diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/jboss/hal/testsuite/Console.java b/common/src/main/java/org/jboss/hal/testsuite/Console.java
index 480859f8..3defc0da 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/jboss/hal/testsuite/Console.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/jboss/hal/testsuite/Console.java
@@ -104,7 +104,13 @@ public void navigate(PlaceRequest request, By selector, URL baseUrl) {
             URL url = new URL(baseUrl, hashFragment);
             browser.navigate().to(url);
             browser.navigate().refresh();
-            waitModel().until().element(selector).is().present();
+            try {
+                waitModel().until().element(selector).is().present();
+            } catch (org.openqa.selenium.TimeoutException e) {
+                // try again in case of intermittent issues
+                browser.navigate().refresh();
+                waitModel().until().element(selector).is().present();
+            }
             browser.manage().window().maximize();
         } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
             throw new LocationException("Malformed URL: ", e.getCause());
diff --git a/tests-configuration-elytron/src/test/java/org/jboss/hal/testsuite/test/configuration/elytron/factoriestransformers/AbstractFactoriesTransformersTest.java b/tests-configuration-elytron/src/test/java/org/jboss/hal/testsuite/test/configuration/elytron/factoriestransformers/AbstractFactoriesTransformersTest.java
index ca852f53..9c44757e 100644
--- a/tests-configuration-elytron/src/test/java/org/jboss/hal/testsuite/test/configuration/elytron/factoriestransformers/AbstractFactoriesTransformersTest.java
+++ b/tests-configuration-elytron/src/test/java/org/jboss/hal/testsuite/test/configuration/elytron/factoriestransformers/AbstractFactoriesTransformersTest.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public static void beforeTests() throws Exception {
         ModelNode MECH_CONF_DELETE_MODEL = new ModelNode();
 
         FILTER_CREATE_MODEL.get(PATTERN_FILTER).set(FILTERS_CREATE);
+        FILTER_CREATE_MODEL.get(ENABLING).set(true);
         FILTER_UPDATE_MODEL.get(PATTERN_FILTER).set(FILTERS_UPDATE);
         FILTER_UPDATE_MODEL.get(ENABLING).set(true);
         FILTER_UPDATE2_MODEL.get(PATTERN_FILTER).set(FILTERS_UPDATE2);