry apt-get update >/dev/null
 retry apt-get -y -q install git >/dev/null
@@ -120,8 +99,7 @@ GCLOUD_PROFILER_LOGLEVEL=5 GAE_SERVICE={{.Service}} node --trace-warnings build/
 # Indicate to test that script has finished running
 echo "{{.FinishString}}"
 
-# Write output to serial port 2 with timestamp.
-) 2>&1 | while read line; do echo "$(date): ${line}"; done >/dev/ttyS1
+{{ template "epilogue" . -}}
 `
 
 type profileSummary struct {
@@ -193,7 +171,7 @@ func TestAgentIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to initialize compute Service: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	template, err := template.New("startupScript").Parse(startupTemplate)
+	template, err := proftest.BaseStartupTmpl.Parse(startupTemplate)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to parse startup script template: %v", err)
 	}