diff --git a/test/integration-test-main.sh b/test/integration-test-main.sh
index 6fc859d..c27a82b 100755
--- a/test/integration-test-main.sh
+++ b/test/integration-test-main.sh
@@ -63,13 +63,16 @@ function rm_test_dir {
 
 function test_append_file {
     echo "Testing append to file ..."
-
+    # Open and close file outside of loop to avoid eventual object consistency
+    # issues
+    exec 3<> ${TEST_TEXT_FILE}  # open
     # Write a small test file
     for x in `seq 1 $TEST_TEXT_FILE_LENGTH`
     do
-       echo "echo ${TEST_TEXT} to ${TEST_TEXT_FILE}"
-       echo $TEST_TEXT >> $TEST_TEXT_FILE
+       echo "echo ${TEST_TEXT} ${x} to ${TEST_TEXT_FILE}"
+       echo "$TEST_TEXT ${x}" >&3
     done
+    exec 3>&-  # close
 
     # Verify contents of file
     echo "Verifying length of test file"