diff --git a/test/categoryFilter-test.js b/test/categoryFilter-test.js
index bd40198..15a7b90 100644
--- a/test/categoryFilter-test.js
+++ b/test/categoryFilter-test.js
@@ -16,24 +16,24 @@ function remove(filename) {
 vows.describe('log4js categoryFilter').addBatch({
   'appender': {
     topic: function() {
-      
+
       var log4js = require('../lib/log4js'), logEvents = [], webLogger, appLogger;
       log4js.clearAppenders();
       var appender = require('../lib/appenders/categoryFilter')
         .appender(
-          ['app'], 
+          ['app'],
           function(evt) { logEvents.push(evt); }
         );
       log4js.addAppender(appender, ["app","web"]);
-      
+
       webLogger = log4js.getLogger("web");
       appLogger = log4js.getLogger("app");
-      
+
       webLogger.debug('This should get logged');
       appLogger.debug('This should not');
       webLogger.debug('Hello again');
       log4js.getLogger('db').debug('This shouldn\'t be included by the appender anyway');
-      
+
       return logEvents;
     },
     'should only pass matching category' : function(logEvents) {
@@ -42,25 +42,25 @@ vows.describe('log4js categoryFilter').addBatch({
       assert.equal(logEvents[1].data[0], 'Hello again');
     }
   },
-  
+
   'configure': {
     topic: function() {
       var log4js = require('../lib/log4js')
       , logger, weblogger;
-      
+
       remove(__dirname + '/categoryFilter-web.log');
       remove(__dirname + '/categoryFilter-noweb.log');
-      
+
       log4js.configure('test/with-categoryFilter.json');
       logger = log4js.getLogger("app");
       weblogger = log4js.getLogger("web");
-      
+
       logger.info('Loading app');
       logger.debug('Initialising indexes');
       weblogger.info('00:00:00 GET / 200');
       weblogger.warn('00:00:00 GET / 500');
       //wait for the file system to catch up
-      setTimeout(this.callback, 100);
+      setTimeout(this.callback, 500);
     },
     'tmp-tests.log': {
       topic: function() {
diff --git a/test/logLevelFilter-test.js b/test/logLevelFilter-test.js
index c74e488..2280a96 100644
--- a/test/logLevelFilter-test.js
+++ b/test/logLevelFilter-test.js
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ vows.describe('log4js logLevelFilter').addBatch({
       log4js.addAppender(
         require('../lib/appenders/logLevelFilter')
           .appender(
-            'ERROR', 
+            'ERROR',
             function(evt) { logEvents.push(evt); }
-          ), 
+          ),
         "logLevelTest"
       );
-      
+
       logger = log4js.getLogger("logLevelTest");
       logger.debug('this should not trigger an event');
       logger.warn('neither should this');
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ vows.describe('log4js logLevelFilter').addBatch({
     topic: function() {
       var log4js = require('../lib/log4js')
       , logger;
-      
+
       remove(__dirname + '/logLevelFilter.log');
       remove(__dirname + '/logLevelFilter-warnings.log');
-      
+
       log4js.configure('test/with-logLevelFilter.json');
       logger = log4js.getLogger("tests");
       logger.info('main');
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ vows.describe('log4js logLevelFilter').addBatch({
       logger.warn('both');
       logger.debug('main');
       //wait for the file system to catch up
-      setTimeout(this.callback, 100);
+      setTimeout(this.callback, 500);
     },
     'tmp-tests.log': {
       topic: function() {
diff --git a/test/smtpAppender-test.js b/test/smtpAppender-test.js
index 27cc179..ab38d93 100644
--- a/test/smtpAppender-test.js
+++ b/test/smtpAppender-test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var vows = require('vows')
 
 function setupLogging(category, options) {
   var msgs = [];
-  
+
   var fakeMailer = {
 		createTransport: function (name, options) {
 			return {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function setupLogging(category, options) {
   });
 
   log4js.addAppender(smtpModule.configure(options), category);
-  
+
   return {
 		logger: log4js.getLogger(category),
 		mailer: fakeMailer,
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ vows.describe('log4js smtpAppender').addBatch({
       }, 500);
       setTimeout(function () {
         setup.logger.info('Log event #3');
-      }, 1050);
+      }, 1100);
       setTimeout(function () {
         self.callback(null, setup);
-      }, 2100);
+      }, 3000);
     },
     'there should be three messages': function (result) {
       assert.equal(result.results.length, 3);
@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ vows.describe('log4js smtpAppender').addBatch({
       }, 0);
       setTimeout(function () {
         setup.logger.info('Log event #2');
-      }, 500);
+      }, 100);
       setTimeout(function () {
         setup.logger.info('Log event #3');
-      }, 1050);
+      }, 1500);
       setTimeout(function () {
         self.callback(null, setup);
-      }, 2100);
+      }, 3000);
     },
     'there should be two messages': function (result) {
       assert.equal(result.results.length, 2);
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ vows.describe('log4js smtpAppender').addBatch({
           close: function() { }
         };
       };
-      
+
       setup.logger.info("This will break");
       return setup.console;
     },
@@ -228,6 +228,4 @@ vows.describe('log4js smtpAppender').addBatch({
       assert.equal(cons.errors[0].value.message, 'oh noes');
     }
   }
-
 }).export(module);
-