diff --git a/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/ConsumerThread.java b/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/ConsumerThread.java
index f82e25d3fd..b7a188e6fb 100644
--- a/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/ConsumerThread.java
+++ b/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/ConsumerThread.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class ConsumerThread extends Thread {
 		
 		while (run) {
 			try {
-				Thread.sleep(3000);
+				Thread.sleep(100);
 			} catch (InterruptedException e) {
 				e.printStackTrace();			
 			}			
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class ConsumerThread extends Thread {
 			((SingleConnectionFactory)connectionFactory).destroy();
 		}
 		
-		log.info("ConsumerThread1 closing down");
+		log.info("ConsumerThread closing down");
 	}
 
 	private DefaultMessageListenerContainer createContainer() {
@@ -82,18 +82,6 @@ public class ConsumerThread extends Thread {
 		container.setConcurrentConsumers(concurrentConsumers);
 		container.setSessionTransacted(sessionTransacted);
 
-		//container.setCacheLevel(DefaultMessageListenerContainer.CACHE_CONSUMER);
-		//container.setMaxConcurrentConsumers(concurrentConsumers);
-		//container.setAcceptMessagesWhileStopping(false);				
-		//container.setAutoStartup(false);
-		//without setting a tx manager, this will use local JMS tx.
-
-		/*
-		if (durable) {
-			container.setSubscriptionDurable(true);
-			container.setDurableSubscriptionName("ConsumerThread1" + Thread.currentThread().getId());
-		}
-		*/
 		container.afterPropertiesSet();
 		log.info("subscribing to " + destination + queueSuffix);
 		return container;
diff --git a/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/JDBCSpringTest.java b/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/JDBCSpringTest.java
index 9b66890bbc..80a5e07d84 100644
--- a/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/JDBCSpringTest.java
+++ b/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/JDBCSpringTest.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class JDBCSpringTest extends TestCase {
 			thread.setNumberOfQueues(numberOfQueues);
 			thread.setQueuePrefix("AMQ-2436.queue.");
 			thread.setConnectionFactory(connectionFactory);
-			thread.setSendDelay(100);
+			//thread.setSendDelay(100);
 			ProducerThreads.add(thread);
 		}
 		
@@ -106,13 +106,7 @@ public class JDBCSpringTest extends TestCase {
 			thread.setConsumerName("consumer" + i);
 			ConsumerThreads.add(thread);
 			thread.start();
-			
-			while (!thread.isRunning()) {
-				Thread.sleep(200);
-			}
-		}	
-
-		Thread.sleep(5000);
+		}
 		
 		
 		for (ProducerThread thread : ProducerThreads) {
@@ -120,12 +114,10 @@ public class JDBCSpringTest extends TestCase {
 		}
 		
 		boolean finished = false;	
-		int retry = 0;
 		int previous = 0;
 		while (!finished) {
                     
 			int totalMessages = 0;	
-			retry++;
 			for (Thread thread : ConsumerThreads) {
 				totalMessages += ((ConsumerThread)thread).getMessageDrivenPojo().getMessageCount();
 			}
@@ -134,7 +126,6 @@ public class JDBCSpringTest extends TestCase {
 				for (Thread thread : ConsumerThreads) {
 					((ConsumerThread)thread).setRun(false);
 				}
-				Thread.sleep(3000);
 				fail("Received " + totalMessages + ", expected " + (numberOfMessages * numberOfProducerThreads));
 			}
 			previous = totalMessages;
@@ -151,7 +142,7 @@ public class JDBCSpringTest extends TestCase {
 				}
 
 			} else {
-				Thread.sleep(10000);
+				Thread.sleep(1000);
 			}
 		}
 	}	
diff --git a/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/ProducerThread.java b/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/ProducerThread.java
index cb8bb90b52..f30d75c363 100644
--- a/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/ProducerThread.java
+++ b/activemq-pool/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/ProducerThread.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class ProducerThread extends Thread {
 	private int numberOfTopics;
 	private int numberOfMessagesToSend;	
 	private int messagesSent;
-	private Random generator = new Random();
+	private Random generator;
 	private String queuePrefix;
 	private ConnectionFactory connectionFactory;
 	private String message;	
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public class ProducerThread extends Thread {
 	@Override
 	public void run() {
 		initialize();
+		Random generator = new Random(Thread.currentThread().getName().hashCode());
 		
 		while (messagesSent < numberOfMessagesToSend) {
 			int queueSuffix = generator.nextInt(numberOfTopics);			
diff --git a/activemq-pool/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/activemq-pool/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index d95fe6f509..9d67ba1f0b 100755
--- a/activemq-pool/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/activemq-pool/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 log4j.rootLogger=INFO, out, stdout
 
 log4j.logger.org.apache.activemq.spring=WARN
+#log4j.logger.org.apache.activemq.usecases=DEBUG
+#log4j.logger.org.apache.activemq.broker.region=DEBUG
 
 # CONSOLE appender not used by default
 log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender