diff --git a/apiclient/discovery.py b/apiclient/discovery.py
index 9eec549..3d30fbd 100644
--- a/apiclient/discovery.py
+++ b/apiclient/discovery.py
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 import urlparse
 from apiclient.http import HttpRequest
 
-try:
+try: # pragma: no cover
   import simplejson
-except ImportError:
+except ImportError: # pragma: no cover
   try:
     # Try to import from django, should work on App Engine
     from django.utils import simplejson
diff --git a/functional_tests/test_services.py b/functional_tests/test_services.py
index e82ec24..ae197ba 100644
--- a/functional_tests/test_services.py
+++ b/functional_tests/test_services.py
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@
     actcol = buzz.activities()
     activities = actcol.list(userId='googlebuzz', scope='@self',
                              max_comments=max_results*2 ,max_liked=max_results*3,
-                             max_results=max_results).execute()['items']
-    activity_count = len(activities)
+                             max_results=max_results).execute()
+    activity_count = len(activities['items'])
     self.assertEquals(max_results, activity_count)
 
-    activities = actcol.list_next(activities)
-    self.assertEquals(activities, None) # Public streams don't have next links
+    activities = actcol.list_next(activities).execute()
+    activity_count = len(activities['items'])
+    self.assertEquals(max_results, activity_count)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  unittest.main()
diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
index 4502baf..d12b2c5 100644
--- a/runtests.py
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@
 def build_suite(folder):
   # find all of the test modules
   modules = map(fullmodname, glob.glob(os.path.join(folder, 'test_*.py')))
-  print "Running the tests found in the following modules:"
-  print modules
+  if verbosity > 0:
+    print "Running the tests found in the following modules:"
+    print modules
 
   # load all of the tests into a suite
   try: