diff --git a/src/pyodide.js b/src/pyodide.js
index 3a28862ec..b922fdf0e 100644
--- a/src/pyodide.js
+++ b/src/pyodide.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var languagePluginLoader = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         console.log(`Invalid package name or URI '${package_uri}'`);
         break;
       } else if (package == package_uri) {
-        package_uri = 'packages.json';
+        package_uri = 'default channel';
       }
 
       console.log(`Loading ${package} from ${package_uri}`);
diff --git a/test/test_python.py b/test/test_python.py
index 0e2e9d294..2b3be4367 100644
--- a/test/test_python.py
+++ b/test/test_python.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import pytest
 
 
 def test_init(selenium_standalone):
-    assert 'Python initialization complete' in selenium_standalone.logs
+    assert ('Python initialization complete'
+            in selenium_standalone.logs.splitlines())
     assert len(selenium_standalone.driver.window_handles) == 1
 
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ def test_webbrowser(selenium):
 
 def test_print(selenium):
     selenium.run("print('This should be logged')")
-    assert 'This should be logged' in selenium.logs
+    assert 'This should be logged' in selenium.logs.splitlines()
 
 
 def test_python2js(selenium):