diff --git a/src/routes/test/apps-test.js b/src/routes/test/apps-test.js
index 018e02ffe..f5d8d549c 100644
--- a/src/routes/test/apps-test.js
+++ b/src/routes/test/apps-test.js
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ function stopBox(done) {
 
     // db is not cleaned up here since it's too late to call it after server.stop. if called before server.stop taskmanager apptasks are unhappy :/
     async.series([
-        taskmanager.stopPendingTasks,
-        taskmanager.waitForPendingTasks,
+        taskmanager._stopPendingTasks,
+        taskmanager._waitForPendingTasks,
         appdb._clear,
         server.stop,
         ldap.stop,
diff --git a/src/taskmanager.js b/src/taskmanager.js
index 5f07f8e06..689845b4c 100644
--- a/src/taskmanager.js
+++ b/src/taskmanager.js
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     startAppTask: startAppTask,
     restartAppTask: restartAppTask,
 
-    stopPendingTasks: stopPendingTasks,
-    waitForPendingTasks: waitForPendingTasks
+    // exported for testing
+    _stopPendingTasks: stopPendingTasks,
+    _waitForPendingTasks: waitForPendingTasks
 };
 
 var appdb = require('./appdb.js'),