diff --git a/bin/provision_test_vms.sh b/bin/provision_test_vms.sh
index 291229de..dfedb144 100755
--- a/bin/provision_test_vms.sh
+++ b/bin/provision_test_vms.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if [ -n "$TEST_AND_PUBLISH" ]; then
     install_ansible >>"$TEST_VMS_SETUP_OUTPUT_FILE" 2>&1
 
     # Only attempt to create GCP image in first container, wait for it to be created otherwise:
-    [ "$CIRCLE_NODE_INDEX" == "0" ] && export CREATE_IMAGE=1
+    [ "$CIRCLE_NODE_INDEX" != "0" ] && export CREATE_IMAGE=0
 
     # Provision and configure testing VMs:
     cd "$SRCDIR/test" # Ensures we generate Terraform state files in the right folder, for later use by integration tests.
diff --git a/test/run-integration-tests.sh b/test/run-integration-tests.sh
index dbe5fb10..178dcd9a 100755
--- a/test/run-integration-tests.sh
+++ b/test/run-integration-tests.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ KUBERNETES_CNI_VERSION=${KUBERNETES_CNI_VERSION:-0.3.0.1}
 IMAGE_NAME=${IMAGE_NAME:-"$(echo "$APP-docker$DOCKER_VERSION-k8s$KUBERNETES_VERSION-k8scni$KUBERNETES_CNI_VERSION" | sed -e 's/[\.\_]*//g')"}
 DISK_NAME_PREFIX=${DISK_NAME_PREFIX:-$NAME}
 USE_IMAGE=${USE_IMAGE:-1}
-CREATE_IMAGE=${CREATE_IMAGE:-}
+CREATE_IMAGE=${CREATE_IMAGE:-1}
 CREATE_IMAGE_TIMEOUT_IN_SECS=${CREATE_IMAGE_TIMEOUT_IN_SECS:-600}
 # Lifecycle flags:
 SKIP_CONFIG=${SKIP_CONFIG:-}
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function wait_for_image() {
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2155
 function create_image() {
-    if [ -n "$CREATE_IMAGE" ]; then
+    if [[ "$CREATE_IMAGE" == 1 ]]; then
         greenly echo "> Creating GCP image $IMAGE_NAME..."
         local begin_img=$(date +%s)
         local num_hosts=1