diff --git a/tests/src/lib.rs b/tests/src/lib.rs
index ad0f514c..b9222ccb 100644
--- a/tests/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use std::{fmt::Debug, sync::Mutex};
 
 //crates
-use fraction::Fraction;
+use fraction::{Fraction, One};
 use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
 
 static NET_PORT: Lazy<Mutex<u16>> = Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(thread_rng().gen_range(8000, 10000)));
@@ -47,6 +47,24 @@ pub enum SpawnConfig {
     },
 }
 
+impl SpawnConfig {
+    // Returns a SpawnConfig::Chain with proper configurations for happy-path tests
+    pub fn chain_happy(n_participants: usize, mixnet_config: MixnetConfig) -> Self {
+        Self::Chain {
+            consensus: ConsensusConfig {
+                n_participants,
+                // All nodes are expected to be responsive in happy-path tests.
+                threshold: Fraction::one(),
+                // Set the timeout conservatively
+                // since nodes should be spawned sequentially in the chain topology
+                // and it takes 1+ secs for each nomos-node to be started.
+                timeout: Duration::from_millis(n_participants as u64 * 2500),
+            },
+            mixnet: mixnet_config,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct ConsensusConfig {
     pub n_participants: usize,
diff --git a/tests/src/tests/cli.rs b/tests/src/tests/cli.rs
index 7e5828be..39f14a5b 100644
--- a/tests/src/tests/cli.rs
+++ b/tests/src/tests/cli.rs
@@ -1,26 +1,17 @@
-use fraction::{Fraction, One};
 use nomos_cli::{
     cmds::{disseminate::Disseminate, Command},
     da::disseminate::{DaProtocolChoice, FullReplicationSettings, Protocol, ProtocolSettings},
 };
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
-use tests::{nodes::nomos::Pool, ConsensusConfig, MixNode, Node, NomosNode, SpawnConfig};
+use tests::{nodes::nomos::Pool, MixNode, Node, NomosNode, SpawnConfig};
 
 const TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 20;
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn disseminate_blob() {
     let (_mixnodes, mixnet_config) = MixNode::spawn_nodes(2).await;
-    let mut nodes = NomosNode::spawn_nodes(SpawnConfig::Chain {
-        consensus: ConsensusConfig {
-            n_participants: 2,
-            threshold: Fraction::one(),
-            timeout: Duration::from_secs(10),
-        },
-        mixnet: mixnet_config,
-    })
-    .await;
+    let mut nodes = NomosNode::spawn_nodes(SpawnConfig::chain_happy(2, mixnet_config)).await;
 
     // kill the node so that we can reuse its network config
     nodes[1].stop();
diff --git a/tests/src/tests/happy.rs b/tests/src/tests/happy.rs
index 359877d9..c9fa64e8 100644
--- a/tests/src/tests/happy.rs
+++ b/tests/src/tests/happy.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use consensus_engine::{Qc, View};
-use fraction::{Fraction, One};
 use futures::stream::{self, StreamExt};
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use tests::{ConsensusConfig, MixNode, Node, NomosNode, SpawnConfig};
+use tests::{MixNode, Node, NomosNode, SpawnConfig};
 
 const TARGET_VIEW: View = View::new(20);
 
@@ -77,45 +76,21 @@ async fn happy_test(nodes: &[NomosNode]) {
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn two_nodes_happy() {
     let (_mixnodes, mixnet_config) = MixNode::spawn_nodes(2).await;
-    let nodes = NomosNode::spawn_nodes(SpawnConfig::Chain {
-        consensus: ConsensusConfig {
-            n_participants: 2,
-            threshold: Fraction::one(),
-            timeout: Duration::from_secs(10),
-        },
-        mixnet: mixnet_config,
-    })
-    .await;
+    let nodes = NomosNode::spawn_nodes(SpawnConfig::chain_happy(2, mixnet_config)).await;
     happy_test(&nodes).await;
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn ten_nodes_happy() {
     let (_mixnodes, mixnet_config) = MixNode::spawn_nodes(3).await;
-    let nodes = NomosNode::spawn_nodes(SpawnConfig::Chain {
-        consensus: ConsensusConfig {
-            n_participants: 10,
-            threshold: Fraction::one(),
-            timeout: Duration::from_secs(10),
-        },
-        mixnet: mixnet_config,
-    })
-    .await;
+    let nodes = NomosNode::spawn_nodes(SpawnConfig::chain_happy(10, mixnet_config)).await;
     happy_test(&nodes).await;
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_get_block() {
     let (_mixnodes, mixnet_config) = MixNode::spawn_nodes(3).await;
-    let nodes = NomosNode::spawn_nodes(SpawnConfig::Chain {
-        consensus: ConsensusConfig {
-            n_participants: 2,
-            threshold: Fraction::one(),
-            timeout: Duration::from_secs(10),
-        },
-        mixnet: mixnet_config,
-    })
-    .await;
+    let nodes = NomosNode::spawn_nodes(SpawnConfig::chain_happy(2, mixnet_config)).await;
     happy_test(&nodes).await;
     let id = nodes[0].consensus_info().await.committed_blocks[0];
     tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(10), async {