diff --git a/dataproc/dataproc_e2e_test.py b/dataproc/dataproc_e2e_test.py
index d7e9c522074e..0a45d080122f 100644
--- a/dataproc/dataproc_e2e_test.py
+++ b/dataproc/dataproc_e2e_test.py
@@ -18,17 +18,14 @@
 
 import os
 
-from gcp_devrel.testing.flaky import flaky
-
 import submit_job_to_cluster
 
 PROJECT = os.environ['GCLOUD_PROJECT']
 BUCKET = os.environ['CLOUD_STORAGE_BUCKET']
-CLUSTER_NAME = 'testcluster2'
+CLUSTER_NAME = 'testcluster3'
 ZONE = 'us-central1-b'
 
 
-@flaky
 def test_e2e():
     output = submit_job_to_cluster.main(
         PROJECT, ZONE, CLUSTER_NAME, BUCKET)
diff --git a/dataproc/submit_job_to_cluster.py b/dataproc/submit_job_to_cluster.py
index 3ffde240ce6e..1815078202f3 100644
--- a/dataproc/submit_job_to_cluster.py
+++ b/dataproc/submit_job_to_cluster.py
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 def get_default_pyspark_file():
     """Gets the PySpark file from this directory"""
     current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-    f = open(os.path.join(current_dir, DEFAULT_FILENAME), 'r')
+    f = open(os.path.join(current_dir, DEFAULT_FILENAME), 'rb')
     return f, DEFAULT_FILENAME
 
 
 def get_pyspark_file(filename):
-    f = open(filename, 'r')
+    f = open(filename, 'rb')
     return f, os.path.basename(filename)
 
 
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ def create_cluster(dataproc, project, zone, region, cluster_name):
         'config': {
             'gceClusterConfig': {
                 'zoneUri': zone_uri
+            },
+            'masterConfig': {
+                'numInstances': 1,
+                'machineTypeUri': 'n1-standard-1'
+            },
+            'workerConfig': {
+                'numInstances': 2,
+                'machineTypeUri': 'n1-standard-1'
             }
         }
     }