+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import logging
+import os
+
+# Set the ANMTEST_LOGLEVEL environment variable to enable logging at that level.
+loglevel = os.environ.get('ANMTEST_LOGLEVEL', 'CRITICAL')
+logging.basicConfig(level=getattr(logging, loglevel.upper()))
+
+# Set the ANMTEST_TIMEOUT environment variable to the maximum amount of time to
+# wait for tested actors to respond to important messages. The default value
+# is very conservative, because a small value may produce false negatives on
+# slower systems. If you're debugging a known timeout issue, however, you may
+# want to set this lower to speed up tests.
+pykka_timeout = int(os.environ.get('ANMTEST_TIMEOUT', '10'))