diff --git a/tests/server.js b/tests/server.js
index 5c5585bb3..99d004a30 100644
--- a/tests/server.js
+++ b/tests/server.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ exports.createPostValidator = function (text, reqContentType) {
         assert.ok(~req.headers['content-type'].indexOf(reqContentType))
       }
       resp.writeHead(200, {'content-type':'text/plain'})
-      resp.write('OK')
+      resp.write(r)
       resp.end()
     })
   }
diff --git a/tests/test-body.js b/tests/test-body.js
index a49640f87..77b826d46 100644
--- a/tests/test-body.js
+++ b/tests/test-body.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ function addTest(name, data) {
       t.equal(err, null)
       if (data.expectBody && Buffer.isBuffer(data.expectBody)) {
         t.deepEqual(data.expectBody.toString(), body.toString())
+      } else if (data.expectBody) {
+        t.deepEqual(data.expectBody, body)
       }
       t.end()
     })
diff --git a/tests/test-pipes.js b/tests/test-pipes.js
index 0e4be002c..140c96c4d 100644
--- a/tests/test-pipes.js
+++ b/tests/test-pipes.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ tape('piping to a request object', function(t) {
   }, function(err, res, body) {
     t.equal(err, null)
     t.equal(res.statusCode, 200)
-    t.equal(body, 'OK')
+    t.equal(body, 'mydata')
     t.end()
   })
   mydata.pipe(r1)
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ tape('piping to a request object', function(t) {
 })
 
 tape('piping to a request object with a json body', function(t) {
-  s.once('/push-json', server.createPostValidator('{"foo":"bar"}', 'application/json'))
-
+  var obj = {foo: 'bar'}
+  var json = JSON.stringify(obj)
+  s.once('/push-json', server.createPostValidator(json, 'application/json'))
   var mybodydata = new stream.Stream()
   mybodydata.readable = true
 
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ tape('piping to a request object with a json body', function(t) {
   }, function(err, res, body) {
     t.equal(err, null)
     t.equal(res.statusCode, 200)
-    t.equal(body, 'OK')
+    t.deepEqual(body, obj)
     t.end()
   })
   mybodydata.pipe(r2)