diff --git a/test/new-user-test.js b/test/new-user-test.js
index 9fafbc0..84adc4c 100644
--- a/test/new-user-test.js
+++ b/test/new-user-test.js
@@ -63,11 +63,7 @@ describe('Appstore new user flow', function () {
         cloudron.setCredentials(owner.password, token);
     });
 
-    it('can get the timezone', function () {
-        cloudron.checkTimeZone('America/New_York'); // this is the timezone of the ec2 ci machine
-    });
-
-    var location = 'haste' + (Math.random() * 10000).toFixed();
+   var location = 'haste' + (Math.random() * 10000).toFixed();
     it('can install app', function () {
         appId = cloudron.installApp(location, 'com.hastebin.cloudronapp@0.3.0');
     });
@@ -81,6 +77,11 @@ describe('Appstore new user flow', function () {
         cloudron.uninstallApp(appId);
     });
 
+    it('can get the timezone', function () {
+        // cloudron timezone is set async and this check is here to give Cloudron some time
+        cloudron.checkTimeZone('America/New_York'); // this is the timezone of the ec2 ci machine
+    });
+
     // check this after activation
     it('has setup DNS records correctly', function (done) {
         async.series([