diff --git a/docker.sh b/docker.sh
index ad112b49..31d22fc2 100755
--- a/docker.sh
+++ b/docker.sh
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ docker_compose_version_test(){
     found_version="$(docker_compose_path_version / "$name"-)"
     echo "found $name version $found_version"
     hr
-    if [[ "$found_version" =~ $version* ]]; then
+    if [[ "$found_version" =~ $version ]]; then
         echo "$name docker version matches expected (found '$found_version', expected '$version')"
     else
         echo "Docker container version does not match expected version! (found '$found_version', expected '$version')"
diff --git a/python_compile.sh b/python_compile.sh
index 33bc5465..b47fce07 100755
--- a/python_compile.sh
+++ b/python_compile.sh
@@ -33,11 +33,18 @@ if [ -n "${NOCOMPILE:-}" ]; then
 elif [ -n "${QUICK:-}" ]; then
     echo '$QUICK environment variable set, skipping python compile'
 else
-    for x in $(find "${1:-.}" -maxdepth 2 -type f -iname '*.py' -o -iname '*.jy' | sort); do
-        type isExcluded &>/dev/null && isExcluded "$x" && continue
-        echo "compiling $x"
-        python -m py_compile "$x"
-    done
+    if [ -n "${FAST:-}" ]; then
+        python -m compileall "${1:-.}" || :
+    else
+        for x in $(find "${1:-.}" -maxdepth 2 -type f -iname '*.py' -o -iname '*.jy' | sort); do
+            type isExcluded &>/dev/null && isExcluded "$x" && continue
+            echo "compiling $x"
+            # -O  - optimize
+            # -3  - warn on Python 3 incompatibilies that 2to3 cannot easily fix
+            # -t  - warn on inconsistent use of tabs
+            python -O -3 -t -m py_compile "$x"
+        done
+    fi
 fi
 
 time_taken "$start_time"
diff --git a/utils.sh b/utils.sh
index 97fb00cc..f700b0a7 100755
--- a/utils.sh
+++ b/utils.sh
@@ -353,8 +353,12 @@ run_test_versions(){
     local test_func="$(tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' <<< "test_${name/ /_}")"
     local VERSIONS="$(tr 'a-z' 'A-Z' <<< "${name/ /_}_VERSIONS")"
     local test_versions="$(eval ci_sample $`echo $VERSIONS`)"
+    local test_versions_ordered="$test_versions"
+    if [ -z "${NO_VERSION_REVERSE:-}" ]; then
+        local test_versions_ordered="$(tr ' ' '\n' <<< "$test_versions" | tail -r | tr '\n' ' ')"
+    fi
     local start_time="$(start_timer "$name tests")"
-    for version in $test_versions; do
+    for version in $test_versions_ordered; do
         version_start_time="$(start_timer "$name test for version:  $version")"
         run_count=0
         eval "$test_func" "$version"