diff --git a/test/py/RunClientServer.py b/test/py/RunClientServer.py
index 48eadb6..b4fd382 100755
--- a/test/py/RunClientServer.py
+++ b/test/py/RunClientServer.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 def runTest(server_class):
     print "Testing ", server_class
     serverproc = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, relfile("TestServer.py"), server_class])
+    time.sleep(0.25)
     try:
         argv = [sys.executable, relfile("TestClient.py")]
         if server_class in FRAMED:
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
         os.kill(serverproc.pid, signal.SIGKILL)
 
     # wait for shutdown
-    time.sleep(5)
+    time.sleep(1)
 
 map(runTest, ["TForkingServer", "TThreadPoolServer",
               "TThreadedServer", "TSimpleServer", "TNonblockingServer"])
diff --git a/test/py/TestClient.py b/test/py/TestClient.py
index 78dc80a..501d197 100755
--- a/test/py/TestClient.py
+++ b/test/py/TestClient.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
   def testAsync(self):
     start = time.time()
-    self.client.testAsync(2)
+    self.client.testAsync(0.5)
     end = time.time()
     self.assertTrue(end - start < 0.2,
                     "async sleep took %f sec" % (end - start))