diff --git a/test/db_test.rb b/test/db_test.rb
index f8ae200..13a7e6c 100644
--- a/test/db_test.rb
+++ b/test/db_test.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
-require 'fileutils'
 require 'test_helper'
 
 class DbTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def setup
-    FileUtils::mkdir File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'tmp')
+    mkdir File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'tmp')
     @db = Bdb::Db.new
     @db.open(nil, File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'tmp', 'test.db'), nil, Bdb::Db::BTREE, Bdb::DB_CREATE, 0)
   end
   
   def teardown
     assert(@db.close(0)) if @db
-    FileUtils::rm_rf File.join('test', 'tmp')
+    rm_rf File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'tmp')
   end
   
   def test_put_and_get
diff --git a/test/stat_test.rb b/test/stat_test.rb
index a26132e..9c77e1b 100644
--- a/test/stat_test.rb
+++ b/test/stat_test.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 require 'test_helper'
 
-class DbTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+class DbStat < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  
+  def setup
+    mkdir File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'tmp')
+  end
+  
+  def teardown
+    rm_rf File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'tmp')
+  end
   
-  # rb_define_method(cDbStat,"[]",stat_aref,1);
   def test_stat
-    
+    @db = Bdb::Db.new
+    @db.open(nil, File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'tmp', 'test.db'), nil, Bdb::Db::BTREE, Bdb::DB_CREATE, 0)
+    @db.put(nil, 'key', 'data', 0)
+    stats = @db.stat(nil, 0)
+    assert_equal 1, stats['bt_nkeys']
+    @db.close(0)
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 06c02ea..1006bb0 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require "test/unit"
+require 'fileutils'
 require "bdb"
 
 class Test::Unit::TestCase
-  
+  include FileUtils
 end