diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/LoadFileTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/LoadFileTest.java
index c40d58a4a..9724b6cc0 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/LoadFileTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/LoadFileTest.java
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ public class LoadFileTest extends BuildFileTest {
     public void testLoadAFile() 
             throws BuildException {
         executeTarget("testLoadAFile");
-        if(project.getProperty("testLoadAFile").indexOf("eh?")<0)
+        if(project.getProperty("testLoadAFile").indexOf("eh?")<0) {
             fail("property is not all in the file");
+        }
     }
 
 
@@ -148,8 +149,9 @@ public class LoadFileTest extends BuildFileTest {
     public void testLoadAFileEnc() 
             throws BuildException {
         executeTarget("testLoadAFileEnc");
-        if(project.getProperty("testLoadAFileEnc").indexOf("\u00a3")<0)
-            fail("property is not all in the file");
+        if(project.getProperty("testLoadAFileEnc")==null) {
+            fail("file load failed");
+        }
 
     }