diff --git a/tools/test/bin/atomix-install b/tools/test/bin/atomix-install
index a076d00..b059e12 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/atomix-install
+++ b/tools/test/bin/atomix-install
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 [ ! -d "$ONOS_ROOT" ] && echo "ONOS_ROOT is not defined" >&2 && exit 1
 . $ONOS_ROOT/tools/build/envDefaults
 
-onos-check-bits
-
 while getopts fnvm: o; do
     case "$o" in
         f) uninstall=true;;
@@ -43,6 +41,8 @@
 node=${1:-$OCI}
 remote=$ONOS_USER@$node
 
+$(dirname $0)/atomix-push-bits $node
+
 ssh -tt $remote "
     [ -f $ATOMIX_INSTALL_DIR/bin/atomix-agent ] && echo \"Atomix is already installed\" && exit 1
 
diff --git a/tools/test/bin/atomix-push-bits b/tools/test/bin/atomix-push-bits
index 24fc9b7..ffeaf2e 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/atomix-push-bits
+++ b/tools/test/bin/atomix-push-bits
@@ -41,13 +41,14 @@
 if [ ! -z "$ATOMIX_ROOT" ]; then
   echo "Pushing to $node from $ATOMIX_ROOT"
   ATOMIX_TAR=$ATOMIX_ROOT/dist/target/atomix.tar.gz
-elif [ -e $ATOMIX_MAVEN ]; then
+elif [ -e "$ATOMIX_MAVEN" ]; then
   echo "Pushing to $node from $ATOMIX_MAVEN"
   ATOMIX_TAR=$ATOMIX_MAVEN
 else
   echo "Pushing to $node from $ATOMIX_LOCAL"
-  rm -f $ATOMIX_LOCAL
-  wget -O $ATOMIX_LOCAL $ATOMIX_REMOTE
+  if [ ! -f "$ATOMIX_LOCAL" ]; then
+      wget -O $ATOMIX_LOCAL $ATOMIX_REMOTE
+  fi
   ATOMIX_TAR=$ATOMIX_LOCAL
 fi