diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 62c4a53501..6366528f55 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -5014,7 +5014,7 @@ Karl    2003/06/23
         util.C
         util.h
 
-Karl 2003/06/23
+Karl    2003/06/23
     - removed stderr messages on detach_project() after user adds a URL that
       doesn't work
 
@@ -5032,3 +5032,13 @@ John Brian	2003/06/24
         resource.rc
         resource.h
         
+Karl    2003/06/23
+    - Got test_1sec working
+
+    test/
+        boinc.py        
+        test.inc
+        test_backend.py
+        test_uc.py
+    sched/
+        start_servers.C
diff --git a/test/boinc.py b/test/boinc.py
index 4a9e8bd7b1..37b7bbd0e5 100644
--- a/test/boinc.py
+++ b/test/boinc.py
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ class Project:
                  add_to_list=True):
         if add_to_list:
             all_projects.append(self)
+        self.configlines = []
         self.short_name = short_name or 'test_'+appname
         self.long_name = long_name or 'Project ' + self.short_name.replace('_',' ').capitalize()
         self.db_passwd = ''
@@ -638,7 +639,6 @@ class Project:
         except OSError:
             pass
 
-    configlines = []
     def append_config(self, line):
         self.configlines += line.split('\n')
         self.write_config()
@@ -843,6 +843,8 @@ def run_check_all():
     '''Run all projects, run all hosts, check all projects, stop all projects.'''
     all_projects.run()
     all_projects.open_dbs()             # for progress meter
+    if os.environ.get('TEST_STOP_BEFORE_HOST_RUN'):
+        raise SystemExit, 'Stopped due to $TEST_STOP_BEFORE_HOST_RUN'
     rm = ResultMeter(all_projects.progress)
     all_hosts.run()
     rm.stop()
@@ -868,6 +870,7 @@ def stop_proxy():
         os.kill(2, proxy_pid)
 
 def test_msg(msg):
+    print
     print "-- Testing", msg, '-'*(66-len(msg))
 
 def test_done():
diff --git a/test/test.inc b/test/test.inc
index 3841be5fc6..aa6e04a1af 100644
--- a/test/test.inc
+++ b/test/test.inc
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ function account_file_name($url) {
         $x = $url;
     }
     $encoded_name = strtr($x, "/", "_");
+    $encoded_name = substr($encoded_name, 0,strlen($encoded_name)-1);
     return "account_".$encoded_name.".xml";
 }
 
@@ -477,7 +478,7 @@ class Project {
         $this->copy('html_user/*.html'     , 'html_user/');
         $this->copy('html_ops/*.php'       , 'html_ops/');
         $this->copy('html_ops/*.inc'       , 'html_ops/');
-        $this->copy('html_ops/*.html'      , 'html_ops/');
+        // $this->copy('html_ops/*.html'      , 'html_ops/');
         $this->copy('tools/country_select' , 'html_user/');
         if ($this->project_php_file) {
             $this->copy('html_user/$this->project_php_file', 'html_user/project.inc');
diff --git a/test/test_backend.py b/test/test_backend.py
index 3e18fe6f83..fbf2184112 100755
--- a/test/test_backend.py
+++ b/test/test_backend.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class ProjectBackend(ProjectUC):
         self.check_results(self.num, ResultUC())
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    test_msg("entire backend");
-    ProjectBackend(sys.argv[1:] and get_int(sys.argv[1]) or 100)
+    num = sys.argv[1:] and get_int(sys.argv[1]) or 100
+    test_msg("entire backend (with %d results)" % num);
+    ProjectBackend(num)
     run_check_all()
diff --git a/test/test_uc.py b/test/test_uc.py
index 5dbb6c9fd4..ac64c5fd9c 100755
--- a/test/test_uc.py
+++ b/test/test_uc.py
@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ class WorkUC(Work):
         self.redundancy = redundancy
         self.delay_bound = 5*redundancy
         self.input_files = ['input']
-        # Say that 1 WU takes 1 day on a ref comp
-        self.rsc_fpops = 86400*1e9/2
-        self.rsc_iops = 86400*1e9/2
-        self.rsc_disk = 10e8
+        # # Say that 1 WU takes 1 day on a ref comp
+        #    - note: for test_1sec these values are too high so if you want to
+        #            add these back, make them smaller of make test_1sec
+        #            request more work
+        # self.rsc_fpops = 86400*1e9/2
+        # self.rsc_iops = 86400*1e9/2
+        # self.rsc_disk = 10e8
 
 class ResultUC:
     def __init__(self):