diff --git a/src/Eval.cpp b/src/Eval.cpp
index 5f2680aad..985fe1199 100644
--- a/src/Eval.cpp
+++ b/src/Eval.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ void Eval::evaluateInfixExpression (const std::string& e, Variant& v) const
   // Parse for syntax checking and operator replacement.
   if (_debug)
     context.debug ("FILTER Infix        " + dump (tokens));
+
   infixParse (tokens);
   if (_debug)
     context.debug ("FILTER Infix parsed " + dump (tokens));
diff --git a/test/basetest/task.py b/test/basetest/task.py
index e9c1953df..6bcd677b4 100644
--- a/test/basetest/task.py
+++ b/test/basetest/task.py
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ class Task(object):
         # Cannot call self.config until confirmation is disabled
         with open(self.taskrc, 'w') as rc:
             rc.write("data.location={0}\n"
-                     "confirmation=no\n".format(self.datadir))
+                     "confirmation=no\n"
+                     "hooks=off\n".format(self.datadir))
 
         # Setup configuration to talk to taskd automatically
         if self.taskd is not None: