diff --git a/eth/test/bootstrap.sh b/eth/test/bootstrap.sh
index 78114dbe64..3da038be8b 100644
--- a/eth/test/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/eth/test/bootstrap.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # bootstrap chains - used to regenerate tests/chains/*.chain
 
 mkdir -p chains
-bash ./mine.sh 00 15
+bash ./mine.sh 00 10
 bash ./mine.sh 01 5 00
-bash ./mine.sh 02 5 00
-bash ./mine.sh 03 5 01
-bash ./mine.sh 04 5 01
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+bash ./mine.sh 02 10 00
+bash ./mine.sh 03 5 02
+bash ./mine.sh 04 10 02
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diff --git a/eth/test/chains/00.chain b/eth/test/chains/00.chain
index b1f53d5398..ad3c05b24a 100755
Binary files a/eth/test/chains/00.chain and b/eth/test/chains/00.chain differ
diff --git a/eth/test/chains/01.chain b/eth/test/chains/01.chain
index 1ed47885c1..56c9aef65f 100755
Binary files a/eth/test/chains/01.chain and b/eth/test/chains/01.chain differ
diff --git a/eth/test/chains/02.chain b/eth/test/chains/02.chain
index 480c8192bb..440c92d658 100755
Binary files a/eth/test/chains/02.chain and b/eth/test/chains/02.chain differ
diff --git a/eth/test/chains/03.chain b/eth/test/chains/03.chain
index 8524881ab3..1cc7570ab4 100755
Binary files a/eth/test/chains/03.chain and b/eth/test/chains/03.chain differ
diff --git a/eth/test/chains/04.chain b/eth/test/chains/04.chain
index b022c39eda..d4e5b1aa81 100755
Binary files a/eth/test/chains/04.chain and b/eth/test/chains/04.chain differ
diff --git a/eth/test/mine.sh b/eth/test/mine.sh
index 4871328c89..0d95db1e43 100644
--- a/eth/test/mine.sh
+++ b/eth/test/mine.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # bash ./mine.sh node_id timeout(sec) [basechain]
-ETH="../ethereum -datadir tmp/nodes/$1 -seed=false -port '' -id test$1"
+ETH=../../ethereum
+MINE="$ETH -datadir tmp/nodes/$1 -seed=false -port '' -shh=false -id test$1"
 rm -rf tmp/nodes/$1
+echo "Creating chain $1..."
 if [[ "" !=  "$3" ]]; then
   CHAIN="chains/$3.chain"
   CHAINARG="-chain $CHAIN"
-  echo "import chain '$CHAIN'"
-  $ETH -mine $CHAINARG
+  $MINE -mine $CHAINARG -loglevel 3 | grep 'importing'
 fi
-$ETH -mine &
+$MINE -mine -loglevel 0 &
 PID=$!
 sleep $2
-echo "killing $PID"
 kill $PID
-$ETH <(echo "eth.export(\"chains/$1.chain\")") &
+$MINE -loglevel 3 <(echo "eth.export(\"chains/$1.chain\")") > /tmp/eth.test/mine.tmp &
 PID=$!
 sleep 1
-echo "killing $PID"
 kill $PID
+cat /tmp/eth.test/mine.tmp | grep 'exporting'
diff --git a/eth/test/run.sh b/eth/test/run.sh
index bef8c80bfa..bd5c753a99 100644
--- a/eth/test/run.sh
+++ b/eth/test/run.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 # runs tests tests/testid0.sh tests/testid1.sh ...
 # without arguments, it runs all tests
 
+. tests/common.sh
+
 if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
   for file in tests/*.sh; do
     i=`basename $file .sh`
-    TESTS="$TESTS $i"
+    TESTS="$TESTS $NAME"
   done
 else
   TESTS=$@
@@ -16,19 +18,18 @@ ETH=../../ethereum
 DIR="/tmp/eth.test/nodes"
 TIMEOUT=10
 
-mkdir -p $DIR
 mkdir -p $DIR/js
 
 echo "running tests $TESTS"
-for i in $TESTS; do
+for NAME in $TESTS; do
   PIDS=
-  CHAIN="tests/$i.chain"
-  JSFILE="$DIR/$i/js"
-  CHAIN_TEST="$DIR/$i/chain"
+  CHAIN="tests/$NAME.chain"
+  JSFILE="$DIR/js/$NAME.js"
+  CHAIN_TEST="$DIR/$NAME/chain"
 
-  # OUT="$DIR/out"
-  echo "RUN: test $i"
-  . tests/$i.sh
+  echo "RUN: test $NAME"
+  cat tests/common.js > $JSFILE
+  . tests/$NAME.sh
   sleep $TIMEOUT
   echo "timeout after $TIMEOUT seconds: killing $PIDS"
   kill $PIDS
@@ -47,6 +48,4 @@ for i in $TESTS; do
   else
     echo PASS
   fi
-done
-
-
+done
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diff --git a/eth/test/tests/00.sh b/eth/test/tests/00.sh
index 9d13acb586..9c5077164b 100644
--- a/eth/test/tests/00.sh
+++ b/eth/test/tests/00.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-. `dirname $BASH_SOURCE`/common.sh
 
 TIMEOUT=4
-ID=00
-JSFILE="$DIR/js/$ID.js"
 
-echo $JSFILE
-cat > $JSFILE <<EOF
-eth.addPeer("localhost:30310");
-var now = new Date().getTime();
-while(new Date().getTime() < now + 2000){}
+cat >> $JSFILE <<EOF
+eth.addPeer("localhost:30311");
+sleep(1000)
 eth.export("$CHAIN_TEST");
 EOF
 
-peer 10 01 -loglevel 5
-sleep 1
-peer $ID "" -loglevel 5 $JSFILE
+peer 11 01
+test_node $NAME "" -loglevel 5 $JSFILE
 
diff --git a/eth/test/tests/01.sh b/eth/test/tests/01.sh
index 43672ced37..1601e0dfb9 100644
--- a/eth/test/tests/01.sh
+++ b/eth/test/tests/01.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-. `dirname $BASH_SOURCE`/common.sh
 
-TIMEOUT=20
-ID=01
-JSFILE="$DIR/js/$ID.js"
+TIMEOUT=5
 
-echo $JSFILE
-cat > $JSFILE <<EOF
+cat >> $JSFILE <<EOF
 eth.addPeer("localhost:30311");
-var now = new Date().getTime();
-while(new Date().getTime() < now + 1000){}
-eth.addPeer("localhost:30310");
-var now = new Date().getTime();
-while(new Date().getTime() < now + 4000){}
+log("added peer localhost:30311");
+sleep(1000);
+log("added peer localhost:30312");
+eth.addPeer("localhost:30312");
+sleep(3000);
 eth.export("$CHAIN_TEST");
 EOF
 
-peer 10 01 -loglevel 5
-peer 11 02 -loglevel 5
-sleep 1
-peer $ID "" -loglevel 5 $JSFILE
+peer 11 01
+peer 12 02
+test_node $NAME "" -loglevel 5 $JSFILE
 
diff --git a/eth/test/tests/common.sh b/eth/test/tests/common.sh
index 3db84deb8e..005fd317a3 100644
--- a/eth/test/tests/common.sh
+++ b/eth/test/tests/common.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # launched by run.sh
-function peer {
+function test_node {
   rm -rf $DIR/$1
   ARGS="-datadir $DIR/$1 -debug debug -seed=false -shh=false -id test$1"
   if [ "" != "$2" ]; then
     chain="chains/$2.chain"
     echo "import chain $chain"
-    $ETH $ARGS -loglevel 5 -chain $chain
-    # $ETH $ARGS -loglevel 5 -chain $chain | grep CLI |grep import
+    $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 ${@:3} &
   PID=$!
   PIDS="$PIDS $PID"
 }
+
+function peer {
+  test_node $@ -loglevel 0 -maxpeer 1 -dial=false
+}
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