diff --git a/templates/app/mocha.conf.js b/templates/app/mocha.conf.js
index 76f56625e..e0b771496 100644
--- a/templates/app/mocha.conf.js
+++ b/templates/app/mocha.conf.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // Register the Babel require hook
 require('babel-core/register');
 
-var chai = require('chai');
+const chai = require('chai');
 
 // Load Chai assertions
 global.expect = chai.expect;
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ global.sinon = require('sinon');
 // Initialize Chai plugins
 chai.use(require('sinon-chai'));
 chai.use(require('chai-as-promised'));
-chai.use(require('chai-things'))
+chai.use(require('chai-things'));
diff --git a/templates/app/protractor.conf.js b/templates/app/protractor.conf.js
index 021a54eaf..ca911b15d 100644
--- a/templates/app/protractor.conf.js
+++ b/templates/app/protractor.conf.js
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ var config = {
   // with relative paths will be prepended with this.
   baseUrl: 'http://localhost:' + (process.env.PORT || '<%= Number(devPort) + 1 %>'),
 
-  // Credientials for Saucelabs
-  sauceUser: process.env.SAUCE_USERNAME,
-
-  sauceKey: process.env.SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY,
+  directConnect: true,
 
   // list of files / patterns to load in the browser
   specs: [
@@ -35,8 +32,9 @@ var config = {
   capabilities: {
     'browserName': 'chrome',
     'name': 'Fullstack E2E',
-    'tunnel-identifier': process.env.TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER,
-    'build': process.env.TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER
+    'chromeOptions': {
+      'args': ['show-fps-counter=true']
+    },
   },
 
   // ----- The test framework -----