diff --git a/integration/300_internet_edge_test.sh b/integration/300_internet_edge_test.sh
index cb56e038b0..3e5b07a1b9 100755
--- a/integration/300_internet_edge_test.sh
+++ b/integration/300_internet_edge_test.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 start_suite "Test short lived connections from the Internet"
 
+if ! echo "$HOST1" | grep "us-central1-a"; then
+	echo "Skipping; test needs to be run against VMs on GCE."
+	scope_end_suite
+	exit
+fi
+
 weave_on $HOST1 launch
 scope_on $HOST1 launch
 docker_on $HOST1 run -d -p 80:80 --name nginx nginx
@@ -20,7 +26,7 @@ wait_for_containers $HOST1 60 nginx "The Internet"
 
 has_container $HOST1 nginx
 has_container $HOST1 "The Internet"
-has_connection $HOST1 "The Internet" nginx 60
+has_connection $HOST1 "The Internet" nginx
 
 kill %do_connections
 
diff --git a/integration/310_container_to_container_edge_test.sh b/integration/310_container_to_container_edge_test.sh
index 87327e34e6..ec19d8ca91 100755
--- a/integration/310_container_to_container_edge_test.sh
+++ b/integration/310_container_to_container_edge_test.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ start_suite "Test short lived connections between containers"
 weave_on $HOST1 launch
 scope_on $HOST1 launch
 weave_on $HOST1 run -d --name nginx nginx
-weave_on $HOST1 run -d --name client alpine /bin/sh -c "while true; do wget http://nginx.weave.local:80/ >/dev/null; sleep 1; done"
+weave_on $HOST1 run -d --name client alpine /bin/sh -c "while true; do \
+	wget http://nginx.weave.local:80/ >/dev/null || true; \
+	sleep 1; \
+done"
 
 wait_for_containers $HOST1 60 nginx client
 
diff --git a/integration/320_container_edge_cross_host_2_test.sh b/integration/320_container_edge_cross_host_2_test.sh
index 67d1b48865..b13cd097c4 100755
--- a/integration/320_container_edge_cross_host_2_test.sh
+++ b/integration/320_container_edge_cross_host_2_test.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ scope_on $HOST1 launch
 scope_on $HOST2 launch
 
 weave_on $HOST1 run -d --name nginx nginx
-weave_on $HOST2 run -d --name client alpine /bin/sh -c "while true; do wget http://nginx.weave.local:80/ >/dev/null; sleep 1; done"
+weave_on $HOST2 run -d --name client alpine /bin/sh -c "while true; do \
+	wget http://nginx.weave.local:80/ >/dev/null || true; \
+	sleep 1; \
+done"
 
 sleep 30 # need to allow the scopes to poll dns, resolve the other app ids, and send them reports
 
diff --git a/integration/config.sh b/integration/config.sh
index daf72dfbd1..274813ab73 100644
--- a/integration/config.sh
+++ b/integration/config.sh
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ has_connection() {
 	local host="$1"
 	local from="$2"
 	local to="$3"
-	local timeout="${4:-10}"
+	local timeout="${4:-60}"
 	local from_id=$(container_id "$host" "$from")
 	local to_id=$(container_id "$host" "$to")
 
 	for i in $(seq $timeout); do
 		local containers="$(curl -s http://$host:4040/api/topology/containers?system=show)"
-		local edge=$(echo "$containers" |  jq -r ".nodes[\"$from_id\"].adjacency | contains([\"$to_id\"])")
+		local edge=$(echo "$containers" |  jq -r ".nodes[\"$from_id\"].adjacency | contains([\"$to_id\"])" 2>/dev/null)
 		if [ "$edge" = "true" ]; then
 			echo "Found edge $from -> $to after $i secs"
 			assert "curl -s http://$host:4040/api/topology/containers?system=show |  jq -r '.nodes[\"$from_id\"].adjacency | contains([\"$to_id\"])'" true
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ has_connection() {
 		sleep 1
 	done
 
-	echo "Failed to fing edge $from -> $to after $timeout secs"
+	echo "Failed to find edge $from -> $to after $timeout secs"
 	assert "curl -s http://$host:4040/api/topology/containers?system=show |  jq -r '.nodes[\"$from_id\"].adjacency | contains([\"$to_id\"])'" true
 }
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ wait_for_containers() {
 		local found=0
 		for name in "$@"; do
 			local count=$(echo "$containers" | jq -r "[.nodes[] | select(.label_major == \"$name\")] | length")
-			if [ "$count" -ge 1 ]; then
+			if [ -n "$count" ] && [ "$count" -ge 1 ]; then
 				found=$(( found + 1 ))
 			fi
 		done