diff --git a/pywb/warcserver/test/test_inputreq.py b/pywb/warcserver/test/test_inputreq.py
index 041cb61e..872bc01b 100644
--- a/pywb/warcserver/test/test_inputreq.py
+++ b/pywb/warcserver/test/test_inputreq.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def setup(self):
         self.testapp = webtest.TestApp(self.app)
 
     def test_get_direct(self):
+        assert self.app
         res = self.testapp.get('/test/http://example.com/', headers={'Foo': 'Bar'})
         assert res.text == '\
 GET /test/http://example.com/ HTTP/1.0\r\n\