diff --git a/tests/test_async.py b/tests/test_async.py
index 5b1d8abf4dc9721d2c23a40771d61a851a481139..9d96801c8f469f356850931bdf877ae5d5c3a4f1 100644
--- a/tests/test_async.py
+++ b/tests/test_async.py
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ def _test_run():
     assert     onErrorCalled[ 0]
 
 
+def test_idleTimeout():
+    async.idleReset()
+    default = async.getIdleTimeout()
+    async.setIdleTimeout(999)
+    assert async.getIdleTimeout() == 999
+    async.setIdleTimeout()
+    assert async.getIdleTimeout() == default
+
+
 def test_idle():
 
     called = [False]
diff --git a/tests/test_fixlabels.py b/tests/test_fixlabels.py
index 8f374fd58558cad752d6eba42b5dad78334cdd47..f8d228ea5a79cee0c98da3970fee0b6a3e8402ea 100644
--- a/tests/test_fixlabels.py
+++ b/tests/test_fixlabels.py
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ def test_saveLabelFile():
         # dirname=something, listBad=False
         dirname = 'Blob/a.ica'
         fixlabels.saveLabelFile(labels, fname, dirname=dirname, listBad=False)
-        exp = '{}\n{}'.format(op.abspath(dirname), expected)
+        exp = '{}\n{}'.format(dirname, expected)
         with open(fname, 'rt') as f:
             assert f.read().strip() == exp