diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 7b23b9f1..4bc4d29b 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ test:
         parallel: true
     - cd $SRCDIR/test; ./gce.sh setup:
         parallel: true
-    - cd $SRCDIR/test; . ./gce.sh hosts; ./setup.sh:
+    - cd $SRCDIR/test; eval $(./gce.sh hosts); ./setup.sh:
         parallel: true
-    - cd $SRCDIR/test; . ./gce.sh hosts; export COVERAGE=true; ./run_all.sh:
+    - cd $SRCDIR/test; eval $(./gce.sh hosts); export COVERAGE=true; ./run_all.sh:
         parallel: true
         timeout: 300
   post:
diff --git a/test/210_dns_cross_hosts_test.sh b/test/210_dns_cross_hosts_test.sh
index 1d936e3e..7f134654 100755
--- a/test/210_dns_cross_hosts_test.sh
+++ b/test/210_dns_cross_hosts_test.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,31 @@ start_container_with_dns $HOST1 --name=baz
 assert_dns_record $HOST1 baz foo.weave.local $FOO_IPS
 assert_dns_record $HOST1 baz bar.weave.local $BAR_IPS
 
+# now stop and start the containers a bunch of times
+# this tests gossip dns tombstone behaviour
+for i in $(seq 5); do
+    for host in $HOSTS; do
+        proxy docker_on $host kill foo 1>/dev/null
+        proxy docker_on $host kill bar 1>/dev/null
+    done
+
+    assert_no_dns_record $HOST1 baz foo.weave.local
+    assert_no_dns_record $HOST1 baz bar.weave.local
+
+    FOO_IPS=
+    BAR_IPS=
+    for host in $HOSTS; do
+        proxy docker_on $host start foo 1>/dev/null
+        proxy docker_on $host start bar 1>/dev/null
+
+        FOO_IPS="$FOO_IPS $(container_ip $host foo)"
+        BAR_IPS="$BAR_IPS $(container_ip $host bar)"
+    done
+
+    assert_dns_record $HOST1 baz foo.weave.local $FOO_IPS
+    assert_dns_record $HOST1 baz bar.weave.local $BAR_IPS
+done
+
 # resolution for names mapped to multiple addresses
 weave_on $HOST2 dns-add $C2a c2 -h $NAME2
 weave_on $HOST2 dns-add $C2b c2 -h $NAME2
diff --git a/test/gce.sh b/test/gce.sh
index 192af733..dd1cb63b 100755
--- a/test/gce.sh
+++ b/test/gce.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # ./gce.sh destroy - tear down the VMs
 # ./gce.sh make_template - make a fresh VM template; update TEMPLATE_NAME first!
 
-set -ex
+set -e
 
 KEY_FILE=/tmp/gce_private_key.json
 SSH_KEY_FILE=$HOME/.ssh/gce_ssh_key
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if [ -n "$CIRCLECI" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Setup authentication
-gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file $KEY_FILE
+gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file $KEY_FILE 1>/dev/null
 gcloud config set project $PROJECT
 
 function vm_names {
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ function hosts {
 		hosts="$hostname $hosts"
 		args="--add-host=$hostname:$(internal_ip $name) $args"
 	done
-	export SSH=ssh
-	export HOSTS="$hosts"
-	export WEAVE_DOCKER_ARGS="$args"
+	echo export SSH=ssh
+	echo export HOSTS=\"$hosts\"
+	echo export WEAVE_DOCKER_ARGS=\"$args\"
 }
 
 case "$1" in