diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/TransientBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/TransientBlobStore.java
index 36c8191dbc..a14c71bfd7 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/TransientBlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/config/TransientBlobStore.java
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.concurrent.Timeout;
 
-@Timeout(duration = 30, timeUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS) interface TransientBlobStore extends BlobStore {
+@Timeout(duration = 2, timeUnit = TimeUnit.MINUTES) interface TransientBlobStore extends BlobStore {
 
 }
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diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore_test.clj b/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore_test.clj
index 6c3d917b72..02a933a878 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore_test.clj
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore_test.clj
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
 (deftest large-container-list-test
   (let [container-name "test"
-        total-blobs 10000]
+        total-blobs 5000]
 
     ;; create a container full of blobs
     (create-container container-name)
diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index 182cd75c1d..22d16f87b2 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
                     <testSourceDirectories>
                         <testSourceDirectory>src/test/clojure</testSourceDirectory>
                     </testSourceDirectories>
-                    <clojureOptions>-Xmx512m -Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xss256k</clojureOptions>
+                    <clojureOptions>-Xms128m -Xmx512m -Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xss256k</clojureOptions>
                     <warnOnReflection>true</warnOnReflection>
                     <compileDeclaredNamespaceOnly>true</compileDeclaredNamespaceOnly>
                     <testDeclaredNamespaceOnly>false</testDeclaredNamespaceOnly>