diff --git a/changelog.d/20231031_230517_yadudoc1729_task_retries_1.rst b/changelog.d/20231031_230517_yadudoc1729_task_retries_1.rst
index 568d938a4..e8ad5f115 100644
--- a/changelog.d/20231031_230517_yadudoc1729_task_retries_1.rst
+++ b/changelog.d/20231031_230517_yadudoc1729_task_retries_1.rst
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ New Functionality
   node failures occur. Traceback history from all prior attempts is supplied if the last retry
   attempt fails. Here's a snippet from config.yaml:
 
-  ```
-  engine:
-    type: GlobusComputeEngine
-    max_retries_on_system_failure: 2
-  ```
\ No newline at end of file
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+   engine:
+      type: GlobusComputeEngine
+      max_retries_on_system_failure: 2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compute_endpoint/tests/integration/endpoint/executors/test_gcengine_retries.py b/compute_endpoint/tests/integration/endpoint/executors/test_gcengine_retries.py
index 15f4b2c2e..0fae45e4a 100644
--- a/compute_endpoint/tests/integration/endpoint/executors/test_gcengine_retries.py
+++ b/compute_endpoint/tests/integration/endpoint/executors/test_gcengine_retries.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import logging
-
-# import tempfile
 import uuid
 from queue import Queue
 
@@ -16,29 +14,6 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def gc_engine_with_retries(tmp_path):
-    ep_id = uuid.uuid4()
-    engine = GlobusComputeEngine(
-        address="127.0.0.1",
-        max_workers=1,
-        heartbeat_period=1,
-        heartbeat_threshold=1,
-        max_retries_on_system_failure=2,
-        provider=LocalProvider(
-            init_blocks=0,
-            min_blocks=0,
-            max_blocks=1,
-        ),
-        strategy=SimpleStrategy(interval=0.1, max_idletime=0),
-    )
-    queue = Queue()
-    engine.start(endpoint_id=ep_id, run_dir=str(tmp_path), results_passthrough=queue)
-
-    yield engine
-    engine.shutdown()
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def gc_engine_no_retries(tmp_path):
     ep_id = uuid.uuid4()
     engine = GlobusComputeEngine(
         address="127.0.0.1",
@@ -55,14 +30,14 @@ def gc_engine_no_retries(tmp_path):
     )
     engine._status_report_thread.reporting_period = 1
     queue = Queue()
-    engine.start(endpoint_id=ep_id, run_dir=str(tmp_path), results_passthrough=queue)
-
+    engine.start(endpoint_id=ep_id, run_dir=tmp_path, results_passthrough=queue)
     yield engine
     engine.shutdown()
 
 
-def test_gce_kill_manager(gc_engine_no_retries):
-    engine = gc_engine_no_retries
+def test_gce_kill_manager(gc_engine_with_retries):
+    engine = gc_engine_with_retries
+    engine.max_retries_on_system_failure = 0
     queue = engine.results_passthrough
     task_id = uuid.uuid1()
     serializer = ComputeSerializer()
@@ -84,7 +59,6 @@ def test_gce_kill_manager(gc_engine_no_retries):
     flag = False
     for _i in range(4):
         q_msg = queue.get(timeout=2)
-        logging.warning(f"GOT message: {q_msg=}")
         assert isinstance(q_msg, dict)
 
         packed_result_q = q_msg["message"]
@@ -99,11 +73,11 @@ def test_gce_kill_manager(gc_engine_no_retries):
                 break
 
     assert flag, "Result message missing"
-    engine.shutdown()
 
 
 def test_success_after_1_fail(gc_engine_with_retries, tmp_path):
     engine = gc_engine_with_retries
+    engine.max_retries_on_system_failure = 2
     fail_count = 1
     queue = engine.results_passthrough
     task_id = uuid.uuid1()
@@ -140,6 +114,7 @@ def test_success_after_1_fail(gc_engine_with_retries, tmp_path):
 
 def test_repeated_fail(gc_engine_with_retries, tmp_path):
     engine = gc_engine_with_retries
+    engine.max_retries_on_system_failure = 2
     fail_count = 3
     queue = engine.results_passthrough
     task_id = uuid.uuid1()