diff --git a/smp-ui-tests/pom.xml b/smp-ui-tests/pom.xml
index a4fb20c3e49ea18e52b967a527395bb508fd9bce..d536dc6aa01d2b575a1efdc8e2168b130c720474 100644
--- a/smp-ui-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/smp-ui-tests/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 								<webdriver.chrome.driver>${chrome.driver.path}</webdriver.chrome.driver>
 								<webdriver.gecko.driver>chromedriver.exe</webdriver.gecko.driver>
 								<reports.folder>./target/</reports.folder>
-								<data.folder>.\src\main\resources\</data.folder>
+								<data.folder>./src/main/resources/</data.folder>
 								<testdata.file>testData.json</testdata.file>
 								<LONG_TIMEOUT>30</LONG_TIMEOUT>
 								<SHORT_TIMEOUT>5</SHORT_TIMEOUT>
diff --git a/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/pages/components/baseComponents/PageComponent.java b/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/pages/components/baseComponents/PageComponent.java
index 909709e0cdf23ceff53e5fe804d5c75101efeb46..9beac7659e951fbe3a77fad4e21de63c993c5403 100644
--- a/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/pages/components/baseComponents/PageComponent.java
+++ b/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/pages/components/baseComponents/PageComponent.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class PageComponent {
     protected WebDriver driver;
     protected WebDriverWait wait;
     protected Logger log = Logger.getLogger(this.getClass());
-    protected By loadingBar = By.className("mat-ripple-element");
+    protected By loadingBar = By.cssSelector(".container .bar");
 
 
     public PageComponent(WebDriver driver) {
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ public class PageComponent {
         int maxTimeout = PROPERTIES.SHORT_UI_TIMEOUT * 1000;
         int waitedSoFar = 0;
         while ((null != element.getAttribute("disabled")) && (waitedSoFar < maxTimeout)) {
-            waitedSoFar += 300;
-            waitForXMillis(300);
+            waitedSoFar += 100;
+            waitForXMillis(100);
         }
     }
 
@@ -50,63 +50,26 @@ public class PageComponent {
         int maxTimeout = PROPERTIES.SHORT_UI_TIMEOUT * 1000;
         int waitedSoFar = 0;
         while ((null == element.getAttribute("disabled")) && (waitedSoFar < maxTimeout)) {
-            waitedSoFar += 300;
-            waitForXMillis(300);
+            waitedSoFar += 100;
+            waitForXMillis(100);
         }
     }
 
     public void waitForElementToBeGone(WebElement element) {
-        WebDriverWait myWait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 1);
-
-        try {
-            myWait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(element));
-            myWait.until(ExpectedConditions.invisibilityOf(element));
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        int waitTime = PROPERTIES.SHORT_UI_TIMEOUT * 1000;
-        while (waitTime > 0) {
-
-            try {
-                if (!element.isDisplayed()) {
-                    return;
-                }
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                return;
-            }
-            waitForXMillis(500);
-            waitTime = waitTime - 500;
-        }
+//        int maxTimeout = 1000;
+//        int waitedSoFar = 0;
+//
+//        try {
+//            while ((null != element.getText()) && (waitedSoFar < maxTimeout)) {
+//                waitedSoFar += 100;
+//                waitForXMillis(100);
+//            }
+//        } catch (Exception e) {
+//            return;
+//        }
+        waitForXMillis(500);
     }
 
-    public void waitForElementToBeGone(By locator) {
-        WebDriverWait myWait = new WebDriverWait(driver, PROPERTIES.SHORT_UI_TIMEOUT);
-
-        try {
-            myWait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(locator));
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        int waitTime = PROPERTIES.SHORT_UI_TIMEOUT * 1000;
-        while (waitTime > 0) {
-            boolean displayed = true;
-
-            try {
-                displayed = driver.findElement(locator).isDisplayed();
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            if (!displayed) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            waitForXMillis(500);
-            waitTime = waitTime - 500;
-        }
-    }
 
     public void waitForNumberOfWindowsToBe(int noOfWindows) {
         try {
@@ -163,12 +126,13 @@ public class PageComponent {
 
     public void waitForElementToBe(WebElement element) {
 
-        wait.until(new ExpectedCondition<Boolean>() {
-            @Override
-            public Boolean apply(WebDriver driver) {
-                return element.getLocation() != null;
-            }
-        });
+        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOf(element));
+//        wait.until(new ExpectedCondition<Boolean>() {
+//            @Override
+//            public Boolean apply(WebDriver driver) {
+//                return element.getLocation() != null;
+//            }
+//        });
 
     }
 
@@ -221,12 +185,23 @@ public class PageComponent {
     }
 
     public void waitForRowsToLoad() {
+
         log.info("waiting for rows to load");
         try {
-            waitForElementToBeGone(loadingBar);
+            waitForXMillis(100);
+            int bars = 1;
+            int waits = 0;
+            while (bars > 0 && waits < 30) {
+                Object tmp = ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("return document.querySelectorAll('.container .bar').length;");
+                bars = Integer.valueOf(tmp.toString());
+                waits++;
+                waitForXMillis(200);
+            }
+            log.debug("waited for rows to load for ms = 200*" + waits);
+            waitForXMillis(200);
         } catch (Exception e) {
         }
-        waitForXMillis(500);
+
     }
 
 
diff --git a/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/utils/DriverManager.java b/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/utils/DriverManager.java
index 07371e6ebe39a9566f50a612d289322e0be3cef1..e16a0469e905b50cd0a9bbf3fc25fe4a6afe2965 100644
--- a/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/utils/DriverManager.java
+++ b/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/utils/DriverManager.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package utils;
 
 import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
 import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
@@ -21,15 +22,24 @@ public class DriverManager {
 //    }
 
     public static WebDriver getDriver() {
-        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
-        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-        driver.manage().timeouts().pageLoadTimeout(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-        driver.manage().timeouts().setScriptTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 
+		ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
+		options.setHeadless(Boolean.valueOf(PROPERTIES.HEADLESS));
+		options.addArguments("--disable-dev-shm-usage"); // overcome limited resource problems
+		options.addArguments("--no-sandbox"); // Bypass OS security model
+
+		options.addArguments("--disable-dev-shm-usage"); // overcome limited resource problems
+		options.addArguments("--window-size=1920,1080");
+
+
+		WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
+        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 		driver.manage().window().maximize();
 
-        return driver;
-    }
+		return driver;
+	}
+
+
 
 
 }
diff --git a/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/utils/PROPERTIES.java b/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/utils/PROPERTIES.java
index 99ca0cd44bc2c9d46823bf37b9042d1df5095fcc..678a7a40a88261d935b8401a814907720f72e0e0 100644
--- a/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/utils/PROPERTIES.java
+++ b/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/utils/PROPERTIES.java
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ public class PROPERTIES {
 	public static final String UI_BASE_URL = System.getProperty("UI_BASE_URL");
 	public static final int SHORT_UI_TIMEOUT = 5;
 	public static final int TIMEOUT = Integer.valueOf(System.getProperty("SHORT_TIMEOUT"));
-	public static final int LONG_WAIT = Integer.valueOf(System.getProperty("LONG_TIMEOUT"));
+
+	public static final String StringHEADLESS = System.getProperty("HEADLESS");
+	public static final String HEADLESS = "false";
 	public static final String REPORTS_FOLDER = System.getProperty("reports.folder");
 	public static final String TESTDATAFILE = System.getProperty("data.folder") + System.getProperty("testdata.file");
 
diff --git a/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/utils/TestDataProvider.java b/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/utils/TestDataProvider.java
index 3b567c1d8371f497efaa2bc48b0f023d9da81690..71a232cab45887f8bb2bbe8882b66471599ff2ce 100644
--- a/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/utils/TestDataProvider.java
+++ b/smp-ui-tests/src/main/java/utils/TestDataProvider.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class TestDataProvider {
             content = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(PROPERTIES.TESTDATAFILE)));
          	testData = new JSONObject(content);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+           throw new RuntimeException("Error reading test data file: " + PROPERTIES.TESTDATAFILE);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/smp-ui-tests/src/test/java/ui/BaseTest.java b/smp-ui-tests/src/test/java/ui/BaseTest.java
index 701012ff3bb609db7e71079253e10640308d43d8..128a61900748a7209670d951db41f9dc75db6f4f 100644
--- a/smp-ui-tests/src/test/java/ui/BaseTest.java
+++ b/smp-ui-tests/src/test/java/ui/BaseTest.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ public class BaseTest {
     protected Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(this.getClass());
 
     @BeforeSuite(alwaysRun = true)
-	/*Starts the browser and navigates to the homepage. This happens once before the test
-	suite and the browser window is reused for all tests in suite*/
     public void beforeSuite() {
         logger.info("Creating necessary data !!!!");
         createDomains();
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ public class BaseTest {
 
 
     @AfterSuite(alwaysRun = true)
-    /*After the test suite is done we close the browser*/
+    /*After the test suite is done, we close the browser*/
     public void afterSuite() {
         logger.info("Deleting created data!!!");
 
diff --git a/smp-ui-tests/src/test/java/ui/PropertiesPgTest.java b/smp-ui-tests/src/test/java/ui/PropertiesPgTest.java
index 36c72ef26f622c1c54d5fb8621d7abe13521573d..412a91538d3deb370c868145eede56b9d0548444 100644
--- a/smp-ui-tests/src/test/java/ui/PropertiesPgTest.java
+++ b/smp-ui-tests/src/test/java/ui/PropertiesPgTest.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class PropertiesPgTest extends BaseTest{
     }
 
     /*@Test(description = "PROP-0")*/
-    @Test(enabled = false)
+    @Test(description = "PROP-0", enabled = false)
     public void verifyParticipantschemeMandatoryProperty(){
 
         SoftAssert soft = new SoftAssert();
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class PropertiesPgTest extends BaseTest{
         propertiesPage.propertySearch(property);
         soft.assertTrue(propertiesPage.grid().rowContainPropertyName(property),"The row does not contain the searching property");
         PropertyRowInfo newRow0 = propertiesPage.grid().getRows().get(0);
-        System.out.println("newRow0.getPropertyvalue() "+newRow0.getPropertyvalue());
+
         if(newRow0.getPropertyvalue().equals("true"))
         {
            propertiesPage.grid().selectRow(0);