diff --git a/buildpacks/ruby/src/rake_task_detect.rs b/buildpacks/ruby/src/rake_task_detect.rs
index 3673e820..59c15dc1 100644
--- a/buildpacks/ruby/src/rake_task_detect.rs
+++ b/buildpacks/ruby/src/rake_task_detect.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
+use commons::fun_run::{CmdError, CommandWithName};
 #[allow(clippy::wildcard_imports)]
 use commons::output::{fmt, section_log::*};
-
-use commons::fun_run::{CmdError, CommandWithName};
 use core::str::FromStr;
 use std::{ffi::OsStr, process::Command};
 
diff --git a/buildpacks/ruby/tests/integration_test.rs b/buildpacks/ruby/tests/integration_test.rs
index ea8ef0c3..fdeba740 100644
--- a/buildpacks/ruby/tests/integration_test.rs
+++ b/buildpacks/ruby/tests/integration_test.rs
@@ -167,32 +167,32 @@ fn request_container(
     req.call().map_err(Box::new)
 }
 
+fn time_bounded_retry<T, E>(
+    max_time: Duration,
+    sleep_for: Duration,
+    f: impl Fn() -> Result<T, E>,
+) -> Result<T, E> {
+    let start = Instant::now();
+
+    let mut result = f();
+    while start.elapsed() < max_time {
+        if result.is_ok() {
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        thread::sleep(sleep_for);
+        result = f();
+    }
+    result
+}
+
 fn call_root_until_boot(
     container: &ContainerContext,
     port: u16,
 ) -> Result<Response, Box<ureq::Error>> {
-    let mut count = 0;
-    let max_time = 10.0_f64; // Seconds
-    let sleep_for = 0.1_f64;
-
-    #[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
-    let max_count = (max_time / sleep_for).floor() as i64;
-    let mut response = request_container(container, port, "");
-    while count < max_count {
-        count += 1;
-        match response {
-            Err(ref box_e) => match box_e.as_ref() {
-                ureq::Error::Transport(error) => {
-                    println!("Waiting for connection {error}, retrying in {sleep_for}");
-                    response = request_container(container, port, "");
-                }
-                ureq::Error::Status(..) => break,
-            },
-            _ => break,
-        }
-
-        thread::sleep(frac_seconds(sleep_for));
-    }
+    let response = time_bounded_retry(Duration::from_secs(10), frac_seconds(0.1_f64), || {
+        request_container(container, port, "")
+    });
 
     println!(
         "{}\n{}",