diff --git a/test/e2e/runner/test.go b/test/e2e/runner/test.go
index ac24b0cd2..0748797aa 100644
--- a/test/e2e/runner/test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/runner/test.go
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ func Test(testnet *e2e.Testnet) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return execVerbose("./build/tests", "-test.count", "1")
+	return execVerbose("./build/tests", "-test.count=1", "-test.v")
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/app_test.go b/test/e2e/tests/app_test.go
index 010614ab7..8e183610f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tests/app_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/app_test.go
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ func TestApp_Tx(t *testing.T) {
 			continue
 		}
 		t.Run(test.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			// testNode calls t.Parallel as well, so we should
-			// have a copy of the
 			test := testCases[idx]
+			t.Parallel()
 			testNode(t, func(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, node e2e.Node) {
+				t.Parallel()
 				client, err := node.Client()
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/tests/e2e_test.go
index 359c73e78..7b3d829d1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tests/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/e2e_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package e2e_test
 import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
+	"sort"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ func testNode(t *testing.T, testFunc func(context.Context, *testing.T, e2e.Node)
 		node := testnet.LookupNode(name)
 		require.NotNil(t, node, "node %q not found in testnet %q", name, testnet.Name)
 		nodes = []*e2e.Node{node}
+	} else {
+		sort.Slice(nodes, func(i, j int) bool {
+			return nodes[i].Name < nodes[j].Name
+		})
 	}
 
 	for _, node := range nodes {
@@ -56,8 +61,6 @@ func testNode(t *testing.T, testFunc func(context.Context, *testing.T, e2e.Node)
 		}
 
 		t.Run(node.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 			defer cancel()