diff --git a/tests/randomrsync.lua b/tests/randomrsync.lua
index 3015f24..bf478e1 100755
--- a/tests/randomrsync.lua
+++ b/tests/randomrsync.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dofile("tests/testlib.lua")
 -- always makes the same "random", so failures can be debugged.
 math.randomseed(1) 
 
-local tdir = mktempd()
+local tdir = mktempd().."/"
 cwriteln("using ", tdir, " as test root")
 
 local srcdir = tdir.."src/"
@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@ local trgdir = tdir.."trg/"
 
 posix.mkdir(srcdir)
 posix.mkdir(trgdir)
-spawn("./lsyncd","-nodaemon","-log","all","-rsync",srcdir,trgdir)
+local pid = spawn("./lsyncd","-nodaemon","-rsync",srcdir,trgdir)
 
--- lets Lsyncd startup
+cwriteln("waiting for Lsyncd to startup")
 posix.sleep(1)
 
 -- all dirs created, indexed by integer and path
 adiri = {""}
 adirp = {[""]=true}
 
+cwriteln("making random data")
 for ai=1,100 do
 	-- throw a die what to do
 	local acn = math.random(1)
@@ -32,23 +33,28 @@ for ai=1,100 do
 	-- 1 .. creates a directory
 	if acn == 1 then
 		-- chooses a random directory to create it into
-		local ri = math.random(adirs.size())
-		local rp = adiri[dn]
+		local ri = math.random(#adiri)
+		local rp = adiri[ri]
 		local np = rp..string.char(96 + math.random(26)).."/"
 		if not adirp[np] then
 			-- does not yet exist.
-			posix.mkdir(np)
+			cwriteln("mkdir "..srcdir..np)
+			posix.mkdir(srcdir..np)
 			table.insert(adiri, np)
 			adirp[np]=true
 		end
 	end
 end
 
+cwriteln("waiting for Lsyncd to finish its jobs.")
+posix.sleep(20)
 
+cwriteln("killing the Lsyncd daemon")
+posix.kill(pid)
+local _, exitmsg, exitcode = posix.wait(lpid)
+cwriteln("Exitcode of Lsyncd = ", exitmsg, " ", exitcode)
 
--- kills the lsyncd daemon
--- posix.kill(lpid)
--- local _, exitmsg, exitcode = posix.wait(lpid)
--- cwriteln("Exitcode of Lsyncd = ", exitmsg, " ", exitcode)
--- os.exit(lexitcode)
+exitcode = os.execute("diff -r "..srcdir.." "..trgdir)
+cwriteln("Exitcode of diff = ", exitcode)
+os.exit(exitcode)
 
diff --git a/tests/testlib.lua b/tests/testlib.lua
index 1405ae4..6301aac 100755
--- a/tests/testlib.lua
+++ b/tests/testlib.lua
@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@ end
 -- @returns the processes pid
 --
 function spawn(...)
+	args = {...}
+	cwriteln("spawning: ", table.concat(args, " "))
 	local pid = posix.fork()
 	if pid < 0 then
 		cwriteln("Error, failed fork!")
 		os.exit(-1)
 	end
-	if lpid == 0 then
+	if pid == 0 then
 		posix.exec(...)
 		-- should not return
 		cwriteln("Error, failed to spawn: ", ...)