diff --git a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/gzip/GZipTests.java b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/gzip/GZipTests.java
index d90423f..bb772a1 100644
--- a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/gzip/GZipTests.java
+++ b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/gzip/GZipTests.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public void networkGzip() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     //send a test request to get some data in the tunnel
     byte[] response = TCPMsgSender.sendGZGet("http://localhost:"+proxyPort+"/gzip");
     //check we got the a GZIP encoded response
diff --git a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/ConsoleLoggingTests.java b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/ConsoleLoggingTests.java
index a90b582..1d4eab2 100644
--- a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/ConsoleLoggingTests.java
+++ b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/ConsoleLoggingTests.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public void captureIntList() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     //send a test request to get some data in the tunnel
     String response = TCPMsgSender.send2("localhost", proxyPort, "hi there");
     //check we got the correct response from the server
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public void captureHexString() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     //send a test request to get some data in the tunnel
     String response = TCPMsgSender.send2("localhost", proxyPort, "hi there hex boy");
     //check we got the correct response from the server
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public void captureString() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     //send a test request to get some data in the tunnel
     String response = TCPMsgSender.send2("localhost", proxyPort, "hi there");
     //check we got the correct response from the server
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public void captureStringExtraLF() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     //send a test request to get some data in the tunnel
     String response = TCPMsgSender.send2("localhost", proxyPort, "hi there");
     //check we got the correct response from the server
diff --git a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/FileLoggingTests.java b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/FileLoggingTests.java
index 143e8e1..06fbea7 100644
--- a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/FileLoggingTests.java
+++ b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/FileLoggingTests.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public void captureTextBytes() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     //send a test request to get some data in the tunnel
     String response = TCPMsgSender.send2("localhost", proxyPort, "hi there");
     //check we got the correct response from the server
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public void captureBinaryBytes() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     //send a test request to get some data in the tunnel
     byte[] response = TCPMsgSender.send2("localhost", proxyPort, ultestBytes);
     //check we got the correct response from the server
diff --git a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/InMemoryCaptureTests.java b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/InMemoryCaptureTests.java
index 594df76..4417e27 100644
--- a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/InMemoryCaptureTests.java
+++ b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/InMemoryCaptureTests.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public void sendRequestMITM() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     //send a test request to get some data in the tunnel
     String response = TCPMsgSender.send2("localhost", proxyPort, "hi there");
     //check we got the correct response from the server
diff --git a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/MirrorLoggingTests.java b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/MirrorLoggingTests.java
index d2bccef..e175af5 100644
--- a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/MirrorLoggingTests.java
+++ b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/MirrorLoggingTests.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public void mirrorUpStream() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     //send a test request to get some data in the tunnel
     String response = TCPMsgSender.send2("localhost", proxyPort, "hi there");
     //check we got the correct response from the server
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public void mirrorDownStream() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     //send a test request to get some data in the tunnel
     String response = TCPMsgSender.send2("localhost", proxyPort, "hi there");
     //check we got the correct response from the server
diff --git a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/TCPTestServer2.java b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/TCPTestServer2.java
index cdc6ecf..2483f75 100644
--- a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/TCPTestServer2.java
+++ b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/tcp/TCPTestServer2.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
 
   public void start() throws Exception {
     new Thread(this).start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
   }
 
   public String getReceiveString() {
diff --git a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/ConsoleLoggingTests.java b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/ConsoleLoggingTests.java
index 9b3b26a..5e7b064 100644
--- a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/ConsoleLoggingTests.java
+++ b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/ConsoleLoggingTests.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public void captureHexString() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     sendAndReadResponse("hi there hex boy", "expected_console2.txt");
   }
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public void captureString() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     sendAndReadResponse("hi there\n", "expected_console3.txt");
   }
 
diff --git a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/FileLoggingTests.java b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/FileLoggingTests.java
index 23214f6..d731951 100644
--- a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/FileLoggingTests.java
+++ b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/FileLoggingTests.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public void captureTextBytes() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     //send a test request to get some data in the tunnel
     UDPMsgSender.send2("localhost", proxyPort, "hi there");
     Thread.sleep(300);
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public void captureBinaryBytes() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     //send a test request to get some data in the tunnel
     UDPMsgSender.send2("localhost", proxyPort, ultestBytes);
     Thread.sleep(300);
diff --git a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/InMemoryCaptureTests.java b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/InMemoryCaptureTests.java
index 9d9f8a8..c28c214 100644
--- a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/InMemoryCaptureTests.java
+++ b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/InMemoryCaptureTests.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public void sendRequestMITM() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
     //send a test request to get some data in the tunnel
     UDPMsgSender.send2("localhost", proxyPort, "hi there");
     Thread.sleep(500);
diff --git a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/MirrorLoggingTests.java b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/MirrorLoggingTests.java
index d2e43a5..aa8710e 100644
--- a/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/MirrorLoggingTests.java
+++ b/test/net/kanstren/tcptunnel/capture/udp/MirrorLoggingTests.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public void mirrorUpStream() throws Exception {
     //this is how we actually start the tunnel
     Main main = new Main(params);
     main.start();
-    Thread.sleep(10);
+    Thread.sleep(50);
 
     //send a test request to get some data in the tunnel
     UDPMsgSender.send2("localhost", proxyPort, "hi there");