diff --git a/monitor/spec/production_spec.rb b/monitor/spec/production_spec.rb
index 37e7e0796..d3b97bc94 100755
--- a/monitor/spec/production_spec.rb
+++ b/monitor/spec/production_spec.rb
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ describe "Deployed site at #{www}", :js => true, :type => :feature, :capybara_fe
   end
 
   it "is possible for #{user1} to sign in and not get disconnected within 30 seconds" do
+
     as_monitor(user1) do
+      puts "[monitor] Waiting a bit for other connections to close..."; sleep 10 # www and the fakeJamClient really don't like going fast here
       sign_in_poltergeist(user1)
-      puts "Waiting for 15 whole seconds before checking websocket connection"; sleep 15 # www and the fakeJamClient really don't like going fast here
       repeat_for(30.seconds) do
         expect(page).to_not have_selector('.no-websocket-connection') #looks for reconnect dialog every 1 second
       end
@@ -89,11 +90,11 @@ describe "Deployed site at #{www}", :js => true, :type => :feature, :capybara_fe
       find('h1', text: 'conversation with ' + user2.name)
       find('.previous-message-text', text: test_message)
       find('#text-message-dialog .btn-close-dialog', text: 'CLOSE').trigger(:click)
-      sign_out_poltergeist
+      sign_out_poltergeist(validate: true)
     end
 
     as_monitor(user2) do
-      sign_out_poltergeist
+      sign_out_poltergeist(validate: true)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/monitor/spec/support/utilities.rb b/monitor/spec/support/utilities.rb
index 41c1ef613..be0e32722 100755
--- a/monitor/spec/support/utilities.rb
+++ b/monitor/spec/support/utilities.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def as_monitor(name)
   session_name = name.class == JamRuby::User ? name.id : name
   Capybara.session_name = mapped_session_name(session_name)
   page.driver.headers = { 'User-Agent' => 'monitor' }
-  puts "\n  *** #{name}'s client *** \n"
+  puts "\n[monitor] #{name}'s client *** \n"
   yield
 end