diff --git a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/AsyncSslHttpExchangeTest.java b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/AsyncSslHttpExchangeTest.java
index 2426cdfd79b..8cfe3d7d2e6 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/AsyncSslHttpExchangeTest.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/AsyncSslHttpExchangeTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public class AsyncSslHttpExchangeTest extends SslHttpExchangeTest
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setUpOnce() throws Exception
     {
+        _scheme="https";
         _server = serverAndClientCreator.createServer();
         _httpClient = serverAndClientCreator.createClient(3000L,3500L,2000);
         _port = _server.getConnectors()[0].getLocalPort();
diff --git a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/ExternalKeyStoreAsyncSslHttpExchangeTest.java b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/ExternalKeyStoreAsyncSslHttpExchangeTest.java
index f3ccca1edab..303cdcbec53 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/ExternalKeyStoreAsyncSslHttpExchangeTest.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/ExternalKeyStoreAsyncSslHttpExchangeTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class ExternalKeyStoreAsyncSslHttpExchangeTest extends SslHttpExchangeTes
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setUpOnce() throws Exception
     {
-        _scheme="https://";
+        _scheme="https";
         _server = serverAndClientCreator.createServer();
         _httpClient = serverAndClientCreator.createClient(3000L,3500L,2000);
         _port = _server.getConnectors()[0].getLocalPort();
diff --git a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpExchangeTest.java b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpExchangeTest.java
index 7490f0cfc5e..97d65f7cf16 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpExchangeTest.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpExchangeTest.java
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ public class HttpExchangeTest
         System.err.println(throwable.get());
         assertTrue(throwable.get().toString().indexOf("close")>=0);
         assertEquals(HttpExchange.STATUS_EXCEPTED, status);
+        _httpClient.start();
     }
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
@@ -554,7 +555,7 @@ public class HttpExchangeTest
         assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK_200,httpExchange.getResponseStatus());
         
         HttpFields headers = httpExchange.getResponseFields();
-        assertTrue("Response contains Allow header", headers.containsKey("Allow"));
+        assertTrue("Response does not contain Allow header", headers.containsKey("Allow"));
         
         String allow = headers.getStringField("Allow");
         String expectedMethods[] =