diff --git a/e2e_test/js-tests/send_tx.mjs b/e2e_test/js-tests/send_tx.mjs
index 73a3b537d9..50e4741843 100755
--- a/e2e_test/js-tests/send_tx.mjs
+++ b/e2e_test/js-tests/send_tx.mjs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ async function replaceTx(tx) {
   });
   const receipt = await publicClient.waitForTransactionReceipt({
     hash: hash,
-    confirmations: 2,
+    confirmations: 1,
   });
   return receipt;
 }
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ async function main() {
   });
 
   var hash;
+
   try {
     hash = await walletClient.sendRawTransaction({
       serializedTransaction: await walletClient.signTransaction(request),
@@ -105,8 +106,11 @@ async function main() {
   }
 
   var success = true;
+  // wait 1 second to give the node time to potentially process the tx
+  // in instamine mode. If the tx is invalidated, the block will not progress
+  await sleep(1000);
   // give the node some time to process the transaction
-  await waitBlocks(5);
+  // await waitBlocks(1);
   var receipt = await getTransactionReceipt(hash);
   if (!receipt) {
     receipt = await replaceTx(request);
diff --git a/e2e_test/run_all_tests.sh b/e2e_test/run_all_tests.sh
index 6d4529c445..1573bc8f01 100755
--- a/e2e_test/run_all_tests.sh
+++ b/e2e_test/run_all_tests.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ TEST_GLOB=$1
 cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." || exit 1
 make geth
 trap 'kill %%' EXIT # kill bg job at exit
-build/bin/geth --dev --dev.period 1 --http --http.api eth,web3,net &>"$SCRIPT_DIR/geth.log" &
+build/bin/geth --dev --http --http.api eth,web3,net &>"$SCRIPT_DIR/geth.log" &
 
 # Wait for geth to be ready
 for _ in {1..10}; do
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ cd "$SCRIPT_DIR" || exit 1
 # There's a problem with geth return errors on the first transaction sent.
 # See https://github.com/ethereum/web3.py/issues/3212
 # To work around this, send a transaction before running tests
-cast send --json --private-key $ACC_PRIVKEY $TOKEN_ADDR 'transfer(address to, uint256 value) returns (bool)' 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD 100
+cast send --async --json --private-key "$ACC_PRIVKEY" "$TOKEN_ADDR" 'transfer(address to, uint256 value) returns (bool)' 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD 100
+sleep 5
 
 failures=0
 tests=0