diff --git a/qiita_client/plugin.py b/qiita_client/plugin.py
index 3af462e..7ee87b4 100644
--- a/qiita_client/plugin.py
+++ b/qiita_client/plugin.py
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ def _register_command(self, command):
         command: QiitaCommand
             The command to be added to the plugin
         """
-        logger.debug('Entered BaseQiitaPlugin._register_command()')
+        logger.debug(
+            f'Entered BaseQiitaPlugin._register_command({command.name})')
         self.task_dict[command.name] = command
 
     def _register(self, qclient):
diff --git a/qiita_client/qiita_client.py b/qiita_client/qiita_client.py
index 2dca728..553fae8 100644
--- a/qiita_client/qiita_client.py
+++ b/qiita_client/qiita_client.py
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 # if the log level is not CRITICAL, the default, then we not expect slow
 # responses from the server so let's make the retries values small
 if logger.level != logging.CRITICAL:
-    MAX_RETRIES = 2
-    MIN_TIME_SLEEP = 2
-    MAX_TIME_SLEEP = 5
+    MAX_RETRIES = 1
+    MIN_TIME_SLEEP = 6
+    MAX_TIME_SLEEP = 12
 else:
     MAX_RETRIES = 3
     MIN_TIME_SLEEP = 180
diff --git a/qiita_client/testing.py b/qiita_client/testing.py
index da55598..41b183c 100644
--- a/qiita_client/testing.py
+++ b/qiita_client/testing.py
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
         cls.client_id = '19ndkO3oMKsoChjVVWluF7QkxHRfYhTKSFbAVt8IhK7gZgDaO4'
         cls.client_secret = ('J7FfQ7CQdOxuKhQAf1eoGgBAE81Ns8Gu3EKaWFm3IO2JKh'
                              'AmmCWZuabe0O5Mp28s1')
+        # qiita_port needs to be the main worker in qiita, the default is 21174
+        qiita_port = environ.get('QIITA_PORT', '21174')
         cls.ca_cert = environ.get('QIITA_ROOTCA_CERT')
 
-        # do not rely on defining ca_cert for these tests. Instead append
-        # the appropriate CA cert to certifi's pem file.
+        url = URL.replace('8383', qiita_port)
         cls.qclient = QiitaClient(
-            URL, cls.client_id, cls.client_secret, cls.ca_cert)
+            url, cls.client_id, cls.client_secret, cls.ca_cert)
 
         logger.debug(
             'PluginTestCase.setUpClass() token %s' % cls.qclient._token)