diff --git a/tests/TestScripts/test-func-launcher.py b/tests/TestScripts/test-func-launcher.py
index 0e3419c..60a3deb 100644
--- a/tests/TestScripts/test-func-launcher.py
+++ b/tests/TestScripts/test-func-launcher.py
@@ -183,10 +183,14 @@ class launcher_tests (unittest.TestCase):
             #check if p.pid is same as pgrep appname
             #in a global dictionary, append the pid
             process_handle = run_app_as_user(app)
+
         time.sleep(8)
+
         process_id = get_pid('fala_ft_hello')
         pid_list = process_id.split()
+
         self.assert_(len(pid_list) == len(LAUNCHABLE_APPS), "All Applications were not launched using launcher")
+
         for pid in pid_list:
             kill_process(apppid=pid)
 
@@ -198,25 +202,27 @@ class launcher_tests (unittest.TestCase):
         the launched application should die too.
         """
 
-        invoker = '/usr/bin/invoker'
         app_path = '/usr/bin/fala_ft_hello.launch'
 
-        # Launch the app with invoker
-        p = subprocess.Popen(('%s --type=m --wait-term %s' % (invoker, app_path)).split(),
-                             shell = False,
-                             stdout = DEV_NULL, stderr = DEV_NULL)
+        # Launch the app with invoker using --wait-term
+        p = run_app_as_user('invoker --type=m --wait-term %s' % app_path)
+
+        time.sleep(2)
 
         # Retrieve their pids
         invoker_pid = wait_for_app('invoker')
         app_pid = wait_for_app('fala_ft_hello')
 
+        print "invoker_pid '%s'" % invoker_pid
+        print "app_pid '%s'" % app_pid
+
         # Make sure that both apps started
         self.assert_(invoker_pid != None, "invoker not executed?")
         self.assert_(app_pid != None, "%s not launched by invoker?" % app_path)
 
         # Send SIGTERM to invoker, the launched app should die
         kill_process(None, invoker_pid, 15)
-        
+
         time.sleep(2)
 
         # This should be None
diff --git a/tests/TestScripts/test-security.py b/tests/TestScripts/test-security.py
index 765e261..0894c43 100644
--- a/tests/TestScripts/test-security.py
+++ b/tests/TestScripts/test-security.py
@@ -58,12 +58,22 @@ class SecurityTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assert_(creds != None, "error retrieving credentials")
 
-        # Credentials should be dropped, but uid/gid retained
-        req_creds = ['UID::user', 'GID::users']
+        groups = get_groups_for_user()
+
+        print "user belongs to groups: %s" % ', '.join(groups)
+
+        def grouper(x): return 'GRP::' + x
+        groups = map(grouper, groups)
+
+        # Credentials should be dropped, but uid/gid + groups retained
+        req_creds = ['UID::user', 'GID::users'] + groups
 
         creds.sort()
         req_creds.sort()
 
+        print "APP HAS:  " + ', '.join(creds)
+        print "REQUIRED: " + ', '.join(req_creds)
+
         self.assert_(creds == req_creds,
                      "fala_ft_hello has different creds set!")
 
diff --git a/tests/TestScripts/utils.py b/tests/TestScripts/utils.py
index 2200277..ba86600 100644
--- a/tests/TestScripts/utils.py
+++ b/tests/TestScripts/utils.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def restart_applauncherd():
     stop_applauncherd()
     start_applauncherd()
 
-def run_app_as_user(appname):
+def run_app_as_user(appname, out = DEV_NULL, err = DEV_NULL):
     """
     Runs the specified command as a user.
     """
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def run_app_as_user(appname):
         raise TypeError("List or string expected")
 
     p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell = False, 
-                         stdout = DEV_NULL, stderr = DEV_NULL)
+                         stdout = out, stderr = err)
     return p
 
 def get_pid(appname):
@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@ def get_pid(appname):
     else:
         return None
 
+def get_newest_pid(app):
+    p = subprocess.Popen(['pgrep', '-n', app], shell = False,
+                         stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = DEV_NULL)
+
+    op = p.communicate()[0]
+
+    if p.wait() == 0:
+        return op.strip()
+    
+    return None
+
 def wait_for_app(app = None, timeout = 5, sleep = 0.5):
     """
     Waits for an application to start. Checks periodically if
@@ -100,7 +111,7 @@ def wait_for_app(app = None, timeout = 5, sleep = 0.5):
     start = time.time()
 
     while pid == None and time.time() < start + timeout:
-        pid = get_pid(app)
+        pid = get_newest_pid(app)
 
         if pid != None:
             break
@@ -236,3 +247,12 @@ def get_file_descriptor(booster, type):
     print "The number of changed file descriptors %d" %count
     kill_process(apppid=pid) 
     return count
+
+def get_groups_for_user():
+    # get supplementary groups user belongs to (doesn't return
+    # the gid group)
+    p = run_app_as_user(['id', '-Gn'], out = subprocess.PIPE)
+    groups = p.communicate()[0].split()[1:]
+    p.wait()
+    
+    return groups