diff --git a/example/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/example/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 34ec309..07ed72b 100644
--- a/example/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/example/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 
     <logger name="endless.transaction.example.app.pekko.PekkoAccountsApp" level="WARN"/>
     <logger name="endless.transaction.example" level="INFO"/>
+    <logger name="endless.runtime.pekko.deploy" level="INFO"/>
     <logger name="org.apache.pekko" level="INFO"/>
     <logger name="com.zaxxer.hikari" level="WARN"/>
     <logger name="slick" level="WARN"/>
-    <root level="DEBUG">
+    <root level="INFO">
         <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
     </root>
 </configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/src/main/scala/endless/transaction/example/app/pekko/PekkoAccountsApp.scala b/example/src/main/scala/endless/transaction/example/app/pekko/PekkoAccountsApp.scala
index 27f586b..96c5024 100644
--- a/example/src/main/scala/endless/transaction/example/app/pekko/PekkoAccountsApp.scala
+++ b/example/src/main/scala/endless/transaction/example/app/pekko/PekkoAccountsApp.scala
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ object PekkoAccountsApp {
   private implicit val transferParameters: TransferParameters =
     TransferParameters(timeout = 30.seconds)
   private implicit val askTimeout: Timeout = Timeout(30.seconds)
-  private val terminationTimeout = 30.seconds
+  private val terminationTimeout = 5.seconds
   private lazy val pekkoEventAdapter = new EventAdapter[AccountEvent, events.AccountEvent] {
     private val eventAdapter = new AccountEventAdapter
     override def toJournal(e: AccountEvent): events.AccountEvent = eventAdapter.toJournal(e)
diff --git a/example/src/multi-jvm/scala/endless/transaction/example/StressSuite.scala b/example/src/multi-jvm/scala/endless/transaction/example/StressSuite.scala
index 9ccf5bf..52bf757 100644
--- a/example/src/multi-jvm/scala/endless/transaction/example/StressSuite.scala
+++ b/example/src/multi-jvm/scala/endless/transaction/example/StressSuite.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package endless.transaction.example
 
-import cats.effect.{IO, Ref}
+import cats.effect.IO
 import cats.effect.kernel.Resource
 import cats.effect.std.Random
 import cats.effect.unsafe.implicits.global
@@ -186,20 +186,19 @@ object Common {
   def restartingPassiveNode(httpPort: Port, arteryPort: Port): IO[Unit] =
     Slf4jLogger.create[IO].flatMap { logger =>
       lazy val restartingNode: IO[Unit] = for {
-        checkSuccessful <- Ref.of[IO, Boolean](false)
         random <- Random.scalaUtilRandom[IO]
         restartPeriod <- random
           .betweenInt(minRestartDelaySeconds, maxRestartDelaySeconds)
           .map(_.seconds)
-        _ <- IO.race(
-          passiveNode(httpPort, arteryPort, checkSuccessful)
+        result <- IO.race(
+          passiveNode(httpPort, arteryPort)
             .handleErrorWith((error: Throwable) => logger.error(error)("Node hard fail").toResource)
             .use_,
-          IO.sleep(restartPeriod)
+          IO.sleep(restartPeriod) >> logger.info("Time elapsed, shutting down...")
         )
-        _ <- checkSuccessful.get.flatMap {
-          case true => logger.info("Balance check successful, terminating...")
-          case false =>
+        _ <- result match {
+          case Left(_) => logger.info("Balance check successful, terminating...")
+          case Right(_) =>
             logger.info("Restarting node...") >> IO.sleep(nodeRestartWaitingTime) >> restartingNode
         }
       } yield ()
@@ -214,8 +213,7 @@ object Common {
 
   private def passiveNode(
       httpPort: Port,
-      arteryPort: Port,
-      checkSuccessful: Ref[IO, Boolean]
+      arteryPort: Port
   ): Resource[IO, Unit] =
     for {
       logger <- Slf4jLogger.create[IO].toResource
@@ -234,7 +232,6 @@ object Common {
         accountsCount,
         originAmount - transferAmount
       ).toResource
-      _ <- checkSuccessful.set(true).toResource
       _ <- logger.info("Shutting down").toResource
     } yield ()