diff --git a/tests/BaseTypes/Bounds.html b/tests/BaseTypes/Bounds.html
index 2e185f710c..abbba01b61 100644
--- a/tests/BaseTypes/Bounds.html
+++ b/tests/BaseTypes/Bounds.html
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@
t.ok( bounds.equals(b), "bounds is set correctly");
//null values
+ OpenLayers.Lang.setCode('en');
var desiredMsg = "You must pass both x and y values to the add function.";
OpenLayers.Console.error = function(msg) {
t.eq(msg, desiredMsg, "error correctly reported");
diff --git a/tests/BaseTypes/LonLat.html b/tests/BaseTypes/LonLat.html
index 0861be71d0..cc1cd5675c 100644
--- a/tests/BaseTypes/LonLat.html
+++ b/tests/BaseTypes/LonLat.html
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
t.ok( addpx.equals(ll), "addpx is set correctly");
//null values
+ OpenLayers.Lang.setCode('en');
var desiredMsg = "You must pass both lon and lat values to the add function.";
OpenLayers.Console.error = function(msg) {
t.eq(msg, desiredMsg, "error correctly reported");
diff --git a/tests/BaseTypes/Pixel.html b/tests/BaseTypes/Pixel.html
index 5f448dcd57..561549e2c6 100644
--- a/tests/BaseTypes/Pixel.html
+++ b/tests/BaseTypes/Pixel.html
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
t.ok( pixel.equals(px), "returned pixel is correct");
//null values
+ OpenLayers.Lang.setCode('en');
var desiredMsg = "You must pass both x and y values to the add function.";
OpenLayers.Console.error = function(msg) {
t.eq(msg, desiredMsg, "error correctly reported");
diff --git a/tests/Control/Scale.html b/tests/Control/Scale.html
index 182e94cc66..804ceb5622 100644
--- a/tests/Control/Scale.html
+++ b/tests/Control/Scale.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@