diff --git a/src/helpers/_dynamo.js b/src/helpers/_dynamo.js
index 4c78d50..2c4dffe 100644
--- a/src/helpers/_dynamo.js
+++ b/src/helpers/_dynamo.js
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ module.exports = function getDynamo (callback) {
           port,
           region: AWS_REGION || 'us-west-2'
         },
-        function gotClient (err, { dynamodb }) {
+        function gotClient (err, client) {
           if (err) callback(err)
           else {
-            db = dynamodb
+            db = client.dynamodb
             callback(null, db)
           }
         })
diff --git a/src/helpers/_get-ports.js b/src/helpers/_get-ports.js
index 62cf679..930a1e4 100644
--- a/src/helpers/_get-ports.js
+++ b/src/helpers/_get-ports.js
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ module.exports = function getPorts (callback) {
       region: AWS_REGION || 'us-west-2',
     }
 
-    aws(config, function gotClient (err, { ssm }) {
+    aws(config, function gotClient (err, client) {
       if (err) callback(err)
       else {
+        let { ssm } = client
         let getParameter = util.callbackify(ssm.GetParameter)
         getParameter({ Name }, function done (err, result) {
           if (err) callback(err)
diff --git a/src/helpers/_get-table-name.js b/src/helpers/_get-table-name.js
index ca057a3..001f6ba 100644
--- a/src/helpers/_get-table-name.js
+++ b/src/helpers/_get-table-name.js
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ module.exports = function getTableName (callback) {
   }
 
   function go (config) {
-    aws(config, function gotClient (err, { ssm }) {
+    aws(config, function gotClient (err, client) {
       if (err) callback(err)
       else {
+        let { ssm } = client
         let getParameter = util.callbackify(ssm.GetParameter)
         getParameter({ Name }, function done (err, result) {
           // let ssm = new SSM(config)
diff --git a/test/integration-test.js b/test/integration-test.js
index de41544..a3141fe 100644
--- a/test/integration-test.js
+++ b/test/integration-test.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ test('env', t => {
 
 test('Start sandbox', async t => {
   t.plan(1)
+  process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = 'arc_dummy_access_key',
+  process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = 'arc_dummy_secret_key',
   await sandbox.start({ cwd: __dirname, quiet: true })
   t.pass('started')
 })
@@ -254,6 +256,8 @@ test('paginate ten at a time', async t => {
 // fin
 test('shutdown sandbox', async t => {
   t.plan(1)
+  delete process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+  delete process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
   await sandbox.end()
   t.pass('done')
 })
diff --git a/test/namespace-test.js b/test/namespace-test.js
index ae05580..95e32bb 100644
--- a/test/namespace-test.js
+++ b/test/namespace-test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ let test = require('tape')
 
 test('start sandbox', async t => {
   t.plan(1)
+  process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = 'arc_dummy_access_key',
+  process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = 'arc_dummy_secret_key',
   await sandbox.start({ quiet: true, cwd: __dirname })
   t.pass('sandbox.start')
 })
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ test('tables with similar namespacing', async t => {
 
 test('shutdown sandbox', async t => {
   t.plan(1)
+  delete process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+  delete process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
   await sandbox.end()
   t.pass('sandbox.end')
 })