diff --git a/network/gateway/hostpool_test.go b/network/gateway/hostpool_test.go
index 919d3faedbada3445219de4886fc84ba2362cdeb..5e93ba8df80ded94f70034bdc6ba3540ac6d1644 100644
--- a/network/gateway/hostpool_test.go
+++ b/network/gateway/hostpool_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package gateway
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/storage"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/comms/network"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto/fastRNG"
@@ -16,10 +17,17 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto/csprng"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/id"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/ndf"
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	jww.SetStdoutThreshold(jww.LevelTrace)
+	connect.TestingOnlyDisableTLS = true
+	os.Exit(m.Run())
+}
+
 // Unit test
 func TestNewHostPool(t *testing.T) {
 	manager := newMockManager()
diff --git a/network/message/garbled_test.go b/network/message/garbled_test.go
index b651c02e041f68467799d02d7892e4916f032042..45a0a98fc672a2df88e0076116237c7a6ff0c0c5 100644
--- a/network/message/garbled_test.go
+++ b/network/message/garbled_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package message
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
+	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/interfaces/message"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/interfaces/params"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/network/gateway"
@@ -13,13 +14,21 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/comms/client"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto/fastRNG"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives/format"
+	"gitlab.com/xx_network/comms/connect"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto/csprng"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/netTime"
 	"math/rand"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
 
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	jww.SetStdoutThreshold(jww.LevelTrace)
+	connect.TestingOnlyDisableTLS = true
+	os.Exit(m.Run())
+}
+
 type TestListener struct {
 	ch chan bool
 }
diff --git a/network/rounds/remoteFilters_test.go b/network/rounds/remoteFilters_test.go
index 924f7f970d9dd3c9f8d915b4f3f1f3524417de11..a04d7f51c7f580402744fef7a5b1f128d5f23332 100644
--- a/network/rounds/remoteFilters_test.go
+++ b/network/rounds/remoteFilters_test.go
@@ -8,17 +8,26 @@
 package rounds
 
 import (
+	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
 	bloom "gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/interfaces"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/client/storage/reception"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/comms/mixmessages"
+	"gitlab.com/xx_network/comms/connect"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/id"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/id/ephemeral"
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
 
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	jww.SetStdoutThreshold(jww.LevelTrace)
+	connect.TestingOnlyDisableTLS = true
+	os.Exit(m.Run())
+}
+
 // Unit test NewRemoteFilter
 func TestNewRemoteFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	bloomFilter := &mixmessages.ClientBloom{
diff --git a/registration/permissioning_test.go b/registration/permissioning_test.go
index 56083a5dd302c22872d1e172c67124bb56199093..616ab9393b868bf4da25e69976a3d316adc23d84 100644
--- a/registration/permissioning_test.go
+++ b/registration/permissioning_test.go
@@ -8,12 +8,21 @@
 package registration
 
 import (
+	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/comms/client"
+	"gitlab.com/xx_network/comms/connect"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/id"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/ndf"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	jww.SetStdoutThreshold(jww.LevelTrace)
+	connect.TestingOnlyDisableTLS = true
+	os.Exit(m.Run())
+}
+
 // Init should create a valid Registration communications struct
 func TestInit(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create dummy comms and ndf
diff --git a/ud/addFact_test.go b/ud/addFact_test.go
index eebb92a1d867c3873897ad56eac60d1b415ec5f2..ba6db2dc18596d476676666e7a4eaed4da0feabc 100644
--- a/ud/addFact_test.go
+++ b/ud/addFact_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package ud
 
 import (
+	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/comms/client"
 	pb "gitlab.com/elixxir/comms/mixmessages"
 	"gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives/fact"
@@ -8,9 +9,16 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto/csprng"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto/signature/rsa"
 	"gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives/id"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	jww.SetStdoutThreshold(jww.LevelTrace)
+	connect.TestingOnlyDisableTLS = true
+	os.Exit(m.Run())
+}
+
 type testAFC struct{}
 
 // Dummy implementation of SendRegisterFact so that we don't need to run our own