diff --git a/runtests.sh b/runtests.sh
index efce850..53e3e91 100755
--- a/runtests.sh
+++ b/runtests.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 
-python tests/test_postgres.py
-python tests/test_standard.py
+python tests/test_postgres.py $@
+python tests/test_standard.py $@
diff --git a/tests/tlib_storage.py b/tests/tlib_storage.py
index 8cc7a6f..a993bce 100644
--- a/tests/tlib_storage.py
+++ b/tests/tlib_storage.py
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ def test_type(self, config):
 
 def test_topic(self, config):
     storage = config.storageFactory(config.dbschema)
+    storage.dropTable('rels')
+    rels = storage.getContainer(concept.Triple)
     storage.dropTable('topics')
     topics = storage.getContainer(topic.Topic)
     types = storage.getContainer(concept.Type)