diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab89455..e8d8444 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@
 .settings/language.settings.xml
 test/test_ipfs
 main/ipfs
+test/test1.txt
+test/test2.txt
+test/scripts/hello.bin
+test/scripts/hello2.bin
+test/scripts/testlog.txt
diff --git a/test/scripts/test_1.sh b/test/scripts/test_1.sh
index 1bb2789..70264e5 100755
--- a/test/scripts/test_1.sh
+++ b/test/scripts/test_1.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function post {
 
 function body {
 	retVal=0
-	create_binary_file 512000;
+	create_binary_file 300000;
 	eval "$IPFS" add hello.bin
 	check_failure_with_exit "add hello.bin" $?
 	
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ function body {
 	daemon_id=$!
 	sleep 5
 	
-	eval "$IPFS" cat QmVGA3bXDJ41xoT621xQNzQgtBMQHj2AYxaunLBJtSoNgg > hello2.bin
+	eval "$IPFS" cat QmQY3qveNvosAgRhcgVVgkPPLZv4fpWuxhL3pfihzgKtTf > hello2.bin
 	check_failure "cat" $?
 	
-	# file size should be 512
+	# file size should be 300000
 	actualsize=$(wc -c < hello2.bin)
-	if [ $actualsize -ne 512 ]; then
+	if [ $actualsize -ne 300000 ]; then
 		echo '*** Failure *** file size incorrect'
 		let retVal=1
 	fi
diff --git a/test/scripts/test_helpers.sh b/test/scripts/test_helpers.sh
index e747e16..225c32e 100755
--- a/test/scripts/test_helpers.sh
+++ b/test/scripts/test_helpers.sh
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ function create_binary_file {
 		num_bytes=255;
 	fi
 	let num_bytes--
-	for byte in `seq 0 $num_bytes`;
+	for ((byte=0;byte<=$num_bytes;byte++));
 	do
-		remainder=($byte % 255)
+		let remainder=($byte % 255)
 		printf "\\$(printf "%o" $remainder)" >> hello.bin
 	done
 }