diff --git a/cmd/swarm/upload_test.go b/cmd/swarm/upload_test.go
index c450752f2a..2bb601bdcb 100644
--- a/cmd/swarm/upload_test.go
+++ b/cmd/swarm/upload_test.go
@@ -22,57 +22,60 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 )
 
 // TestCLISwarmUp tests that running 'swarm up' makes the resulting file
 // available from all nodes via the HTTP API
 func TestCLISwarmUp(t *testing.T) {
-	// temporarily disable to make travis green
-	t.Skip()
-	// start 3 node cluster
-	t.Log("starting 3 node cluster")
+	log.Info("starting 3 node cluster")
 	cluster := newTestCluster(t, 3)
 	defer cluster.Shutdown()
 
 	// create a tmp file
 	tmp, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "swarm-test")
-	assertNil(t, err)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 	defer tmp.Close()
 	defer os.Remove(tmp.Name())
-	_, err = io.WriteString(tmp, "data")
-	assertNil(t, err)
+
+	// write data to file
+	data := "randomdata"
+	_, err = io.WriteString(tmp, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 
 	// upload the file with 'swarm up' and expect a hash
-	t.Log("uploading file with 'swarm up'")
+	log.Info("uploading file with 'swarm up'")
 	up := runSwarm(t, "--bzzapi", cluster.Nodes[0].URL, "up", tmp.Name())
 	_, matches := up.ExpectRegexp(`[a-f\d]{64}`)
 	up.ExpectExit()
 	hash := matches[0]
-	t.Logf("file uploaded with hash %s", hash)
+	log.Info("file uploaded", "hash", hash)
 
 	// get the file from the HTTP API of each node
 	for _, node := range cluster.Nodes {
-		t.Logf("getting file from %s", node.Name)
+		log.Info("getting file from node", "node", node.Name)
+
 		res, err := http.Get(node.URL + "/bzz:/" + hash)
-		assertNil(t, err)
-		assertHTTPResponse(t, res, http.StatusOK, "data")
-	}
-}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 
-func assertNil(t *testing.T, err error) {
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-}
+		if res.StatusCode != 200 {
+			t.Fatalf("expected HTTP status %d, got %s", 200, res.Status)
+		}
 
-func assertHTTPResponse(t *testing.T, res *http.Response, expectedStatus int, expectedBody string) {
-	defer res.Body.Close()
-	if res.StatusCode != expectedStatus {
-		t.Fatalf("expected HTTP status %d, got %s", expectedStatus, res.Status)
-	}
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
-	assertNil(t, err)
-	if string(data) != expectedBody {
-		t.Fatalf("expected HTTP body %q, got %q", expectedBody, data)
+		reply, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		defer res.Body.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if string(reply) != data {
+			t.Fatalf("expected HTTP body %q, got %q", data, reply)
+		}
 	}
 }