diff --git a/mongo-ruby-driver.gemspec b/mongo-ruby-driver.gemspec
index 6bf3c67..fc92316 100644
--- a/mongo-ruby-driver.gemspec
+++ b/mongo-ruby-driver.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'mongo'
-  s.version = '0.4.3'
+  s.version = '0.4.4'
   s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.summary = 'Simple pure-Ruby driver for the 10gen Mongo DB'
   s.description = 'A pure-Ruby driver for the 10gen Mongo DB. For more information about Mongo, see http://www.mongodb.org.'
diff --git a/tests/test_db.rb b/tests/test_db.rb
index 4f0ba80..9d43601 100644
--- a/tests/test_db.rb
+++ b/tests/test_db.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class DBTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_pair
     @db.close
     @users = nil
-    @db = Mongo.new({:left => "nosuch.example.com", :right => [@host, @port]}).db('ruby-mongo-test')
+    @db = Mongo.new({:left => "this-should-fail", :right => [@host, @port]}).db('ruby-mongo-test')
     assert @db.connected?
   end
 
diff --git a/tests/test_db_api.rb b/tests/test_db_api.rb
index b0bbc87..48ca7c8 100644
--- a/tests/test_db_api.rb
+++ b/tests/test_db_api.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ class DBAPITest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     docs = @coll.find('a' => @r1['a']).to_a
     assert_equal 1, docs.size
     doc = docs.first
-    assert_equal doc['_id'], @r1['_id']
+    # Can't compare _id values because at insert, an _id was added to @r1 by
+    # the database but we don't know what it is without re-reading the record
+    # (which is what we are doing right now).
+#     assert_equal doc['_id'], @r1['_id']
     assert_equal doc['a'], @r1['a']
   end