diff --git a/monitor/spec/production_spec.rb b/monitor/spec/production_spec.rb
index 5236173a5..ded20aec1 100755
--- a/monitor/spec/production_spec.rb
+++ b/monitor/spec/production_spec.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ describe "Deployed site at #{www}", :js => true, :type => :feature, :capybara_fe
     Capybara.run_server = false
   end
 
+  before { puts "\n" }
+  after { puts "\n\n" }
+
   TestUser = Class.new do
     attr_accessor :email, :password, :first_name, :last_name, :id
 
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ describe "Deployed site at #{www}", :js => true, :type => :feature, :capybara_fe
 
   it "is possible for #{user1} to sign in and not get disconnected within 30 seconds" do
     in_client(user1) do
+      puts "\n  *** #{user1}'s client *** \n"
       sign_in_poltergeist user1
       repeat_for(30.seconds) do
         expect(page).to_not have_selector('.no-websocket-connection') #looks for reconnect dialog every 1 second
@@ -57,6 +61,7 @@ describe "Deployed site at #{www}", :js => true, :type => :feature, :capybara_fe
     # this example heavily based on text_message_spec.rb in 'web'
 
     in_client(user1) do
+      puts "\n  *** #{user1}'s client *** \n"
       sign_in_poltergeist(user1)
     end
 
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ describe "Deployed site at #{www}", :js => true, :type => :feature, :capybara_fe
     test_goodbye = "#{SecureRandom.uuid} - OK bye!"
 
     in_client(user2) do
+      puts "\n  *** #{user2}'s client *** \n"
       sign_in_poltergeist(user2)
       expect(page).to have_xpath(
                           "//div[@class='friend-name' and @user-id='#{user1.id}']/span[@class='friend-status']",
@@ -78,6 +84,7 @@ describe "Deployed site at #{www}", :js => true, :type => :feature, :capybara_fe
     end
 
     in_client(user1) do
+      puts "\n  *** #{user1}'s client *** \n"
       expect(page).to have_xpath(
                           "//div[@class='friend-name' and @user-id='#{user2.id}']/span[@class='friend-status']",
                           :text => "Available" )
@@ -88,12 +95,13 @@ describe "Deployed site at #{www}", :js => true, :type => :feature, :capybara_fe
     end
 
     in_client(user2) do
+      puts "\n  *** #{user2}'s client *** \n"
       find('.previous-message-text', text: test_response)
       send_text_message(test_goodbye, close_on_send: true)
     end
 
-    in_client(user1) { sign_out_poltergeist }
-    in_client(user2) { sign_out_poltergeist }
+    in_client(user1) { puts "\n  *** #{user1}'s client *** \n"; sign_out_poltergeist }
+    in_client(user2) { puts "\n  *** #{user2}'s client *** \n"; sign_out_poltergeist }
   end
 
   let(:queue_limit) { 5 }
diff --git a/monitor/spec/spec_helper.rb b/monitor/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 5b3882d80..93bd9cb49 100755
--- a/monitor/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/monitor/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   end
 end
 
-#Capybara.register_driver :poltergeist do |app|
-#  Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver.new(app, { phantomjs_logger: File.open('console.log', 'w') })
-#end
-Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist
-Capybara.default_driver = :poltergeist
+Capybara.register_driver :poltergeist do |app|
+  Capybara::Poltergeist::Driver.new(app, { :timeout=>120, js_errors: false })
+end
+#Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist
+#Capybara.default_driver = :poltergeist
 Capybara.run_server = false # since we're testing an app outside this project
 Capybara.default_wait_time = 15 # ^^ ditto