diff --git a/test/red/runtime/nodes/Node_spec.js b/test/red/runtime/nodes/Node_spec.js
index 5ec4c12a4..7190bfba5 100644
--- a/test/red/runtime/nodes/Node_spec.js
+++ b/test/red/runtime/nodes/Node_spec.js
@@ -391,26 +391,26 @@ describe('Node', function() {
 
     describe('#log', function() {
         it('produces a log message', function(done) {
-            var n = new RedNode({id:'123',type:'abc'});
+            var n = new RedNode({id:'123',type:'abc',z:'789'});
             var loginfo = {};
             sinon.stub(Log, 'log', function(msg) {
                 loginfo = msg;
             });
             n.log("a log message");
             should.deepEqual({level:Log.INFO, id:n.id,
-                               type:n.type, msg:"a log message", }, loginfo);
+                               type:n.type, msg:"a log message",_alias:undefined, z:'789'}, loginfo);
             Log.log.restore();
             done();
         });
         it('produces a log message with a name', function(done) {
-            var n = new RedNode({id:'123', type:'abc', name:"barney"});
+            var n = new RedNode({id:'123', type:'abc', name:"barney", z:'789'});
             var loginfo = {};
             sinon.stub(Log, 'log', function(msg) {
                 loginfo = msg;
             });
             n.log("a log message");
             should.deepEqual({level:Log.INFO, id:n.id, name: "barney",
-                              type:n.type, msg:"a log message"}, loginfo);
+                              type:n.type, msg:"a log message",_alias:undefined, z:'789'}, loginfo);
             Log.log.restore();
             done();
         });
@@ -418,14 +418,14 @@ describe('Node', function() {
 
     describe('#warn', function() {
         it('produces a warning message', function(done) {
-            var n = new RedNode({id:'123',type:'abc'});
+            var n = new RedNode({id:'123',type:'abc',z:'789'});
             var loginfo = {};
             sinon.stub(Log, 'log', function(msg) {
                 loginfo = msg;
             });
             n.warn("a warning");
             should.deepEqual({level:Log.WARN, id:n.id,
-                              type:n.type, msg:"a warning"}, loginfo);
+                              type:n.type, msg:"a warning",_alias:undefined, z:'789'}, loginfo);
             Log.log.restore();
             done();
         });
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ describe('Node', function() {
 
     describe('#error', function() {
         it('handles a null error message', function(done) {
-            var n = new RedNode({id:'123',type:'abc'});
+            var n = new RedNode({id:'123',type:'abc',z:'789'});
             var loginfo = {};
             sinon.stub(Log, 'log', function(msg) {
                 loginfo = msg;
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ describe('Node', function() {
             var message = {a:1};
 
             n.error(null,message);
-            should.deepEqual({level:Log.ERROR, id:n.id, type:n.type, msg:""}, loginfo);
+            should.deepEqual({level:Log.ERROR, id:n.id, type:n.type, msg:"",_alias:undefined, z:'789'}, loginfo);
 
             flows.handleError.called.should.be.true();
             flows.handleError.args[0][0].should.eql(n);
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ describe('Node', function() {
         });
 
         it('produces an error message', function(done) {
-            var n = new RedNode({id:'123',type:'abc'});
+            var n = new RedNode({id:'123',type:'abc',z:'789'});
             var loginfo = {};
             sinon.stub(Log, 'log', function(msg) {
                 loginfo = msg;
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ describe('Node', function() {
             var message = {a:2};
 
             n.error("This is an error",message);
-            should.deepEqual({level:Log.ERROR, id:n.id, type:n.type, msg:"This is an error"}, loginfo);
+            should.deepEqual({level:Log.ERROR, id:n.id, type:n.type, msg:"This is an error",_alias:undefined, z:'789'}, loginfo);
 
             flows.handleError.called.should.be.true();
             flows.handleError.args[0][0].should.eql(n);