diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-nextjs-base/scripts/start-serving-app.sh b/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-nextjs-base/scripts/start-serving-app.sh
index aec65f29..bf35bcdb 100755
--- a/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-nextjs-base/scripts/start-serving-app.sh
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-nextjs-base/scripts/start-serving-app.sh
@@ -39,17 +39,12 @@ if [ "$CERC_NEXTJS_SKIP_GENERATE" != "true" ]; then
 
     count=0
     generate_done="false"
-    while [ $count -lt $CERC_MAX_GENERATE_TIME ]; do
+    while [ $count -lt $CERC_MAX_GENERATE_TIME ] && [ "$generate_done" == "false" ]; do
       sleep 1
+      count=$((count + 1))
       grep 'rendered as static HTML' gen.out > /dev/null
       if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
         generate_done="true"
-        ps -ef | grep 'node' | grep 'next' | grep 'generate' >/dev/null
-        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-          break
-        fi
-      else
-        count=$((count + 1))
       fi
     done
 
diff --git a/tests/webapp-test/run-webapp-test.sh b/tests/webapp-test/run-webapp-test.sh
index d32e0eba..5db382f8 100755
--- a/tests/webapp-test/run-webapp-test.sh
+++ b/tests/webapp-test/run-webapp-test.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
+
 if [ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]; then
   set -x
 fi
+
 # Dump environment variables for debugging
 echo "Environment variables:"
 env
@@ -28,16 +30,18 @@ CHECK="SPECIAL_01234567890_TEST_STRING"
 
 set +e
 
-CONTAINER_ID=$(docker run -p 3000:3000 -d cerc/test-progressive-web-app:local)
+CONTAINER_ID=$(docker run -p 3000:3000 -d -e CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG=$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG cerc/test-progressive-web-app:local)
 sleep 3
-wget -O test.before -m http://localhost:3000
+wget -t 7 -O test.before -m http://localhost:3000
 
+docker logs $CONTAINER_ID
 docker remove -f $CONTAINER_ID
 
-CONTAINER_ID=$(docker run -p 3000:3000 -e CERC_WEBAPP_DEBUG=$CHECK -d cerc/test-progressive-web-app:local)
+CONTAINER_ID=$(docker run -p 3000:3000 -e CERC_WEBAPP_DEBUG=$CHECK -e CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG=$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG -d cerc/test-progressive-web-app:local)
 sleep 3
-wget -O test.after -m http://localhost:3000
+wget -t 7 -O test.after -m http://localhost:3000
 
+docker logs $CONTAINER_ID
 docker remove -f $CONTAINER_ID
 
 echo "###########################################################################"