diff --git a/test/dependencies/iptb/iptb.go b/test/dependencies/iptb/iptb.go
index 3344c656b..11e8225c8 100644
--- a/test/dependencies/iptb/iptb.go
+++ b/test/dependencies/iptb/iptb.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ func init() {
 
 func main() {
 	cli := cli.NewCli()
+	os.Setenv("GOLOG_LOG_LEVEL", "autorelay=debug")
 	if err := cli.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(cli.ErrWriter, "%s\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0182-circuit-relay.sh b/test/sharness/t0182-circuit-relay.sh
index d7d112148..145d659e8 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0182-circuit-relay.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0182-circuit-relay.sh
@@ -57,14 +57,7 @@ test_expect_success 'connect B <-> Relay' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'wait until relay is ready to do work' '
-  while ! ipfsi 2 swarm connect /p2p/$PEERID_1/p2p-circuit/p2p/$PEERID_0; do
-    iptb stop &&
-    iptb_wait_stop &&
-    iptb start -wait -- --routing=none &&
-    iptb connect 0 1 &&
-    iptb connect 2 1 &&
-    sleep 5
-  done
+  sleep 1
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'connect A <-Relay-> B' '