diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bc5a25f..86da21d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,5 +83,11 @@
             <version>5.4.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+            <version>2.6</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
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diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/uca/impl/IntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/uca/impl/IntegrationTest.java
index d9a1d7c..31ba3bf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/uca/impl/IntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/uca/impl/IntegrationTest.java
@@ -43,33 +43,30 @@
     public void connectTimeout() throws IOException {
 
         SocketTimeoutException exception = assertThrows(SocketTimeoutException.class, 
-            () -> assertTimeout(ofSeconds(5),  () -> runTest(false))
+            () -> assertTimeout(ofSeconds(5),  () -> runTest("http://sling.apache.org:81"))
         );
-        assertEquals("Connect timed out", exception.getMessage());
+        assertEquals("connect timed out", exception.getMessage());
     }
 
     @Test
     public void readTimeout() throws IOException {
         
         SocketTimeoutException exception = assertThrows(SocketTimeoutException.class, 
-            () -> assertTimeout(ofSeconds(10),  () -> runTest(false))
+            () -> assertTimeout(ofSeconds(10),  () -> runTest("http://localhost:" + ServerRule.getLocalPort()))
         );
         assertEquals("Read timed out", exception.getMessage());
     }
     
 
-    private void runTest(boolean shouldConnect) throws MalformedURLException, IOException {
+    private void runTest(String urlSpec) throws MalformedURLException, IOException {
         
-        URL url = new URL("http://localhost:" + ServerRule.getLocalPort());
-        LOG.info("connecting");
+        URL url = new URL(urlSpec);
+        LOG.info("connecting to {}", url);
         URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
         // TODO - remove when running through the harness
         connection.setConnectTimeout((int) TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(3));
         connection.setReadTimeout((int) TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(3));
         connection.connect();
-        /*
-         * if ( !shouldConnect ) fail("Connection should not be succesful");
-         */        
         LOG.info("connected");
         try ( InputStream is = connection.getInputStream()) {
             while ( is.read() != -1)
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/uca/impl/ServerRule.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/uca/impl/ServerRule.java
index c047afd..a799b55 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/uca/impl/ServerRule.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/uca/impl/ServerRule.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     
     private static final int LOCAL_PORT = 12312;
     
-
     public static int getLocalPort() {
         return LOCAL_PORT;
     }
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@
     
     @Override
     public void beforeAll(ExtensionContext context) throws Exception {
+        
         server = new Server(LOCAL_PORT);
         ServerConnector connector = new ServerConnector(server) {
             @Override
diff --git a/src/test/resources/simplelogger.properties b/src/test/resources/simplelogger.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dfc7aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/simplelogger.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true
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