diff --git a/modules/bindings/tests/test_blast.py b/modules/bindings/tests/test_blast.py
index 48cb560685d5dd46dfb6682c6bfe5271cc7ca9c0..18311abd9342e4b8408fc4c2a2d30534ef08ed12 100644
--- a/modules/bindings/tests/test_blast.py
+++ b/modules/bindings/tests/test_blast.py
@@ -32,21 +32,23 @@ class TestBlastBindings(unittest.TestCase):
   
   def testBlastExec(self):
 
-    hits=blast.Blast(self.query, 'testfiles/seqdb')
-
-    expected_hits=['1griA','1fhsA','3n84E','1mw9X']
-    self.assertEqual(len(hits), 4)
-
-    found=0
-    hit_ids=[]
+    hits = blast.Blast(self.query, 'testfiles/seqdb')
 
+    expected_perfect_hit_ids = ["1fhsA", "3n84E", "1griA"]
+    perfect_hit_ids = []
+    
     for h in hits:
-      hit_ids.append(h.identifier)
-
-    for identifier in expected_hits:
-      if identifier in hit_ids:
-        found+=1
-    self.assertEqual(found, 4)
+      perfect_match = False
+      for aln_patch in h.aligned_patches:
+        if aln_patch.seqid == 1.0:
+          perfect_match = True
+      if perfect_match:
+        perfect_hit_ids.append(h.identifier)
+
+    expected_perfect_hit_ids.sort()    
+    perfect_hit_ids.sort()
+    
+    self.assertEqual(perfect_hit_ids, expected_perfect_hit_ids)
 
   def testBlastParseOutput(self):
 
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ class TestBlastBindings(unittest.TestCase):
 
     parsed_out=blast.ParseBlastOutput(raw_out)
 
+    # numbers and ids can be specific to a certain blast version
     expected_ids=['1griA','1fhsA','3n84E','1mw9X']
     expected_evalues=[4.80893e-59,4.80893e-59,9.06925e-58,2.96523]
     expected_scores=[534,534,523,27]