diff --git a/Essentials/test/com/earth2me/essentials/EconomyTest.java b/Essentials/test/com/earth2me/essentials/EconomyTest.java
index 575cff81a..511670cbb 100644
--- a/Essentials/test/com/earth2me/essentials/EconomyTest.java
+++ b/Essentials/test/com/earth2me/essentials/EconomyTest.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public class EconomyTest extends TestCase
 		}
 		
 		//test Format
+		assertEquals("$1000", Economy.format(1000.0));
 		assertEquals("$10", Economy.format(10.0));
 		assertEquals("$10.10", Economy.format(10.10));
 		assertEquals("$10.10", Economy.format(10.102));
diff --git a/Essentials/test/com/earth2me/essentials/UtilTest.java b/Essentials/test/com/earth2me/essentials/UtilTest.java
index 1d51241d6..712d15cfe 100644
--- a/Essentials/test/com/earth2me/essentials/UtilTest.java
+++ b/Essentials/test/com/earth2me/essentials/UtilTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.earth2me.essentials;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
@@ -8,12 +10,28 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
 public class UtilTest extends TestCase
 {
 	public void testFDDnow() {
+		try
+		{
+			Util.updateLocale("en_US", File.createTempFile("test1", "").getParentFile());
+		}
+		catch (IOException ex)
+		{
+			fail(ex.getMessage());
+		}
 		Calendar c = new GregorianCalendar();
 		String resp = Util.formatDateDiff(c, c);
 		assertEquals(resp, "now");
 	}
 	
 	public void testFDDfuture() {
+		try
+		{
+			Util.updateLocale("en_US", File.createTempFile("test2", "").getParentFile());
+		}
+		catch (IOException ex)
+		{
+			fail(ex.getMessage());
+		}
 		Calendar a, b;
 		a = new GregorianCalendar(2010, 1, 1, 10, 0, 0);
 		b = new GregorianCalendar(2010, 1, 1, 10, 0, 1);
@@ -78,6 +96,14 @@ public class UtilTest extends TestCase
 	}
 	
 	public void testFDDpast() {
+		try
+		{
+			Util.updateLocale("en_US", File.createTempFile("test3", "").getParentFile());
+		}
+		catch (IOException ex)
+		{
+			fail(ex.getMessage());
+		}
 		Calendar a, b;
 		a = new GregorianCalendar(2010, 1, 1, 10, 0, 0);
 		b = new GregorianCalendar(2010, 1, 1, 9, 59, 59);