diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 04a2e3da4a0d06e7b4b75d784ee5fa0b2d0fca63..db9db955f6393f2acd869c6b45d0734eccc82c48 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,7 +65,35 @@ wsk action update myAction myAction.py --docker $user_prefix/python3action
 The `$user_prefix` is usually your dockerhub user id.
 Replace `python3action` with `python2action` to use python 2
 
+### Testing
+Install dependencies from the root directory on $OPENWHISK_HOME repository
+```
+./gradlew install
+```
 
+Using gradle for the ActionContainer tests you need to use a proxy if running on Mac, if Linux then don't use proxy options
+You can pass the flags `-Dhttp.proxyHost=localhost -Dhttp.proxyPort=3128` directly in gradle command.
+Or save in your `$HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties`
+```
+systemProp.http.proxyHost=localhost
+systemProp.http.proxyPort=3128
+```
+Using gradle to run all tests
+```
+./gradlew :tests:test
+```
+Using gradle to run some tests
+```
+./gradlew :tests:test --tests *ActionContainerTests*
+```
+Using IntelliJ:
+- Import project as gradle project.
+- Make sure working directory is root of the project/repo
+- Add the following Java VM properties in ScalaTests Run Configuration, easiest is to change the Defaults for all ScalaTests to use this VM properties
+```
+-Dhttp.proxyHost=localhost
+-Dhttp.proxyPort=3128
+```
 
 # License
 [Apache 2.0](LICENSE.txt)
diff --git a/ansible/environments/local/group_vars/all b/ansible/environments/local/group_vars/all
index 63e284655793c0033b710cf0a94032152cbd08e6..45e97520fac33886ab741324aa0479fddd2ccf6d 100755
--- a/ansible/environments/local/group_vars/all
+++ b/ansible/environments/local/group_vars/all
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 whisk_version_name: local
-config_root_dir: /tmp/wskconf
-whisk_logs_dir: /tmp/wsklogs
+openwhisk_tmp_dir: "{{ lookup('env', 'OPENWHISK_TMP_DIR')|default('/tmp', true) }}"
+config_root_dir: "{{ openwhisk_tmp_dir }}/wskconf"
+whisk_logs_dir: "{{ openwhisk_tmp_dir }}/wsklogs"
 docker_registry: ""
 docker_dns: ""
 bypass_pull_for_local_images: true
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 09cf4fa76509eadc27c656a99e6737bb7e0cbe71..edbee1401accd88e2009cabf60b98086fc53a0ae 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-def owPath = System.getenv("OPENWHISK_HOME") ?: '../open'
-def owDirectory = new File(owPath)
-
-include 'common:scala'; project(':common:scala').projectDir = new File(owDirectory, 'common/scala')
-include 'core:controller'; project(':core:controller').projectDir = new File(owDirectory, 'core/controller')
-include 'core:invoker'; project(':core:invoker').projectDir = new File(owDirectory, 'core/invoker')
-include 'whisktests'; project(':whisktests').projectDir = new File(owDirectory, 'tests')
-
 include 'tests'
 
 include 'core:pythonAction'
@@ -13,6 +5,10 @@ include 'core:python2Action'
 
 rootProject.name = 'runtime-python'
 
+gradle.ext.openwhisk = [
+        version: '1.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
+]
+
 gradle.ext.scala = [
     version: '2.11.8',
     compileFlags: ['-feature', '-unchecked', '-deprecation', '-Xfatal-warnings', '-Ywarn-unused-import']
diff --git a/tests/build.gradle b/tests/build.gradle
index 124229c2932703c1b0325d5cef0c084031d1c33e..3b60d6c461fc4be43e47a7496f0e401a325a73ee 100644
--- a/tests/build.gradle
+++ b/tests/build.gradle
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ apply plugin: 'scala'
 apply plugin: 'eclipse'
 compileTestScala.options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
 
-evaluationDependsOn(':whisktests')
-
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
+    mavenLocal()
 }
 
 tasks.withType(Test) {
@@ -19,8 +18,8 @@ tasks.withType(Test) {
 
 dependencies {
     compile "org.scala-lang:scala-library:${gradle.scala.version}"
-    compile project(':whisktests')
-    compile project(':whisktests').sourceSets.test.output
+    compile "org.apache.openwhisk:openwhisk-tests:${gradle.openwhisk.version}:tests"
+    compile "org.apache.openwhisk:openwhisk-tests:${gradle.openwhisk.version}:test-sources"
 }
 
 tasks.withType(ScalaCompile) {
diff --git a/tools/travis/build.sh b/tools/travis/build.sh
index 8d9dc85fee830cdc626c936584f87ff20e7df475..cb4aa53d9ac42c862fdd3460c79e1f00adedc2eb 100755
--- a/tools/travis/build.sh
+++ b/tools/travis/build.sh
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ export OPENWHISK_HOME=$WHISKDIR
 
 IMAGE_PREFIX="testing"
 
-# Build runtime
-cd $ROOTDIR
-TERM=dumb ./gradlew \
-:core:python2Action:distDocker :core:pythonAction:distDocker \
--PdockerImagePrefix=${IMAGE_PREFIX}
-
-
 # Build OpenWhisk
 cd $WHISKDIR
 
@@ -29,6 +22,14 @@ docker tag openwhisk/invoker ${IMAGE_PREFIX}/invoker
 docker pull openwhisk/nodejs6action
 docker tag openwhisk/nodejs6action ${IMAGE_PREFIX}/nodejs6action
 
+TERM=dumb ./gradlew \
+:common:scala:install \
+:core:controller:install \
+:core:invoker:install \
+:tests:install
 
-
-
+# Build runtime
+cd $ROOTDIR
+TERM=dumb ./gradlew \
+:core:python2Action:distDocker :core:pythonAction:distDocker \
+-PdockerImagePrefix=${IMAGE_PREFIX}