diff --git a/test-browser/tests/ballot.js b/test-browser/tests/ballot.js
index 2b7a60f3a5..4e7b4b3ae7 100644
--- a/test-browser/tests/ballot.js
+++ b/test-browser/tests/ballot.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function runTests (browser, testData) {
   }).click('.runView')
       .setValue('input[placeholder="uint8 _numProposals"]', '1')
       .click('#runTabView button[class^="instanceButton"]')
-      .pause(500)
+      .waitForElementPresent('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
       .click('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
       .testFunction('delegate - transact (not payable)', '0x0571a2439ea58bd349dd130afb8aff62a33af14c06de0dbc3928519bdf13ce2e',
         `[vm]\nfrom:0xca3...a733c\nto:Ballot.delegate(address) 0x692...77b3a\nvalue:0 wei\ndata:0x5c1...4d2db\nlogs:0\nhash:0x057...3ce2e`,
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ function runTests (browser, testData) {
           done()
         })
       })
-      .click('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
+      .pause(500)
       .perform((client, done) => {
         console.log('delegate - transact (not payable)')
-        browser.testFunction('delegate - transact (not payable)', '0xd3cd54e2f76f3993078ecf9e1b54a148def4520afc141a182293b3610bddf10f',
+        browser.waitForElementPresent('.instance:nth-of-type(2)').click('.instance:nth-of-type(2)').testFunction('delegate - transact (not payable)', '0xd3cd54e2f76f3993078ecf9e1b54a148def4520afc141a182293b3610bddf10f',
               `[vm]\nfrom:0xca3...a733c\nto:Ballot.delegate(address) 0x692...77b3a\nvalue:0 wei\ndata:0x5c1...4d2db\nlogs:0\nhash:0xd3c...df10f`,
               {types: 'address to', values: '"0x4b0897b0513fdc7c541b6d9d7e929c4e5364d2db"'}, null, null, () => { done() })
       }).end()
diff --git a/test-browser/tests/compiling.js b/test-browser/tests/compiling.js
index a48fa491d7..0bf18bb7e8 100644
--- a/test-browser/tests/compiling.js
+++ b/test-browser/tests/compiling.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function testSimpleContract (browser, callback) {
   contractHelper.testContracts(browser, 'Untitled.sol', sources[0]['browser/Untitled.sol'], ['TestContract'], function () {
     browser.click('.runView')
       .click('#runTabView button[class^="instanceButton"]')
-      .pause(500)
+      .waitForElementPresent('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
       .click('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
       .click('#runTabView .instance div[class^="title"]')
       .click('#runTabView .instance div[class^="title"]')
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function testReturnValues (browser, callback) {
   contractHelper.testContracts(browser, 'returnValues.sol', sources[1]['browser/returnValues.sol'], ['testReturnValues'], function () {
     browser.click('.runView')
       .click('#runTabView button[class^="instanceButton"]')
-      .pause(500)
+      .waitForElementPresent('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
       .click('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
       .testFunction('retunValues1 - transact (not payable)',
         '0x79dc928d149d2ade02ab610a8ae290636222d034d4adce0bb08a68401e3d1f7f',
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function testInputValues (browser, callback) {
   contractHelper.testContracts(browser, 'inputValues.sol', sources[2]['browser/inputValues.sol'], ['test'], function () {
     browser.click('.runView')
         .click('#runTabView button[class^="instanceButton"]')
-        .pause(500)
+        .waitForElementPresent('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
         .click('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
       .testFunction('inputValue1 - transact (not payable)',
         '0x917a873d27d105213eaf5461e14780387ccceb66fed574f8432d1963917832ae',
diff --git a/test-browser/tests/units/testRecorder.js b/test-browser/tests/units/testRecorder.js
index 6ac1d40758..d3aee3f008 100644
--- a/test-browser/tests/units/testRecorder.js
+++ b/test-browser/tests/units/testRecorder.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ module.exports = {
             done()
           })
         })
+        .waitForElementPresent('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
         .click('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
         .perform((client, done) => {
           browser.clickFunction('set - transact (not payable)', {types: 'uint256 _p', values: '34'})