diff --git a/streamApp/tests/streamtestlib.tcl b/streamApp/tests/streamtestlib.tcl
index 9c7f2eb..9c5103f 100644
--- a/streamApp/tests/streamtestlib.tcl
+++ b/streamApp/tests/streamtestlib.tcl
@@ -62,14 +62,17 @@ proc startioc {} {
         puts $fd "streamApp_registerRecordDeviceDriver"
     }
     puts $fd "streamSetLogfile StreamDebug.log"
+    puts $fd "var streamDebug 1"
+    puts $fd "var streamError 1"
     puts $fd "epicsEnvSet STREAM_PROTOCOL_PATH ."
     puts $fd "drvAsynIPPortConfigure device localhost:$port"
+    if [info exists startup] {
+        puts $fd $startup
+    }
     puts $fd "dbLoadRecords test.db"
-    puts $fd $startup
     puts $fd "iocInit"
     puts $fd "dbl"
     puts $fd "dbior stream 2"
-    puts $fd "var streamDebug 1"
     close $fd
     if [info exists streamversion] {
         set ioc [open "|iocsh test.cmd >& $testname.ioclog 2>@stderr" w]
diff --git a/streamApp/tests/testPercent b/streamApp/tests/testPercent
index fc78c27..80ec33a 100755
--- a/streamApp/tests/testPercent
+++ b/streamApp/tests/testPercent
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set records {
 
 set protocol {
     Terminator = LF;
-    test1 {out "\%\e%d\e\e\%";}
+    test1 {out "\%\e%d%%\e\e\%";}
 }
 
 set startup {
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ set debug 0
 startioc
 
 put DZ:test1 1
-assure "%\0331\033\033%\n"
+assure "%\0331%\033\033%\n"
 
 finish
diff --git a/streamApp/tests/testStreamBuffer b/streamApp/tests/testStreamBuffer
index e284abe..51bfb5f 100755
--- a/streamApp/tests/testStreamBuffer
+++ b/streamApp/tests/testStreamBuffer
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ fi
 for o in $O
 do
     g++ -I ../../src $o test.cc -o test.exe
-    test.exe
+    ./test.exe
     if [ $? != 0 ]
     then
         echo -e "\033[31;7mTest failed.\033[0m"