diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index fbd28a06..4e60867e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ deps =
     nose-timer
     coverage<4
     coveralls
+    docopt
 commands =
     nosetests --with-coverage --with-timer --cover-package=tqdm --ignore-files="tests_perf\.py" -d -v tqdm/
     coveralls
@@ -37,5 +38,6 @@ commands =
 deps =
     nose
     nose-timer
+    docopt
 commands =
     nosetests --with-timer tqdm/tests/tests_perf.py -d -v
diff --git a/tqdm/tests/tests_main.py b/tqdm/tests/tests_main.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eca77952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tqdm/tests/tests_main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import sys
+import subprocess
+from tqdm import main
+from docopt import DocoptExit
+from copy import deepcopy
+
+from tests_tqdm import with_setup, pretest, posttest, _range
+
+
+# WARNING: this should be the last test as it messes with sys.stdin, argv
+@with_setup(pretest, posttest)
+def test_main():
+    """ Test command line pipes """
+    ls_out = subprocess.Popen(('ls'), stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+    ls = subprocess.Popen(('ls'), stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    res = subprocess.Popen(('python', '-c', 'from tqdm import main; main()'),
+                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                           stdin=ls.stdout,
+                           stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).communicate()[0]
+    ls.wait()
+
+    # actual test:
+
+    assert (ls_out in res)
+
+    # semi-fake test which gets coverage:
+    try:
+        _SYS = (deepcopy(sys.stdin), deepcopy(sys.argv))
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    sys.stdin = map(str, _range(int(1e3)))
+    sys.argv = ['', '--desc', 'Test command line pipes',
+                '--ascii', 'True', '--unit_scale', 'True']
+    main()
+
+    sys.argv = ['', '--bad', 'arg',
+                '--ascii', 'True', '--unit_scale', 'True']
+    try:
+        main()
+    except DocoptExit as e:
+        if """Usage:
+    tqdm [--help | options]""" not in str(e):
+            raise
+
+    try:
+        sys.stdin, sys.argv = _SYS
+    except:
+        pass
diff --git a/tqdm/tests/tests_tqdm.py b/tqdm/tests/tests_tqdm.py
index 96522f23..3c1ac723 100644
--- a/tqdm/tests/tests_tqdm.py
+++ b/tqdm/tests/tests_tqdm.py
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ def test_max_interval():
             cpu_timify(t, timer)
 
             # without maxinterval
-            t2 = tqdm(total=total, file=our_file2, miniters=None, mininterval=0,
-                      smoothing=1, maxinterval=None)
+            t2 = tqdm(total=total, file=our_file2, miniters=None,
+                      mininterval=0, smoothing=1, maxinterval=None)
             cpu_timify(t2, timer)
 
             assert t.dynamic_miniters
@@ -1029,36 +1029,3 @@ def test_repr():
     with closing(StringIO()) as our_file:
         with tqdm(total=10, ascii=True, file=our_file) as t:
             assert str(t) == '  0%|          | 0/10 [00:00<?, ?it/s]'
-
-
-# WARNING: this should be the last test as it messes with sys.stdin, argv
-@with_setup(pretest, posttest)
-def test_main():
-    """ Test command line pipes """
-    import subprocess
-    from tqdm import main
-    from docopt import DocoptExit
-
-    ls_out = subprocess.check_output(('ls'))
-    ls = subprocess.Popen(('ls'), stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-    res = subprocess.check_output(('python', '-m', 'tqdm'),
-                                  stdin=ls.stdout,
-                                  stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-    ls.wait()
-    assert (ls_out in res)
-
-    # _sys = (sys.stdin, sys.argv)
-    sys.stdin = map(str, _range(int(1e3)))
-    sys.argv = ['', '--desc', 'Test command line pipes',
-                '--ascii', 'True', '--unit_scale', 'True']
-    main()
-
-    sys.argv = ['', '--bad', 'arg',
-                '--ascii', 'True', '--unit_scale', 'True']
-    try:
-        main()
-    except DocoptExit as e:
-        if """Usage:
-    tqdm [--help | options]""" not in str(e):
-            raise
-    # sys.stdin, sys.argv = _sys