diff --git a/aws/perftest/pom.xml b/aws/perftest/pom.xml
index eb97541eae..35f13911ef 100644
--- a/aws/perftest/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/perftest/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@
 	<description>Performance test verses Amazon samples implementation</description>
 
 	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jclouds-joda</artifactId>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jclouds-bouncycastle</artifactId>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jclouds-aws</artifactId>
diff --git a/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/BasePerformanceLiveTest.java b/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/BasePerformanceLiveTest.java
index 0788132bc7..7c8f0a813f 100755
--- a/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/BasePerformanceLiveTest.java
+++ b/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/BasePerformanceLiveTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public abstract class BasePerformanceLiveTest extends
       containerCount = 1;
    }
    protected int timeoutSeconds = 15;
-   protected int loopCount = 1000;
+   protected int loopCount = 100;
    protected ExecutorService exec;
    protected CompletionService<Boolean> completer;
 
diff --git a/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/JCloudsGaePerformanceLiveTest.java b/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/JCloudsGaePerformanceLiveTest.java
index 6d598b3b81..89dc45fca4 100755
--- a/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/JCloudsGaePerformanceLiveTest.java
+++ b/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/JCloudsGaePerformanceLiveTest.java
@@ -29,14 +29,16 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
+import org.jclouds.date.joda.config.JodaDateServiceModule;
+import org.jclouds.encryption.bouncycastle.config.BouncyCastleEncryptionServiceModule;
 import org.jclouds.gae.config.GaeHttpCommandExecutorServiceModule;
+import org.jclouds.http.config.ConfiguresHttpCommandExecutorService;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 import org.testng.v6.Maps;
 
 import com.google.appengine.tools.development.ApiProxyLocalImpl;
 import com.google.apphosting.api.ApiProxy;
-import com.google.inject.Module;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -155,6 +157,16 @@ public class JCloudsGaePerformanceLiveTest extends BaseJCloudsPerformanceLiveTes
       });
    }
 
+   @ConfiguresHttpCommandExecutorService
+   private static final class Module extends GaeHttpCommandExecutorServiceModule {
+      @Override
+      protected void configure() {
+         super.configure();
+         install(new JodaDateServiceModule());
+         install(new BouncyCastleEncryptionServiceModule());
+      }
+   }
+
    class TestEnvironment implements ApiProxy.Environment {
       public String getAppId() {
          return "Unit Tests";
@@ -198,6 +210,6 @@ public class JCloudsGaePerformanceLiveTest extends BaseJCloudsPerformanceLiveTes
 
    @Override
    protected Module createHttpModule() {
-      return new GaeHttpCommandExecutorServiceModule();
+      return new Module();
    }
 }
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diff --git a/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/JCloudsNioPerformanceLiveTest.java b/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/JCloudsNioPerformanceLiveTest.java
index 2557e670a6..bcba203669 100755
--- a/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/JCloudsNioPerformanceLiveTest.java
+++ b/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/JCloudsNioPerformanceLiveTest.java
@@ -23,16 +23,27 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.aws.s3;
 
+import org.jclouds.date.joda.config.JodaDateServiceModule;
+import org.jclouds.encryption.bouncycastle.config.BouncyCastleEncryptionServiceModule;
+import org.jclouds.http.config.ConfiguresHttpCommandExecutorService;
 import org.jclouds.http.httpnio.config.NioTransformingHttpCommandExecutorServiceModule;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
-import com.google.inject.Module;
-
 @Test(sequential = true, testName = "perftest.JCloudsNioPerformanceLiveTest", groups = { "live" })
 public class JCloudsNioPerformanceLiveTest extends BaseJCloudsPerformanceLiveTest {
 
+   @ConfiguresHttpCommandExecutorService
+   private static final class Module extends NioTransformingHttpCommandExecutorServiceModule {
+      @Override
+      protected void configure() {
+         super.configure();
+         install(new JodaDateServiceModule());
+         install(new BouncyCastleEncryptionServiceModule());
+      }
+   }
+
    @Override
    protected Module createHttpModule() {
-      return new NioTransformingHttpCommandExecutorServiceModule();
+      return new Module();
    }
 }
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diff --git a/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/JCloudsPerformanceLiveTest.java b/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/JCloudsPerformanceLiveTest.java
index b7701c6b1d..b0ba0ea0ea 100755
--- a/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/JCloudsPerformanceLiveTest.java
+++ b/aws/perftest/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/JCloudsPerformanceLiveTest.java
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@
  * ====================================================================
  */
 package org.jclouds.aws.s3;
+
+import org.jclouds.date.joda.config.JodaDateServiceModule;
+import org.jclouds.encryption.bouncycastle.config.BouncyCastleEncryptionServiceModule;
+import org.jclouds.http.config.ConfiguresHttpCommandExecutorService;
 import org.jclouds.http.config.JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorServiceModule;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
-import com.google.inject.Module;
-
 /**
  * Tests the default JClouds client.
  * 
@@ -35,8 +37,18 @@ import com.google.inject.Module;
  */
 @Test(sequential = true, timeOut = 2 * 60 * 1000, testName = "perftest.JCloudsPerformanceLiveTest", groups = { "live" })
 public class JCloudsPerformanceLiveTest extends BaseJCloudsPerformanceLiveTest {
+   @ConfiguresHttpCommandExecutorService
+   private static final class Module extends JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorServiceModule {
+      @Override
+      protected void configure() {
+         super.configure();
+         install(new JodaDateServiceModule());
+         install(new BouncyCastleEncryptionServiceModule());
+      }
+   }
+
    @Override
    protected Module createHttpModule() {
-      return new JavaUrlHttpCommandExecutorServiceModule();
+      return new Module();
    }
 }
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