diff --git a/scripts/run b/scripts/run
index 96caa7b9..6632c6e1 100755
--- a/scripts/run
+++ b/scripts/run
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
-set -x
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
@@ -195,6 +194,7 @@ if [ "$QEMU" == "1" ]; then
         KVM_ENABLE="-enable-kvm"
         CPU="-cpu host"
     fi
+    set -x
     exec qemu-system-${QEMUARCH} -serial stdio \
         -rtc base=utc,clock=host \
         ${KVM_ENABLE} \
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ if [ "$QEMU" == "1" ]; then
         ${machine["$ARCH"]} \
         -kernel ${KERNEL} \
         -initrd ${INITRD} \
-        -m 1024 \
+        -m 2048 \
         ${network["$ARCH"]} \
         $(eval "${cd["$ARCH"]} ${CCIMG}") \
         $(eval "${hd["$ARCH"]} ${HD}") \
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ elif [ "$QIND" == "1" ]; then
             SSH_PUB_ENABLE="--ssh-pub /stuff/rancher.key.pub"
         fi
 
+        set -x
         docker create --name=${NAME} -it ${KVM_ENABLE} \
                     rancher/qind \
                     --hostname "rancher-dev" \
diff --git a/tests/integration/rostest/test_01_cloud_config.py b/tests/integration/rostest/test_01_cloud_config.py
index 18fc5ed3..35c1c7e8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/rostest/test_01_cloud_config.py
+++ b/tests/integration/rostest/test_01_cloud_config.py
@@ -75,15 +75,12 @@ def test_services_include(qemu, cloud_config):
 
 @pytest.mark.timeout(40)
 def test_docker_tls_args(qemu, cloud_config):
-    u.wait_for_ssh(qemu, ssh_command)
-
-    subprocess.check_call(
-        ssh_command + ['sudo', 'ros', 'tls', 'gen'],
-        stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, universal_newlines=True)
-
-    subprocess.check_call(
-        ssh_command + ['docker', '--tlsverify', 'version'],
-        stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, universal_newlines=True)
+    SSH(qemu, ssh_command).check_call('''
+set -e -x
+sudo ros tls gen
+sleep 3
+docker --tlsverify version
+    '''.strip())
 
 
 @pytest.mark.timeout(40)
@@ -99,9 +96,9 @@ def test_rancher_network(qemu, cloud_config):
 
 
 def test_docker_not_pid_one(qemu):
-    SSH(qemu, ssh_command=ssh_command).check_call('bash', '-c', '''
-    set -e -x
-    for i in $(pidof docker); do
-        [ $i != 1 ]
-    done
+    SSH(qemu, ssh_command).check_call('''
+set -e -x
+for i in $(pidof docker); do
+    [ $i != 1 ]
+done
     '''.strip())
diff --git a/tests/integration/rostest/test_06_subdir.py b/tests/integration/rostest/test_06_subdir.py
index 078f7640..4d8aad40 100644
--- a/tests/integration/rostest/test_06_subdir.py
+++ b/tests/integration/rostest/test_06_subdir.py
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ def qemu(request):
 
 
 def test_system_docker_survives_custom_docker_install(qemu):
-    SSH(qemu).check_call('bash', '-c', '''
-        set -x -e
-        mkdir x
-        sudo mount $(sudo ros dev LABEL=RANCHER_STATE) x
-        [ -d x/ros_subdir/home/rancher ]
+    SSH(qemu).check_call('''
+set -x -e
+mkdir x
+sudo mount $(sudo ros dev LABEL=RANCHER_STATE) x
+[ -d x/ros_subdir/home/rancher ]
     '''.strip())
diff --git a/tests/integration/rostest/test_07_oem.py b/tests/integration/rostest/test_07_oem.py
index 33723333..aea8767e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/rostest/test_07_oem.py
+++ b/tests/integration/rostest/test_07_oem.py
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ def qemu(request):
 
 
 def test_oem(qemu):
-    SSH(qemu).check_call('sudo', 'bash', '-c', '''
+    try:
+        SSH(qemu).check_call('''
 set -x
 set -e
 sudo mkfs.ext4 -L RANCHER_OEM /dev/vda
 sudo mount /dev/vda /mnt
-cat > /tmp/oem-config.yml << "EOF"
+cat > /tmp/oem-config.yml << EOF
 #cloud-config
 rancher:
   upgrade:
@@ -25,11 +26,14 @@ rancher:
 EOF
 sudo cp /tmp/oem-config.yml /mnt
 sudo umount /mnt
-sudo reboot >/dev/null 2>&1 &'''.strip())
+sudo reboot
+        '''.strip())
+    except:
+        pass
 
-    time.sleep(1)
+    time.sleep(3)
 
-    SSH(qemu).check_call('bash', '-c', '''
+    SSH(qemu).check_call('''
 set -x
 if [ ! -e /usr/share/ros/oem/oem-config.yml ]; then
     echo Failed to find /usr/share/ros/oem/oem-config.yml
diff --git a/tests/integration/rostest/test_08_ssh_key_merge.py b/tests/integration/rostest/test_08_ssh_key_merge.py
index e3d6f9c9..0e49d365 100644
--- a/tests/integration/rostest/test_08_ssh_key_merge.py
+++ b/tests/integration/rostest/test_08_ssh_key_merge.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def qemu(request):
 
 
 def test_ssh_key_merging(qemu):
-    SSH(qemu).check_call('bash', '-c', '''cat > test-merge << "SCRIPT"
+    SSH(qemu).check_call('''cat > test-merge << "SCRIPT"
 set -x -e
 rm /var/lib/rancher/conf/cloud-config.yml
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/rostest/test_09_network.py b/tests/integration/rostest/test_09_network.py
index 8ab98857..a4f17948 100644
--- a/tests/integration/rostest/test_09_network.py
+++ b/tests/integration/rostest/test_09_network.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def qemu(request):
 
 
 def test_network_conf(qemu):
-    SSH(qemu).check_call('bash', '-c', '''cat > test-merge << "SCRIPT"
+    SSH(qemu).check_call('''cat > test-merge << "SCRIPT"
 set -x -e
 
 ip link show dev br0
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ sudo bash test-merge
 
 
 def test_network_dns_ros_set(qemu):
-    SSH(qemu).check_call('bash', '-c', '''
+    SSH(qemu).check_call('''
 set -x -e
 
 sudo ros config set rancher.network.dns.search '[a,b]'