diff --git a/tests/src/com/todoroo/astrid/dao/DatabaseDaoTests.java b/tests/src/com/todoroo/astrid/dao/DatabaseDaoTests.java
index b46be1911..9f99af442 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/todoroo/astrid/dao/DatabaseDaoTests.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/todoroo/astrid/dao/DatabaseDaoTests.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class DatabaseDaoTests extends DatabaseTestCase {
     @Override
     protected void setUp() throws Exception {
         super.setUp();
-        RemoteModelDao.outstandingEntryFlag = 1;
+        RemoteModelDao.setOutstandingEntryFlags(RemoteModelDao.OUTSTANDING_ENTRY_FLAG_RECORD_OUTSTANDING);
     }
 
     public void testFailedTransactionCreatesNoRows() {
diff --git a/tests/src/com/todoroo/astrid/sync/NewSyncTestCase.java b/tests/src/com/todoroo/astrid/sync/NewSyncTestCase.java
index f818b6576..9527509ec 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/todoroo/astrid/sync/NewSyncTestCase.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/todoroo/astrid/sync/NewSyncTestCase.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class NewSyncTestCase extends DatabaseTestCase {
 	@Override
 	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
 		super.setUp();
-		RemoteModelDao.outstandingEntryFlag = 1;
+		RemoteModelDao.setOutstandingEntryFlags(RemoteModelDao.OUTSTANDING_ENTRY_FLAG_RECORD_OUTSTANDING);
 	}
 
 	protected Task createTask(String title, boolean suppress) {