diff --git a/test/tests.bats b/test/tests.bats
index d2a4a179..2a56a412 100644
--- a/test/tests.bats
+++ b/test/tests.bats
@@ -304,14 +304,14 @@
   MAIL_FAIL2BAN_IP=$(docker inspect --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' mail_fail2ban)
   # Create a container which will send wront authentications and should banned
   docker run --name fail-auth-mailer -e MAIL_FAIL2BAN_IP=$MAIL_FAIL2BAN_IP -v "$(pwd)/test":/tmp/docker-mailserver/test -d tvial/docker-mailserver:v2 tail -f /var/log/faillog
-  FAIL_AUTH_MAILER_IP=$(docker inspect --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' fail-auth-mailer)
   docker exec fail-auth-mailer /bin/sh -c 'nc -w 1 $MAIL_FAIL2BAN_IP 25 < /tmp/docker-mailserver/test/auth/smtp-auth-login-wrong.txt'
   docker exec fail-auth-mailer /bin/sh -c 'nc -w 1 $MAIL_FAIL2BAN_IP 25 < /tmp/docker-mailserver/test/auth/smtp-auth-login-wrong.txt'
   docker exec fail-auth-mailer /bin/sh -c 'nc -w 1 $MAIL_FAIL2BAN_IP 25 < /tmp/docker-mailserver/test/auth/smtp-auth-login-wrong.txt'
   docker exec fail-auth-mailer /bin/sh -c 'nc -w 1 $MAIL_FAIL2BAN_IP 25 < /tmp/docker-mailserver/test/auth/smtp-auth-login-wrong.txt'
-  sleep 10
+  sleep 5
   # Checking that FAIL_AUTH_MAILER_IP is banned in mail_fail2ban
-  run docker exec mail_fail2ban /bin/sh -c "export FAIL_AUTH_MAILER_IP=$FAIL_AUTH_MAILER_IP && fail2ban-client status sasl | grep '$FAIL_AUTH_MAILER_IP' "
+  FAIL_AUTH_MAILER_IP=$(docker inspect --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' fail-auth-mailer)
+  run docker exec mail_fail2ban /bin/sh -c "export FAIL_AUTH_MAILER_IP=$FAIL_AUTH_MAILER_IP && fail2ban-client status sasl | grep '$FAIL_AUTH_MAILER_IP'"
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }