diff --git a/clmctest/conts-create.sh b/clmctest/conts-create.sh
index bfe4a5ac0912ceaddf9aa17eb65671db56c0ae22..58db1511dfafa6918a04d76c4b8da43323912aa8 100755
--- a/clmctest/conts-create.sh
+++ b/clmctest/conts-create.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ for service_name in $service_names; do
 
         # start the container
         lxc-start -n ${service_name}
-        sleep 4
+        sleep 10
 
         echo "Provisioning: ${service_name}"
         if [ ${service_name} == "clmc-service" ]
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ for service_name in $service_names; do
             influxdb_url=$(echo $SERVICE | jq -r '.influxdb_url')
             database_name=$(echo $SERVICE | jq -r '.database_name')
 
-            echo "*********************"
-            echo $location
-            echo $sf_id
-
             cmd=/vagrant/clmctest/services/${sf_id}/install.sh
             lxc-attach -n ${service_name} -v REPO_ROOT=/vagrant -- ${cmd}
 
diff --git a/clmctest/conts-destroy.sh b/clmctest/conts-destroy.sh
index 82cc1431068093371995dd94cd1f69fd3da82981..ca1ce0abac4a46143b91e177b3144b3b00ac7afa 100755
--- a/clmctest/conts-destroy.sh
+++ b/clmctest/conts-destroy.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ for service_name in $service_names; do
         lxc-stop -n ${service_name}
         echo "Destroying container: ${service_name}"
         lxc-destroy -n ${service_name}
-        ip=$(jq -r --arg NAME ${service_name} '.[] | select(.name==$NAME | .ip_address')
-        sed -i '/${ip}/d' /etc/lxc/dnsmasq.conf
+        ip=$(jq -r --arg NAME ${service_name} '.[] | select(.name==$NAME) | .ip_address' ${rspec_file})
+        #TODO: this line doesn't work for some reason and it's also dangerous because an IP could match more than 1 line in the file
+        #sed -i '/${ip}/d' /etc/lxc/dnsmasq.conf
     fi
 done