diff --git a/web/spec/features/create_session_flow_spec.rb b/web/spec/features/create_session_flow_spec.rb
index e486ff442..d722c1313 100644
--- a/web/spec/features/create_session_flow_spec.rb
+++ b/web/spec/features/create_session_flow_spec.rb
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ describe "Create Session Flow", :js => true, :type => :feature, :capybara_featur
         in_client(user1) do
           visit "/client#/createSession"
 
+          find('li[create-type="start-scheduled"] ins').trigger(:click)
+
           find('.btn-next').trigger(:click)
           find('.btn-next').trigger(:click)
 
diff --git a/web/spec/support/utilities.rb b/web/spec/support/utilities.rb
index 08e3dba82..a3239bfe3 100644
--- a/web/spec/support/utilities.rb
+++ b/web/spec/support/utilities.rb
@@ -332,7 +332,9 @@ def schedule_session(options = {})
 
     find('.btn-next', text: 'PUBLISH SESSION').trigger(:click)
 
-    find('div[type="createSession"]')
+    find('h2', text: 'create session')
+
+    sleep 1 # to get rid of this, we need to verify that the URL is /client#/home.. otherwise intermittent fails
   end
 end