diff --git a/test/kubemark/start-kubemark.sh b/test/kubemark/start-kubemark.sh
index 0d0a0d6f372..fdb0510a38a 100755
--- a/test/kubemark/start-kubemark.sh
+++ b/test/kubemark/start-kubemark.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ source "${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/kubemark/util.sh"
 detect-project &> /dev/null
 export PROJECT
 
-
 RUN_FROM_DISTRO=${RUN_FROM_DISTRO:-false}
 MAKE_DIR="${KUBE_ROOT}/cluster/images/kubemark"
 
@@ -63,27 +62,28 @@ gcloud compute instances create ${MASTER_NAME} \
     --scopes "storage-ro,compute-rw,logging-write" \
     --disk "name=${MASTER_NAME}-pd,device-name=master-pd,mode=rw,boot=no,auto-delete=no"
 
-MASTER_IP=`gcloud compute instances describe hollow-cluster-master --zone=${ZONE} | grep networkIP | cut -f2 -d":" | sed "s/ //g"`
+MASTER_IP=$(gcloud compute instances describe hollow-cluster-master \
+  --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" | grep networkIP | cut -f2 -d":" | sed "s/ //g")
 
-until gcloud compute ssh --zone="${ZONE}" hollow-cluster-master --command="ls" &> /dev/null; do
+until gcloud compute ssh --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" hollow-cluster-master --command="ls" &> /dev/null; do
   sleep 1
 done
 
 if [ "${RUN_FROM_DISTRO}" == "false" ]; then
-  gcloud compute copy-files --zone="${ZONE}" \
+  gcloud compute copy-files --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" \
     "${KUBE_ROOT}/_output/release-tars/kubernetes-server-linux-amd64.tar.gz" \
     "${KUBE_ROOT}/test/kubemark/start-kubemark-master.sh" \
     "${KUBE_ROOT}/test/kubemark/configure-kubectl.sh" \
     "hollow-cluster-master":~
 else
-  gcloud compute copy-files --zone="${ZONE}" \
+  gcloud compute copy-files --zone="${ZONE}" --project="${PROJECT}" \
     "${KUBE_ROOT}/server/kubernetes-server-linux-amd64.tar.gz" \
     "${KUBE_ROOT}/test/kubemark/start-kubemark-master.sh" \
     "${KUBE_ROOT}/test/kubemark/configure-kubectl.sh" \
     "hollow-cluster-master":~
 fi
 
-gcloud compute ssh --zone=${ZONE} hollow-cluster-master \
+gcloud compute ssh --zone=${ZONE} --project="${PROJECT}" hollow-cluster-master \
   --command="chmod a+x configure-kubectl.sh && chmod a+x start-kubemark-master.sh && sudo ./start-kubemark-master.sh"
 
 sed "s/##masterip##/\"${MASTER_IP}\"/g" ${KUBE_ROOT}/test/kubemark/hollow-kubelet_template.json > ${KUBE_ROOT}/test/kubemark/hollow-kubelet.json
diff --git a/test/kubemark/stop-kubemark.sh b/test/kubemark/stop-kubemark.sh
index 5d6d72edf5c..82a8f7b6698 100755
--- a/test/kubemark/stop-kubemark.sh
+++ b/test/kubemark/stop-kubemark.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ MASTER_NAME="hollow-cluster-master"
 kubectl delete -f ${KUBE_ROOT}/test/kubemark/hollow-kubelet.json &> /dev/null || true
 kubectl delete -f ${KUBE_ROOT}/test/kubemark/kubemark-ns.json &> /dev/null || true
 
-gcloud compute instances delete ${MASTER_NAME} \
+gcloud compute instances delete "${MASTER_NAME}" \
     --project "${PROJECT}" \
     --quiet \
     --zone "${ZONE}" || true