diff --git a/lib/fog/google/examples/get_list_snapshots.rb b/lib/fog/google/examples/get_list_snapshots.rb
index fbfb15b98..91f265186 100644
--- a/lib/fog/google/examples/get_list_snapshots.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/google/examples/get_list_snapshots.rb
@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@ def test
 
   connection = Fog::Compute.new({ :provider => "Google" })
 
-  # puts 'Listing images in all projects...'
+  # puts 'Listing snapshots...'
   # puts '---------------------------------'
   snapshots = connection.snapshots.all
   raise 'Could not LIST the snapshots' unless snapshots
   # puts snapshots.inspect
 
-  snap = snapshots.first
-  # puts 'Fetching a single image from a global project...'
+  # puts 'Fetching a single snapshot...'
   # puts '------------------------------------------------'
-  snap = connection.snapshots.get(snap)
-  raise 'Could not GET the snapshot' unless snap
-  # puts snap.inspect
+  snap = snapshots.first
+  if !snap.nil?
+    snap = connection.snapshots.get(snap)
+    raise 'Could not GET the snapshot' unless snap
+    # puts snap.inspect
+  end
 
 end
diff --git a/lib/fog/google/examples/launch_micro_instance.rb b/lib/fog/google/examples/launch_micro_instance.rb
index 56f5fcad3..c59e7e797 100755
--- a/lib/fog/google/examples/launch_micro_instance.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/google/examples/launch_micro_instance.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ def test
     :name => 'foggydisk',
     :size_gb => 10,
     :zone_name => 'us-central1-a',
-    :image_name => 'centos-6-v20130522',
+    :source_image => 'centos-6-v20130522',
   })
 
   disk.wait_for { disk.ready? }
diff --git a/lib/fog/google/examples/network.rb b/lib/fog/google/examples/network.rb
index b7ad0c379..751795000 100644
--- a/lib/fog/google/examples/network.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/google/examples/network.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ def test
   connection = Fog::Compute.new({ :provider => "Google" })
 
   # we create a new private network
-  connection.insert_network('my-private-network','10.240.0.0/16')
+  connection.insert_network('my-private-network', '10.240.0.0/16')
 
-  server = connection.servers.bootstrap(defaults = {
+  server = connection.servers.create({
     :name => "fog-smoke-test-#{Time.now.to_i}",
     :image_name => "debian-7-wheezy-v20130522",
     :machine_type => "n1-standard-1",
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ def test
     :external_ip => false,
     :user => ENV['USER'],
   })
+
+  # The network won't have any firewall rules, so we won't be able to ssh in.
+  server.wait_for { ready? }
 end
diff --git a/lib/fog/google/requests/compute/delete_disk.rb b/lib/fog/google/requests/compute/delete_disk.rb
index e673ab4c1..e7903d5e7 100644
--- a/lib/fog/google/requests/compute/delete_disk.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/google/requests/compute/delete_disk.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ module Fog
       class Real
 
         def delete_disk(disk_name, zone_name)
+          if zone_name.start_with? 'http'
+            zone_name = zone_name.split('/')[-1]
+          end
+
           api_method = @compute.disks.delete
           parameters = {
             'project' => @project,
diff --git a/lib/fog/google/requests/compute/get_disk.rb b/lib/fog/google/requests/compute/get_disk.rb
index 2349f561a..5914c3ffd 100644
--- a/lib/fog/google/requests/compute/get_disk.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/google/requests/compute/get_disk.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module Fog
           if zone_name.start_with? 'http'
             zone_name = zone_name.split('/')[-1]
           end
+
           api_method = @compute.disks.get
           parameters = {
             'project' => @project,
diff --git a/lib/fog/google/requests/compute/get_snapshot.rb b/lib/fog/google/requests/compute/get_snapshot.rb
index 1dc66282e..1b3a2ba9d 100644
--- a/lib/fog/google/requests/compute/get_snapshot.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/google/requests/compute/get_snapshot.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ module Fog
       class Real
 
         def get_snapshot(snap_name, project=@project)
+          if snap_name.nil?
+            raise ArgumentError.new "snap_name must not be nil."
+          end
+
           api_method = @compute.snapshots.get
           parameters = {
             'snapshot' => snap_name,