diff --git a/nb/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/core/script/AsyncScriptIntegrationTests.java b/nb/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/core/script/AsyncScriptIntegrationTests.java
index c0b8af261..07a5e9cd9 100644
--- a/nb/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/core/script/AsyncScriptIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/nb/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/core/script/AsyncScriptIntegrationTests.java
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public class AsyncScriptIntegrationTests {
         assertThat(scenarioResult.getIOLog()).contains("step2 metrics.waittime=");
         String iolog = scenarioResult.getIOLog();
         System.out.println(iolog);
-        assertThat(iolog).contains("waittime trended back down as expected");
+        assertThat(iolog).contains("waittime trended back down as expected")
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -267,4 +267,4 @@ public class AsyncScriptIntegrationTests {
         );
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/nb/src/test/resources/scripts/async/cocycledelay_bursty.js b/nb/src/test/resources/scripts/async/cocycledelay_bursty.js
index c37726717..c6415e6a2 100644
--- a/nb/src/test/resources/scripts/async/cocycledelay_bursty.js
+++ b/nb/src/test/resources/scripts/async/cocycledelay_bursty.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
     );
 
     scenario.waitMillis(1000);
-    if (metrics.co_cycle_delay.cycles.waittime.value < 10000000) {
+    if (metrics.co_cycle_delay.cycles.waittime.value < 50000000) {
         print("waittime trended back down as expected, exiting on iteration " + i);
         break;
     }