diff --git a/common/trmk/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/TerremarkClientLiveTest.java b/common/trmk/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/TerremarkClientLiveTest.java
index a0fc557c84..8baf7694bf 100644
--- a/common/trmk/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/TerremarkClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/common/trmk/src/test/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/terremark/TerremarkClientLiveTest.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 import org.jclouds.Constants;
-import org.jclouds.http.HttpResponseException;
 import org.jclouds.logging.log4j.config.Log4JLoggingModule;
 import org.jclouds.net.IPSocket;
 import org.jclouds.predicates.RetryablePredicate;
@@ -83,13 +81,6 @@ import com.google.inject.Module;
 
 public abstract class TerremarkClientLiveTest extends VCloudExpressClientLiveTest {
 
-   // Terremark service call 695,490
-   @Override
-   @Test(expectedExceptions = NoSuchElementException.class)
-   public void testCatalog() throws Exception {
-      super.testCatalog();
-   }
-
    protected String expectedOs = "Ubuntu Linux (64-bit)";
    protected String itemName = "Ubuntu JeOS 9.10 (64-bit)";
 
@@ -149,7 +140,7 @@ public abstract class TerremarkClientLiveTest extends VCloudExpressClientLiveTes
       prepare();
       StringBuffer name = new StringBuffer();
       for (int i = 0; i < 15; i++)
-         name.append("a");
+         name.append("c");
       String serverName = name.toString();// "adriantest";
 
       long hardDisk = 4194304;
@@ -166,6 +157,8 @@ public abstract class TerremarkClientLiveTest extends VCloudExpressClientLiveTes
 
       TerremarkCatalogItem item = tmClient.findCatalogItemInOrgCatalogNamed(null, null, itemName);
 
+      assert item != null;
+
       // if this template supports setting the root password, let's add it to
       // our options
       CustomizationParameters customizationOptions = tmClient.getCustomizationOptions(item.getCustomizationOptions()
@@ -175,6 +168,8 @@ public abstract class TerremarkClientLiveTest extends VCloudExpressClientLiveTes
 
       VCloudExpressVAppTemplate vAppTemplate = tmClient.getVAppTemplate(item.getEntity().getHref());
 
+      assert vAppTemplate != null;
+
       // instantiate, noting vApp returned has minimal details
       vApp = tmClient.instantiateVAppTemplateInVDC(vdc.getHref(), vAppTemplate.getHref(), serverName,
                instantiateOptions);
@@ -196,8 +191,7 @@ public abstract class TerremarkClientLiveTest extends VCloudExpressClientLiveTes
 
       try {// per docs, this is not supported
          tmClient.cancelTask(deployTask.getHref());
-      } catch (HttpResponseException e) {
-         assertEquals(e.getResponse().getStatusCode(), 501);
+      } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
       }
 
       assert successTester.apply(deployTask.getHref());
@@ -302,14 +296,14 @@ public abstract class TerremarkClientLiveTest extends VCloudExpressClientLiveTes
 
       try {// per docs, this is not supported
          tmClient.undeployVApp(vApp.getHref());
-      } catch (HttpResponseException e) {
-         assertEquals(e.getResponse().getStatusCode(), 501);
+         assert false;
+      } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
       }
 
       try {// per docs, this is not supported
          tmClient.suspendVApp(vApp.getHref());
-      } catch (HttpResponseException e) {
-         assertEquals(e.getResponse().getStatusCode(), 501);
+         assert false;
+      } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
       }
 
       assert successTester.apply(tmClient.resetVApp(vApp.getHref()).getHref());
diff --git a/common/vcloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/functions/OrgNameCatalogNameVAppTemplateNameToEndpoint.java b/common/vcloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/functions/OrgNameCatalogNameVAppTemplateNameToEndpoint.java
index 1bbe1304a9..6c73108cef 100644
--- a/common/vcloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/functions/OrgNameCatalogNameVAppTemplateNameToEndpoint.java
+++ b/common/vcloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/vcloud/functions/OrgNameCatalogNameVAppTemplateNameToEndpoint.java
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ public class OrgNameCatalogNameVAppTemplateNameToEndpoint implements Function<Ob
 
    @Inject
    public OrgNameCatalogNameVAppTemplateNameToEndpoint(
-         Supplier<Map<String, Map<String, Map<String, ? extends org.jclouds.vcloud.domain.CatalogItem>>>> orgCatalogItemMap,
-         @Org String defaultOrg, @Catalog String defaultCatalog) {
+            Supplier<Map<String, Map<String, Map<String, ? extends org.jclouds.vcloud.domain.CatalogItem>>>> orgCatalogItemMap,
+            @Org String defaultOrg, @Catalog String defaultCatalog) {
       this.orgCatalogItemMap = orgCatalogItemMap;
       this.defaultOrg = defaultOrg;
       this.defaultCatalog = defaultCatalog;
@@ -65,13 +65,23 @@ public class OrgNameCatalogNameVAppTemplateNameToEndpoint implements Function<Ob
          org = defaultOrg;
       if (catalog == null)
          catalog = defaultCatalog;
-      try {
-         Map<String, Map<String, ? extends CatalogItem>> catalogs = checkNotNull(orgCatalogItemMap.get().get(org));
-         return catalogs.get(catalog).get(catalogItem).getEntity().getHref();
-      } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-         throw new NoSuchElementException(org + "/" + catalog + "/" + catalogItem + " not found in "
-               + orgCatalogItemMap.get());
-      }
+      Map<String, Map<String, Map<String, ? extends CatalogItem>>> orgCatalogItemMap = this.orgCatalogItemMap.get();
+
+      if (!orgCatalogItemMap.containsKey(org))
+         throw new NoSuchElementException("org: " + org + " not found in " + orgCatalogItemMap.keySet());
+      Map<String, Map<String, ? extends CatalogItem>> catalogs = orgCatalogItemMap.get(org);
+
+      if (!catalogs.containsKey(catalog))
+         throw new NoSuchElementException("catalog: " + org + "/" + catalog + " not found in " + catalogs.keySet());
+      Map<String, ? extends CatalogItem> catalogMap = catalogs.get(catalog);
+
+      if (!catalogMap.containsKey(catalogItem))
+         throw new NoSuchElementException("item: " + org + "/" + catalog + "/" + catalogItem + " not found in "
+                  + catalogMap.keySet());
+      CatalogItem item = catalogMap.get(catalogItem);
+
+      return checkNotNull(item.getEntity(), "item: " + org + "/" + catalog + "/" + catalogItem + " has no entity")
+               .getHref();
    }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java b/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
index 104f801050..8a3847bccc 100755
--- a/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
+++ b/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
@@ -239,11 +239,11 @@ public abstract class BaseComputeServiceLiveTest {
          }
 
          for (Entry<? extends NodeMetadata, ExecResponse> response : client.runScriptOnNodesMatching(
-                  runningWithTag(tag), Statements.exec("echo hello"), overrideCredentialsWith(good).wrapInInitScript(false))
-                  .entrySet())
+                  runningWithTag(tag), Statements.exec("echo hello"),
+                  overrideCredentialsWith(good).wrapInInitScript(false).runAsRoot(false)).entrySet())
             assert response.getValue().getOutput().trim().equals("hello") : response.getKey() + ": "
                      + response.getValue();
-            
+
          runScriptWithCreds(tag, os, good);
 
          checkNodes(nodes, tag);