diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f839d68a..fb4ad5d2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ RUN pip install --upgrade pip \
     && apt-get install -y \
         freetds-dev \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-WORKDIR /workspace
 ARG version=3.8
 COPY requirements/${version}.txt requirements.txt
 COPY setup.py README.rst ./
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 855d6624..09295f92 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 testcontainers-python
 =====================
 
-.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/testcontainers/testcontainers-python.svg?branch=master
-   :target: https://travis-ci.org/testcontainers/testcontainers-python
+.. image:: https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/workflows/testcontainers-python/badge.svg
+   :target: https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/actions/workflows/main.yml
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/testcontainers.svg?style=flat-square
    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/testcontainers
 .. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/testcontainers-python/badge/?version=latest
diff --git a/testcontainers/neo4j.py b/testcontainers/neo4j.py
index f2e6ce72..b1887de2 100644
--- a/testcontainers/neo4j.py
+++ b/testcontainers/neo4j.py
@@ -13,11 +13,8 @@
 
 import os
 
-import re
-import time
 from neo4j import GraphDatabase
 
-from testcontainers.core.exceptions import TimeoutException
 from testcontainers.core.generic import DbContainer
 from testcontainers.core.waiting_utils import wait_container_is_ready, wait_for_logs
 
@@ -70,24 +67,19 @@ def get_connection_url(self):
 
     @wait_container_is_ready()
     def _connect(self):
-        deadline = time.time() + Neo4jContainer.NEO4J_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
-        regex = re.compile("Remote interface available at", re.MULTILINE).search
-
         # First we wait for Neo4j to say it's listening
-        wait_for_logs(self, regex, Neo4jContainer.NEO4J_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
+        wait_for_logs(
+            self,
+            "Remote interface available at",
+            Neo4jContainer.NEO4J_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+        )
 
         # Then we actually check that the container really is listening
-        while time.time() < deadline:
-            with self.get_driver() as driver:
-                # Drivers may or may not be lazy
-                # force them to do a round trip to confirm neo4j is working
-                with driver.session() as session:
-                    session.run("RETURN 1").single()
-                    return
-
-        raise TimeoutException(
-            "Neo4j did not start within %.3f seconds" % Neo4jContainer.NEO4J_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
-        )
+        with self.get_driver() as driver:
+            # Drivers may or may not be lazy
+            # force them to do a round trip to confirm neo4j is working
+            with driver.session() as session:
+                session.run("RETURN 1").single()
 
     def get_driver(self, **kwargs):
         return GraphDatabase.driver(
diff --git a/testcontainers/redis.py b/testcontainers/redis.py
index a8007d59..3b1fc5c2 100644
--- a/testcontainers/redis.py
+++ b/testcontainers/redis.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def __init__(self, image="redis:latest", port_to_expose=6379):
     def _connect(self):
         client = self.get_client()
         if not client.ping():
-            raise Exception
+            raise redis.exceptions.ConnectionError("Could not connect to Redis")
 
     def get_client(self, **kwargs):
         """get redis client