diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/history/TestHistoryInsert.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/history/TestHistoryInsert.java
index 7c554ab59..3b40c8368 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/history/TestHistoryInsert.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/history/TestHistoryInsert.java
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.Ebean;
 import com.avaje.ebean.SqlQuery;
 import com.avaje.ebean.SqlRow;
 import com.avaje.ebean.Version;
-import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.api.SpiEbeanServer;
 import com.avaje.tests.model.converstation.User;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 public class TestHistoryInsert extends BaseTestCase {
 
+  private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestHistoryInsert.class);
+
   @Test
   public void test() throws InterruptedException {
 
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ public class TestHistoryInsert extends BaseTestCase {
     user.setPasswordHash("someHash");
 
     Ebean.save(user);
+    logger.info("-- initial save");
 
     Timestamp afterInsert = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
 
@@ -40,7 +44,8 @@ public class TestHistoryInsert extends BaseTestCase {
 
     user.setName("Jim v2");
     user.setPasswordHash("anotherHash");
-    Thread.sleep(10); // wait, to ensure that whenModified differs
+    Thread.sleep(50); // wait, to ensure that whenModified differs
+    logger.info("-- update v2");
     Ebean.save(user);
 
     history = fetchHistory(user);
@@ -53,7 +58,9 @@ public class TestHistoryInsert extends BaseTestCase {
 
     user.setName("Jim v3");
     user.setEmail("three@email.com");
-    Thread.sleep(10); // otherwise the timestamp of "whenModified" may not change
+    Thread.sleep(50); // otherwise the timestamp of "whenModified" may not change
+
+    logger.info("-- update v3");
     Ebean.save(user);
 
     history = fetchHistory(user);
@@ -65,6 +72,7 @@ public class TestHistoryInsert extends BaseTestCase {
     assertThat(versions).hasSize(3);
     assertThat(versions.get(0).getDiff()).containsKeys("name", "email", "version", "whenModified");
 
+    logger.info("-- delete");
     Ebean.delete(user);
 
     User earlyVersion = Ebean.find(User.class).setId(user.getId()).asOf(afterInsert).findUnique();
@@ -73,6 +81,7 @@ public class TestHistoryInsert extends BaseTestCase {
 
     Ebean.find(User.class).setId(user.getId()).asOf(afterInsert).findUnique();
 
+    logger.info("-- last fetchHistory");
 
     history = fetchHistory(user);
     assertThat(history).hasSize(3);
diff --git a/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml b/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
index 44bfd40d3..35785369c 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 
   <!--<logger name="com.avaje.ebeaninternal" level="INFO"/>-->
 
+  <logger name="com.avaje.tests" level="INFO"/>
   <logger name="com.avaje.ebean" level="INFO"/>
   <logger name="org.avaje.ebean" level="INFO"/>