diff --git a/p2p/simulations/network.go b/p2p/simulations/network.go
index 483d4ab87d..c02c9e2546 100644
--- a/p2p/simulations/network.go
+++ b/p2p/simulations/network.go
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ func (net *Network) snapshot(addServices []string, removeServices []string) (*Sn
 	return snap, nil
 }
 
-var snapshotLoadTimeout = 120 * time.Second
+var snapshotLoadTimeout = 6000 * time.Second
 
 // Load loads a network snapshot
 func (net *Network) Load(snap *Snapshot) error {
diff --git a/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_retrieval_test.go b/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_retrieval_test.go
index 5e24a39f57..806277c3c2 100644
--- a/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_retrieval_test.go
+++ b/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_retrieval_test.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ func TestFileRetrieval(t *testing.T) {
 
 		if *longrunning {
 			nodeCount = append(nodeCount, 32, 64, 128)
+			//nodeCount = append(nodeCount, 32, 64)
 		} else if testutil.RaceEnabled {
 			nodeCount = []int{4}
 		}
diff --git a/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_sync_test.go b/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_sync_test.go
index 330f39712b..09c6a98fda 100644
--- a/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_sync_test.go
+++ b/swarm/network/stream/snapshot_sync_test.go
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ func TestSyncingViaGlobalSync(t *testing.T) {
 		if *longrunning {
 			chunkCounts = []int{1, 8, 32, 256, 1024}
 			nodeCounts = []int{16, 32, 64, 128, 256}
+			//nodeCounts = []int{16, 32, 64}
 		}
 
 		for _, chunkCount := range chunkCounts {