diff --git a/db/schema.sql b/db/schema.sql
index dcc874e948..e2c10b0573 100644
--- a/db/schema.sql
+++ b/db/schema.sql
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ create table user (
     url             varchar(254),
     send_email      smallint    not null,
     show_hosts      smallint    not null,
+    posts           integer unsigned not null,
     primary key (id)
 );
 
diff --git a/test/test_abort.py b/test/test_abort.py
index 8304942423..6ea65565ee 100755
--- a/test/test_abort.py
+++ b/test/test_abort.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class WorkAbort(WorkUC):
 class ResultAbort(ResultUCError):
     def __init__(self):
         ResultUCError.__init__(self)
-        self.stderr_out.append('<message>Output file exceeded size limit</message>')
+        self.stderr_out.append('<message>Output file exceeded size limit')
 
 class ProjectAbort(ProjectUC):
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/test/test_concat.py b/test/test_concat.py
index d9b1415976..f8c5c4ebe6 100755
--- a/test/test_concat.py
+++ b/test/test_concat.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class WorkConcat(Work):
         self.wu_template = "concat_wu"
         self.result_template = "concat_result"
         self.input_files = ['input']*2
+        self.delay_bound = 86400*3
 
 class ProjectConcat(TestProject):
     def __init__(self, works=None, users=None, hosts=None, redundancy=2):
diff --git a/test/test_exit.py b/test/test_exit.py
index c0ffd1b831..18ce3f58bb 100755
--- a/test/test_exit.py
+++ b/test/test_exit.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class WorkExit(WorkUC):
 class ResultExit(ResultUCError):
     def __init__(self):
         ResultUCError.__init__(self)
-        self.stderr_out.append('<message>process exited with a nonzero exit code')
+        self.stderr_out.append('<message>process exited with a non-zero exit code')
 
 class ProjectExit(ProjectUC):
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/test/test_signal.py b/test/test_signal.py
index de35ebd293..62b4690c70 100755
--- a/test/test_signal.py
+++ b/test/test_signal.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class ResultSignal(ResultUCError):
     def __init__(self):
         ResultUCError.__init__(self)
         self.stderr_out.append('SIGHUP: terminal line hangup')
-        self.stderr_out.append('<message>process exited with a nonzero exit code')
+        self.stderr_out.append('<message>process exited with a non-zero exit code')
 
 class ProjectSignal(ProjectUC):
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/test/testbase.py b/test/testbase.py
index 028ada16a6..cefd83370c 100644
--- a/test/testbase.py
+++ b/test/testbase.py
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ class Host:
         self.global_prefs = None
         self.log_flags = 'log_flags.xml'
         self.host_dir = os.path.join(options.hosts_dir, self.name)
-        self.defargs = "-exit_when_idle -skip_cpu_benchmarks -debug_fake_exponential_backoff"
+        self.defargs = "-exit_when_idle -skip_cpu_benchmarks -debug_fake_exponential_backoff -return_results_immediately"
         # self.defargs = "-exit_when_idle -skip_cpu_benchmarks -sched_retry_delay_min 1"
 
     def add_user(self, user, project):