diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 37cb2fc80c..672f3a7e37 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # use glob syntax.
 syntax: glob
 target/
+test-output/
 .settings
 .classpath
 .project
diff --git a/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java b/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
index df8f61eedf..cf238072e5 100644
--- a/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
+++ b/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public abstract class BaseComputeServiceLiveTest {
    public void setupClient() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException,
             IOException {
       if (tag == null)
-         tag = checkNotNull(service, "service") + "alex";
+         tag = checkNotNull(service, "service");
       user = checkNotNull(System.getProperty("jclouds.test.user"), "jclouds.test.user");
       password = checkNotNull(System.getProperty("jclouds.test.key"), "jclouds.test.key");
       String secretKeyFile;