diff --git a/cmd/client/txgen/main.go b/cmd/client/txgen/main.go
index b707ee864..d392fcbf3 100644
--- a/cmd/client/txgen/main.go
+++ b/cmd/client/txgen/main.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func main() {
 	go func() {
 		// wait for 3 seconds for client to send ping message to leader
 		// FIXME (leo) the readySignal should be set once we really sent ping message to leader
-		time.Sleep(3 * time.Second) // wait for nodes to be ready
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second) // wait for nodes to be ready
 		for _, i := range shardIDs {
 			readySignal <- i
 		}
diff --git a/test/deploy.sh b/test/deploy.sh
index fb2d491ba..f3480ac66 100755
--- a/test/deploy.sh
+++ b/test/deploy.sh
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$TXGEN" == "true" ]; then
    echo "launching txgen ... wait"
-   sleep 2
+#   sleep 2
    line=$(grep client $config)
    IFS=' ' read ip port mode shardID <<< $line
    if [ "$mode" == "client" ]; then