diff --git a/src/Gitolite/Test.pm b/src/Gitolite/Test.pm
index c8e1f52..11d1c9d 100644
--- a/src/Gitolite/Test.pm
+++ b/src/Gitolite/Test.pm
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ sub confreset {
     system("find ~/repositories -name '*.git' |xargs rm -rf");
     system("mv ~/repositories/.ga ~/repositories/gitolite-admin.git");
     system("mv ~/repositories/.te ~/repositories/testing.git       ");
-    put "conf/gitolite.conf", '
+    put "|cut -c9- > conf/gitolite.conf", '
         repo    gitolite-admin
             RW+     =   admin
         repo    testing
diff --git a/t/reset b/t/reset
index cfdc3db..fa9bbcf 100755
--- a/t/reset
+++ b/t/reset
@@ -9,4 +9,25 @@ BEGIN {
 # this is hardcoded; change it if needed
 use lib "src";
 use Gitolite::Test;
-try 'put';
+
+use Cwd;
+my $workdir = getcwd();
+
+confreset;confadd '
+    repo foo/..*
+        C   =   u1 u2 u3
+        RW+ =   CREATOR
+        RW  =   WRITERS
+        R   =   READERS
+';
+
+try "ADMIN_PUSH set1; !/FATAL/" or die text();
+
+try "
+    mkdir -p keydir
+    cp \$HOME/.ssh/u*.pub keydir
+    cp \$HOME/.ssh/admin.pub keydir
+    git add keydir
+    git commit -m 6k
+    glt push admin origin
+";