diff --git a/eventuate-core/src/test/java/com/rbmhtechnology/eventuate/AbstractEventsourcedProcessorSpec.java b/eventuate-core/src/test/java/com/rbmhtechnology/eventuate/AbstractEventsourcedProcessorSpec.java
index 69c08d48..b308002d 100644
--- a/eventuate-core/src/test/java/com/rbmhtechnology/eventuate/AbstractEventsourcedProcessorSpec.java
+++ b/eventuate-core/src/test/java/com/rbmhtechnology/eventuate/AbstractEventsourcedProcessorSpec.java
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ public void onWriteFailure(final Throwable cause) {
 
     @Before
     public void beforeEach() {
+        instanceId = getInstanceId();
         srcProbe = new TestProbe(system);
         targetProbe = new TestProbe(system);
         appProbe = new TestProbe(system);
-        instanceId = getInstanceId();
     }
 
     private ActorRef unrecoveredStatelessEventProcessor() {
@@ -157,20 +157,26 @@ public void shouldProcessEvents() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void shouldReportFailureOnFailedRead() {
-        unrecoveredStatelessEventProcessor();
+    public void shouldResumeOnFailedRead() {
+        final ActorRef actor = unrecoveredStatelessEventProcessor();
         processReadFailure();
 
         appProbe.expectMsg(FAILURE);
+
+        processReadSuccess(0);
+        processReplay(actor, 1, instanceId + 1, srcProbe, REPLAY_BATCH_SIZE);
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void shouldReportFailureOnFailedWrite() {
+    public void shouldResumeOnFailedWrite() {
         final ActorRef actor = recoveredStatelessEventProcessor();
 
         actor.tell(new Written(eventA), getRef());
         processWriteFailure(1, eventA1, eventA2);
 
         appProbe.expectMsg(FAILURE);
+
+        processReadSuccess(0);
+        processReplay(actor, 1, instanceId + 1, srcProbe, REPLAY_BATCH_SIZE);
     }
 }
diff --git a/eventuate-core/src/test/java/com/rbmhtechnology/eventuate/BaseSpec.java b/eventuate-core/src/test/java/com/rbmhtechnology/eventuate/BaseSpec.java
index 3e19af6f..cf459ac4 100644
--- a/eventuate-core/src/test/java/com/rbmhtechnology/eventuate/BaseSpec.java
+++ b/eventuate-core/src/test/java/com/rbmhtechnology/eventuate/BaseSpec.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitSuite;
 import scala.Option;
 import scala.collection.immutable.$colon$colon;
 import scala.collection.immutable.List$;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-public abstract class BaseSpec {
+public abstract class BaseSpec extends JUnitSuite {
 
     @SuppressWarnings("ThrowableInstanceNeverThrown")
     public static final Throwable FAILURE = new NoStackTraceException("failure");
diff --git a/project/ProjectSettings.scala b/project/ProjectSettings.scala
index d671aaa4..1472d490 100644
--- a/project/ProjectSettings.scala
+++ b/project/ProjectSettings.scala
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ object ProjectSettings {
   )
 
   lazy val testSettings: Seq[Setting[_]] = Seq(
-    testOptions += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.JUnit, "-q", "-v", "-a"),
     parallelExecution in Test := false,
     fork in Test := true
   )