diff --git a/test/exec.js b/test/exec.js
index 7194a32..7106aed 100644
--- a/test/exec.js
+++ b/test/exec.js
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ shell.cd('../..');
 // async
 //
 
+// no callback (no need for asyncFlags)
+shell.exec('node -e \"console.log(1234)\"', {async:true});
+assert.equal(shell.error(), null);
+
 var asyncFlags = [];
 
 //
@@ -118,20 +122,10 @@ shell.exec('node -e \"console.log(5678);\"', {async:true}, function(code, output
       child.exec('node '+file, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
         assert.ok(stdout === '222\n' || stdout === '222\nundefined\n'); // 'undefined' for v0.4
         asyncFlags[3] = true;
+        
+        shell.exit(123);  
       });
     });
   });
 });
 assert.equal(shell.error(), null);
-
-// no callback (no need for asyncFlags)
-shell.exec('node -e \"console.log(1234)\"', {async:true});
-assert.equal(shell.error(), null);
-
-setTimeout(function() {
-  asyncFlags.forEach(function(flag) {
-    assert.equal(flag, true);
-  });
-
-  shell.exit(123);  
-}, 2000);
diff --git a/test/to.js b/test/to.js
index 35ddc48..4ce9893 100644
--- a/test/to.js
+++ b/test/to.js
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@ shell.mkdir('tmp')
 // Invalids
 //
 
-shell.echo('hello world').to();
+'hello world'.to();
 assert.ok(shell.error());
 
 assert.equal(fs.existsSync('/asdfasdf'), false); // sanity check
-shell.echo('hello world').to('/asdfasdf/file');
+'hello world'.to('/asdfasdf/file');
 assert.ok(shell.error());
 
 //
 // Valids
 //
 
-shell.echo('hello world').to('tmp/to1');
+'hello world'.to('tmp/to1');
 var result = shell.cat('tmp/to1');
 assert.equal(shell.error(), null);
 assert.equal(result, 'hello world');