diff --git a/test/lib.sh b/test/lib.sh
index c223a951..a9d673bc 100755
--- a/test/lib.sh
+++ b/test/lib.sh
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ fi
 # Multiplication factor to sleep less than whole seconds
 DEMSLEEP=.2
 
+# Some sleep implementations cannot handle sub-seconds, change to 1s
+sleep $DEMPSLEEP || DEMSLEEP=1
+
 # DEMWAIT is expressed in seconds, but really * DEMSLEEP
 let DEMLOOP=5*DEMWAIT
 
diff --git a/test/test_helloworld.sh b/test/test_helloworld.sh
index 280cc244..5b111295 100755
--- a/test/test_helloworld.sh
+++ b/test/test_helloworld.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 # Hello world smoketest test
 # A minimal test for backend/cli/netconf/restconf
 # See clixon-example/hello
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ cat <<EOF > $cfg
   <CLICON_CLISPEC_DIR>$clispec</CLICON_CLISPEC_DIR>
   <CLICON_CLI_MODE>hello</CLICON_CLI_MODE>
   <CLICON_SOCK>$dir/hello.sock</CLICON_SOCK>
-  <CLICON_BACKEND_PIDFILE>$dir/hello.pidfile</CLICON_BACKEND_PIDFILE>
+  <CLICON_BACKEND_PIDFILE>/var/run/helloworld.pid</CLICON_BACKEND_PIDFILE>
   <CLICON_XMLDB_DIR>$dir</CLICON_XMLDB_DIR>
   <CLICON_STARTUP_MODE>init</CLICON_STARTUP_MODE>
   <CLICON_MODULE_LIBRARY_RFC7895>false</CLICON_MODULE_LIBRARY_RFC7895>