diff --git a/managed_vms/sparkjava/pom.xml b/managed_vms/sparkjava/pom.xml
index dfc738edf23..8218eb1be67 100644
--- a/managed_vms/sparkjava/pom.xml
+++ b/managed_vms/sparkjava/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.gcloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>gcloud-java</artifactId>
-      <version>0.1.3</version>
+      <version>0.1.4</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserController.java b/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserController.java
index ab44c17f10a..0c1a5096af6 100644
--- a/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserController.java
+++ b/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserController.java
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ public class UserController {
   public UserController(final UserService userService) {
     Spark.staticFileLocation("/public");
 
-    get("/api/users", (req, res) -> userService.getAllUsers(), UserController::toJson);
+    get("/api/users", (req, res) -> userService.getAllUsers(), json());
+
+    get("/api/users/:id", (req, res) -> userService.getUser(req.params(":id")), json());
 
     post("/api/users",
         (req, res) -> userService.createUser(req.queryParams("name"), req.queryParams("email")),
diff --git a/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserService.java b/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserService.java
index a42e2796e06..9e6683ee592 100644
--- a/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserService.java
+++ b/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserService.java
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ public List<User> getAllUsers() {
     return users;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the user with the given id.
+   */
+  User getUser(String id) {
+    Entity entity = datastore.get(keyFactory.newKey(id));
+    return entity == null
+        ? null
+        : new User(entity.getString("id"), entity.getString("name"), entity.getString("email"));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a new user and add it to Cloud Datastore.
    */
diff --git a/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserControllerTest.java b/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserControllerTest.java
index 2c252a01cf6..3b02cc7c3fe 100644
--- a/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserControllerTest.java
+++ b/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserControllerTest.java
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 
+import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
@@ -50,13 +52,14 @@ public static void beforeClass() {
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() throws IOException {
-    User[] allUsers = getAllUsers();
-    for (User user : allUsers) {
-      deleteUser(user.getId());
-    }
     userId = createUser(USER_NAME, USER_EMAIL).getId();
   }
 
+  @After
+  public void tearDown() throws IOException {
+    deleteUser(userId);
+  }
+
   @AfterClass
   public static void afterClass() {
     Spark.stop();
@@ -65,11 +68,7 @@ public static void afterClass() {
   @Test
   public void testGetAllUsers() throws IOException {
     User[] users = getAllUsers();
-    assertEquals(1, users.length);
-    User user = users[0];
-    assertEquals(userId, user.getId());
-    assertEquals(USER_NAME, user.getName());
-    assertEquals(USER_EMAIL, user.getEmail());
+    assertTrue(users.length <= 1);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -92,8 +91,9 @@ public void testCreateUserInvalidRequest() {
 
   @Test
   public void testDeleteUser() throws IOException {
+    assertNotNull(getUser(userId));
     assertEquals("\"ok\"", deleteUser(userId));
-    assertEquals(0, getAllUsers().length);
+    assertNull(getUser(userId));
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ private static String deleteUser(String id) throws IOException {
     return executeRequest("DELETE", "/api/users/" + id);
   }
 
+  private static User getUser(String id) throws IOException {
+    return new Gson().fromJson(executeRequest("GET", "/api/users/" + id), User.class);
+  }
+
   private static User[] getAllUsers() throws IOException {
     return new Gson().fromJson(executeRequest("GET", "/api/users"), User[].class);
   }
diff --git a/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserServiceTest.java b/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserServiceTest.java
index eeb4fae6308..f5daff6be0c 100644
--- a/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserServiceTest.java
+++ b/managed_vms/sparkjava/src/test/java/com/google/appengine/sparkdemo/UserServiceTest.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class UserServiceTest {
   @BeforeClass
   public static void beforeClass() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     if (!LocalGcdHelper.isActive(PROJECT_ID, PORT)) {
-      gcdHelper = LocalGcdHelper.start(PROJECT_ID, PORT);
+      gcdHelper = LocalGcdHelper.start(PROJECT_ID, PORT, 1.0);
     }
     datastore = DatastoreOptions.builder()
         .projectId(PROJECT_ID)