diff --git a/garage.nix b/garage.nix
index 944c7f92..bd2c38ed 100644
--- a/garage.nix
+++ b/garage.nix
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ in {
       script = ''
         set -xeuo pipefail
         # give garage time to start up
-        sleep 60
+        sleep 10
 
         # XXX: this is very sensitive to being a single instance
         # (doing the bare minimum to get garage up and running)
diff --git a/tests/pixelfed-garage.nix b/tests/pixelfed-garage.nix
index d562390a..e3f72f2f 100644
--- a/tests/pixelfed-garage.nix
+++ b/tests/pixelfed-garage.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ let
     } ''
     import sys
     import os
+    import time
     from selenium import webdriver
     from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
     from selenium.webdriver.support.wait import WebDriverWait
@@ -42,14 +43,22 @@ let
     driver.find_element(By.ID, "password").send_keys(password)
     # FIXME: This is disgusting. Find instead the input type submit in the form
     # with action ending in "/login".
+    time.sleep(1)
     print("Click “Login” button...")
     driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//button[normalize-space()='Login']").click()
 
+    time.sleep(3)
+
     # Find the new post form, fill it in with our pictureand a caption.
     print("Click on “Create New Post”...")
     driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "Create New Post").click()
     print("Add file to input element...")
-    driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//input[@type='file']").send_keys(green_path)
+    driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//input[@type='file']").send_keys(media_path)
+    print("Add a caption")
+    driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, ".media-body textarea").send_keys(
+        "Fediversity test of image upload to pixelfed with garage storage."
+    )
+    time.sleep(3)
     print("Click on “Post” button...")
     driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "Post").click()
 
@@ -64,6 +73,7 @@ let
             ),
         )
     )
+    time.sleep(3)
     print("Take screenshot...")
     if not driver.save_screenshot(screenshot_path):
         raise Exception("selenium could not save screenshot")