diff --git a/src/python/turicreate/test/test_one_shot_object_detector.py b/src/python/turicreate/test/test_one_shot_object_detector.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/python/turicreate/test/test_one_shot_object_detector.py
+++ b/src/python/turicreate/test/test_one_shot_object_detector.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class OneObjectDetectorSmokeTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_create_with_single_image(self):
         image = self.train[0][self.feature]
         model = tc.one_shot_object_detector.create(
-            image, 'custom_logo', backgrounds=self.backgrounds)
+            image, 'custom_logo', backgrounds=self.backgrounds, max_iterations=1)
 
     def test_create_with_missing_value(self):
         sf = self.train.append(tc.SFrame({self.feature: tc.SArray([None], dtype=tc.Image), self.target: [self.train[self.target][0]]}))
accelerate OSOD unit test (#<I>)