diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b8cdff0d0919f..78b598b471418 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ language: minimal
 cache:
   ccache: true
   directories:
-    - depends/built
-    - depends/sdk-sources
+    - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/depends/built
+    - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/depends/sdk-sources
     - $HOME/.ccache
 stages:
   - lint
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ script:
   - export CONTINUE=1
   - if [ $SECONDS -gt 1200 ]; then export CONTINUE=0; fi  # Likely the depends build took very long
   - if [ $CONTINUE = "1" ]; then set -o errexit; source .travis/test_06_script_a.sh; else set +o errexit; echo "$CACHE_ERR_MSG"; false; fi
-  - if [ $SECONDS -gt 2000 ]; then export CONTINUE=0; fi  # Likely the build took very long; The tests take about 1000s, so we should abort if we have less than 50*60-1000=2000s left
+  - if [ $SECONDS -gt 1500 ]; then export CONTINUE=0; fi  # Likely the build took very long; The tests take about 1000s, so we should abort if we have less than 50*60-1000=2000s left
   - if [ $CONTINUE = "1" ]; then set -o errexit; source .travis/test_06_script_b.sh; else set +o errexit; echo "$CACHE_ERR_MSG"; false; fi
 after_script:
   - echo $TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE
diff --git a/.travis/test_06_script_b.sh b/.travis/test_06_script_b.sh
index 48f13412a73b4..6c01f9fdb61da 100755
--- a/.travis/test_06_script_b.sh
+++ b/.travis/test_06_script_b.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS" = "true" ]; then
   BEGIN_FOLD functional-tests
-  DOCKER_EXEC test/functional/test_runner.py --combinedlogslen=4000 ${TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA} --quiet
+  DOCKER_EXEC test/functional/test_runner.py --combinedlogslen=4000 ${TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA}
   END_FOLD
 fi
+
+cd ${TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR} || (echo "could not enter travis build dir $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR"; exit 1)
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index 82a2d75a51c87..dd41f10492491 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument('--help', '-h', '-?', action='store_true', help='print help text and exit')
     parser.add_argument('--jobs', '-j', type=int, default=4, help='how many test scripts to run in parallel. Default=4.')
     parser.add_argument('--keepcache', '-k', action='store_true', help='the default behavior is to flush the cache directory on startup. --keepcache retains the cache from the previous testrun.')
-    parser.add_argument('--quiet', '-q', action='store_true', help='only print results summary and failure logs')
+    parser.add_argument('--quiet', '-q', action='store_true', help='only print dots, results summary and failure logs')
     parser.add_argument('--tmpdirprefix', '-t', default=tempfile.gettempdir(), help="Root directory for datadirs")
     args, unknown_args = parser.parse_known_args()
 
@@ -300,17 +300,17 @@ def run_tests(test_list, src_dir, build_dir, exeext, tmpdir, jobs=1, enable_cove
     test_results = []
 
     max_len_name = len(max(test_list, key=len))
-
-    for _ in range(len(test_list)):
+    test_count = len(test_list)
+    for i in range(test_count):
         test_result, testdir, stdout, stderr = job_queue.get_next()
         test_results.append(test_result)
-
+        done_str = "{}/{} - {}{}{}".format(i + 1, test_count, BOLD[1], test_result.name, BOLD[0])
         if test_result.status == "Passed":
-            logging.debug("\n%s%s%s passed, Duration: %s s" % (BOLD[1], test_result.name, BOLD[0], test_result.time))
+            logging.debug("%s passed, Duration: %s s" % (done_str, test_result.time))
         elif test_result.status == "Skipped":
-            logging.debug("\n%s%s%s skipped" % (BOLD[1], test_result.name, BOLD[0]))
+            logging.debug("%s skipped" % (done_str))
         else:
-            print("\n%s%s%s failed, Duration: %s s\n" % (BOLD[1], test_result.name, BOLD[0], test_result.time))
+            print("%s failed, Duration: %s s\n" % (done_str, test_result.time))
             print(BOLD[1] + 'stdout:\n' + BOLD[0] + stdout + '\n')
             print(BOLD[1] + 'stderr:\n' + BOLD[0] + stderr + '\n')
             if combined_logs_len and os.path.isdir(testdir):
@@ -398,6 +398,12 @@ def get_next(self):
                               log_stderr))
         if not self.jobs:
             raise IndexError('pop from empty list')
+
+        # Print remaining running jobs when all jobs have been started.
+        if not self.test_list:
+            print("Remaining jobs: [{}]".format(", ".join(j[0] for j in self.jobs)))
+
+        dot_count = 0
         while True:
             # Return first proc that finishes
             time.sleep(.5)
@@ -419,9 +425,12 @@ def get_next(self):
                         status = "Failed"
                     self.num_running -= 1
                     self.jobs.remove(j)
-
+                    clearline = '\r' + (' ' * dot_count) + '\r'
+                    print(clearline, end='', flush=True)
+                    dot_count = 0
                     return TestResult(name, status, int(time.time() - time0)), testdir, stdout, stderr
             print('.', end='', flush=True)
+            dot_count += 1
 
 class TestResult():
     def __init__(self, name, status, time):