diff --git a/test/140_weave_local_test.sh b/test/140_weave_local_test.sh
index fce13db243..f3d00d6d85 100755
--- a/test/140_weave_local_test.sh
+++ b/test/140_weave_local_test.sh
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
 
 start_suite "Run weave with --local"
 
-run_on $HOST1 sudo ./weave --local reset
+run_on $HOST1 sudo weave --local reset
 
-run_on $HOST1 sudo ./weave --local launch -iprange 10.2.5.0/24
+run_on $HOST1 sudo weave --local launch -iprange 10.2.5.0/24
 assert_raises "docker_on $HOST1 ps | grep weave"
 
-run_on $HOST1 sudo ./weave --local run 10.2.6.5/24 -ti --name=c1 $SMALL_IMAGE /bin/sh
+run_on $HOST1 sudo weave --local run 10.2.6.5/24 -ti --name=c1 $SMALL_IMAGE /bin/sh
 assert_raises "exec_on $HOST1 c1 $CHECK_ETHWE_UP"
 
-run_on $HOST1 sudo ./weave --local run             -ti --name=c2 $SMALL_IMAGE /bin/sh
+run_on $HOST1 sudo weave --local run             -ti --name=c2 $SMALL_IMAGE /bin/sh
 assert_raises "exec_on $HOST1 c2 $CHECK_ETHWE_UP"
 
 end_suite
diff --git a/test/config.sh b/test/config.sh
index cd5d32e3fe..10aa9d01ec 100644
--- a/test/config.sh
+++ b/test/config.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -e
 
+DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
 # Protect against being sourced multiple times to prevent
 # overwriting assert.sh global state
 if ! [ -z "$SOURCED_CONFIG_SH" ]; then
@@ -25,9 +27,11 @@ fi
 HOST1=$(echo $HOSTS | cut -f 1 -d ' ')
 HOST2=$(echo $HOSTS | cut -f 2 -d ' ')
 
-. ./assert.sh
+. "$DIR/assert.sh"
+
 
-SSH=${SSH:-ssh -l vagrant -i ./insecure_private_key -o UserKnownHostsFile=./.ssh_known_hosts -o CheckHostIP=no -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no}
+SSH_DIR=${SSH_DIR:-$DIR}
+SSH=${SSH:-ssh -l vagrant -i "$SSH_DIR/insecure_private_key" -o "UserKnownHostsFile=$SSH_DIR/.ssh_known_hosts" -o CheckHostIP=no -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no}
 
 SMALL_IMAGE="gliderlabs/alpine"
 DNS_IMAGE="aanand/docker-dnsutils"
@@ -41,6 +45,18 @@ DOCKER_PORT=2375
 WEAVEDNS_ARGS="--no-cache"
 [ -n "$DEBUG" ] && WEAVEDNS_ARGS="$WEAVEDNS_ARGS --debug"
 
+
+upload_executable() {
+    host=$1
+    file=$2
+    prefix=${3:-/usr/local/bin/}
+    suffix=$(basename "$file")
+    target="$prefix$suffix"
+    [ -z "$DEBUG" ] || greyly echo "Uploading to $host: $file -> $target" >&2
+    <"$file" remote $host $SSH $host sh -c "cat | sudo tee $target >/dev/null"
+    run_on $host "sudo chmod a+x $target"
+}
+
 remote() {
     rem=$1
     shift 1
@@ -182,5 +198,5 @@ end_suite() {
     whitely assert_end
 }
 
-WEAVE=../weave
-DOCKER_NS=./bin/docker-ns
+WEAVE=$DIR/../weave
+DOCKER_NS=$DIR/../bin/docker-ns
diff --git a/test/gce.sh b/test/gce.sh
index 3f54a36693..02738928d9 100755
--- a/test/gce.sh
+++ b/test/gce.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -ex
 
 KEY_FILE=/tmp/gce_private_key.json
 SSH_KEY_FILE=$HOME/.ssh/gce_ssh_key
-PROJECT=positive-cocoa-90213
+PROJECT=${PROJECT:-positive-cocoa-90213}
 IMAGE=ubuntu-14-04
 TEMPLATE_NAME="test-template-2"
 ZONE=us-central1-a
diff --git a/test/run_all.sh b/test/run_all.sh
index b0dddbd411..4afd13d58a 100755
--- a/test/run_all.sh
+++ b/test/run_all.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-. ./config.sh
+DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+. "$DIR/config.sh"
 
 whitely echo Sanity checks
-if ! bash ./sanity_check.sh; then
+if ! bash "$DIR/sanity_check.sh"; then
     whitely echo ...failed
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ trap check_test_status EXIT
 TESTS="${@:-*_test.sh}"
 
 # If running on circle, use the scheduler to work out what tests to run
-if [ -n "$CIRCLECI" ]; then
-    TESTS=$(echo $TESTS | ./sched sched $CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM $CIRCLE_NODE_TOTAL $CIRCLE_NODE_INDEX)
+if [ -n "$CIRCLECI" -a -z "$NO_SCHEDULER" ]; then
+    TESTS=$(echo $TESTS | "$DIR/sched" sched $CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM $CIRCLE_NODE_TOTAL $CIRCLE_NODE_INDEX)
 fi
 
 echo Running $TESTS
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ for t in $TESTS; do
     . $t
 
     # Report test runtime when running on circle, to help scheduler
-    if [ -n "$CIRCLECI" ]; then
-        ./sched time $t $(bc -l <<< "$tests_time/1000000000")
+    if [ -n "$CIRCLECI" -a -z "$NO_SCHEDULER" ]; then
+        "$DIR/sched" time $t $(bc -l <<< "$tests_time/1000000000")
     fi
 done
diff --git a/test/sanity_check.sh b/test/sanity_check.sh
index a003f5703d..1ec566bcb4 100755
--- a/test/sanity_check.sh
+++ b/test/sanity_check.sh
@@ -9,5 +9,22 @@ run_on $HOST2 $PING $HOST1
 run_on $HOST1 $PING $HOST2
 
 whitely echo Check we can reach docker
+echo
+echo Host Version Info: $HOST1
+echo =====================================
+echo "# docker version"
+docker_on $HOST1 version
+echo "# docker info"
 docker_on $HOST1 info
+echo "# weave version"
+weave_on $HOST1 version
+
+echo
+echo Host Version Info: $HOST2
+echo =====================================
+echo "# docker version"
+docker_on $HOST2 version
+echo "# docker info"
 docker_on $HOST2 info
+echo "# weave version"
+weave_on $HOST2 version
diff --git a/test/setup.sh b/test/setup.sh
index 7235b4a485..e5e9edad37 100755
--- a/test/setup.sh
+++ b/test/setup.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -e
 
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+
 . ./config.sh
 
 (cd ./tls && go get ./... && go run generate_certs.go $HOSTS)
@@ -11,9 +13,8 @@ echo "  prefetch test images"
 for HOST in $HOSTS; do
     docker_on $HOST load -i ../weave.tar
     run_on $HOST mkdir -p bin
-    cat ../bin/docker-ns | run_on $HOST sh -c "cat > $DOCKER_NS"
-    cat ../weave | run_on $HOST sh -c "cat > ./weave"
-    run_on $HOST chmod a+x $DOCKER_NS ./weave
+    upload_executable $HOST ../bin/docker-ns
+    upload_executable $HOST ../weave
     rsync -az -e "$SSH" ./tls/ $HOST:~/tls
     for IMG in $TEST_IMAGES ; do
         docker_on $HOST inspect --format=" " $IMG >/dev/null 2>&1 || docker_on $HOST pull $IMG