diff --git a/src/routes/test/backups-test.js b/src/routes/test/backups-test.js
index aba82c76b..d95173f5e 100644
--- a/src/routes/test/backups-test.js
+++ b/src/routes/test/backups-test.js
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ describe('Backups API', function () {
             const response = await superagent.get(`${serverUrl}/api/v1/backups`)
                 .query({ access_token: owner.token });
             expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(200);
+            expect(response.body.backups.length).to.be(1);
             someBackup = response.body.backups[0];
             console.log(someBackup);
         });
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ describe('Backups API', function () {
         it('fails for bad param', async function () {
             const response = await superagent.post(`${serverUrl}/api/v1/backups/bad_id`)
                 .query({ access_token: owner.token })
-                .send({ preserveSecs: 'not-a-number' })
+                .send({ preserveSecs: 'not-a-number', label: 'some string' })
                 .ok(() => true);
             expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(400);
         });