diff --git a/lib/fileOps.spec.js b/lib/fileOps.spec.js
index 77ffb249..b9eda49c 100644
--- a/lib/fileOps.spec.js
+++ b/lib/fileOps.spec.js
@@ -3,26 +3,29 @@ var fileOps = require('./fileOps');
 var fs = require('fs');
 
 // create folders for testing
-if (!fs.existsSync("lib/test")){
-	fs.mkdirSync("lib/test");
+function setupTestingEnv(){
+	if (!fs.existsSync("lib/test")){
+		fs.mkdirSync("lib/test");
+	}
+	if (!fs.existsSync("lib/test/folder")){
+		fs.mkdirSync("lib/test/folder");
+	}
+	if (!fs.existsSync("lib/test/another folder")){
+		fs.mkdirSync("lib/test/another folder");
+	}
+	if (!fs.existsSync("lib/test/file.txt")){
+		fs.writeFileSync("lib/test/file.txt", "contents");
+	}
+	if (!fs.existsSync("lib/test/another file.txt")){
+		fs.writeFileSync("lib/test/another file.txt", "more contents");
+	}
+	// we need this xfile to test a branch in fileOps.getNewestFile()s propagation
+	if (!fs.existsSync("lib/test/xfile.txt")){
+		fs.writeFileSync("lib/test/xfile.txt", "contents");
+	}
 }
-if (!fs.existsSync("lib/test/folder")){
-	fs.mkdirSync("lib/test/folder");
-}
-if (!fs.existsSync("lib/test/another folder")){
-	fs.mkdirSync("lib/test/another folder");
-}
-if (!fs.existsSync("lib/test/file.txt")){
-	fs.writeFileSync("lib/test/file.txt", "contents");
-}
-if (!fs.existsSync("lib/test/another file.txt")){
-	fs.writeFileSync("lib/test/another file.txt", "more contents");
-}
-// we need this xfile to test a branch in fileOps.getNewestFile()s propagation
-if (!fs.existsSync("lib/test/xfile.txt")){
-	fs.writeFileSync("lib/test/xfile.txt", "contents");
-}
-
+setupTestingEnv();
+setupTestingEnv(); // run twice to get branch coverage
 describe("fileOps.js", function(){
 	describe("fileOps.getDirectoriesSync()", function(){
 		it("gets an array of directory names from a path", function(){
diff --git a/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/isJson.spec.js b/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/isJson.spec.js
index 4f76fe48..ece8c324 100644
--- a/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/isJson.spec.js
+++ b/sharedPlugins/inventoryImports/isJson.spec.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe("isJson.js()", function(){
 	it("checks if a thing is valid JSON", function(){
 		assert(isJson("string") === false);
 		assert(isJson("{js_object_notation='very false'}") === false);
-		assert(isJson('{ "name":"John", "age":31, "city":"New York" }') === true);
+		assert(isJson('{ "name":"John", "age":31, "city":"New York" }') === true, "This is valid JSON, lib disagrees");
 	});
 	it("recognizes that true and false are both valid JSON", function(){
 		assert(isJson(true) === true);
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ describe("isJson.js()", function(){
 		assert(isJson(null) === true);
 	});
 	it("Recognizes that JSON doesn't allow trailing commas (,)", function(){
-		assert(isJson('["a", "b", ]') === false);
+		assert(isJson('["a", "b", ]') === false, "JSON should not allow trailing commas");
 	});
 });