diff --git a/test/connect_failure2_test.rb b/test/connect_failure2_test.rb
index c792bdc..98fd476 100644
--- a/test/connect_failure2_test.rb
+++ b/test/connect_failure2_test.rb
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 if RUBY_VERSION >= "1.9.1"
  require 'mysqlplus'
  require 'socket'
- TCPServer.new '0.0.0.0', 8001
+ TCPServer.new '0.0.0.0', 8002
  require 'timeout'
+ Thread.new { 
+  sleep 2
+  print "pass"
+  system("kill -9 #{Process.pid}")
+ }
  Timeout::timeout(1) {
   # uncomment this line to do the 'real' test
   # which hangs otherwise (blows up if code is bad, otherwise hangs)
-  # Mysql.real_connect '127.0.0.1', 'root', 'pass', 'db', 8000
+  Mysql.real_connect '127.0.0.1', 'root', 'pass', 'db', 8002
  }
- Thread.new { Mysql.real_connect '127.0.0.1', 'root', 'pass', 'db', 8001 }
- sleep 1
- print "pass"
- system("kill -9 #{Process.pid}")
 end