diff --git a/test/cases.cc b/test/cases.cc
index 5442c08d..df6d4021 100644
--- a/test/cases.cc
+++ b/test/cases.cc
@@ -61,16 +61,15 @@ void testcase_setup(const char *casename, actor_params &params,
                     unsigned &last_space_id) {
   if (strcmp(casename, "basic") == 0) {
     log_notice(">>> testcase_setup(%s)", casename);
-    configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_jitter, nullptr, params);
+    configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_nested, nullptr, params);
     configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_hill, nullptr, params);
     configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_ttl, nullptr, params);
-    configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_jitter, nullptr, params);
-    configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_hill, nullptr, params);
-    configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_ttl, nullptr, params);
-    configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_try, nullptr, params);
     configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_copy, nullptr, params);
     configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_append, nullptr, params);
-    configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_nested, nullptr, params);
+    configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_jitter, nullptr, params);
+    configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_try, nullptr, params);
+    configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_jitter, nullptr, params);
+    configure_actor(last_space_id, ac_try, nullptr, params);
     log_notice("<<< testcase_setup(%s): done", casename);
   } else {
     failure("unknown testcase `%s`", casename);