diff --git a/django_q/tests/settings.py b/django_q/tests/settings.py
index a62b93e..5717601 100644
--- a/django_q/tests/settings.py
+++ b/django_q/tests/settings.py
@@ -103,4 +103,6 @@ LOGGING = {
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
 # Django Q specific
-Q_CLUSTER = {'name': 'django_q_test'}
+Q_CLUSTER = {'name': 'django_q_test',
+             'timeout': 60,
+             'recycle': 100}
diff --git a/django_q/tests/test_admin.py b/django_q/tests/test_admin.py
index e97d6f0..3c59acd 100644
--- a/django_q/tests/test_admin.py
+++ b/django_q/tests/test_admin.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+
 from django.utils import timezone
-from future.types.newstr import unicode
 
 import pytest
 
diff --git a/django_q/tests/test_cluster.py b/django_q/tests/test_cluster.py
index 50d3ae8..56108c0 100644
--- a/django_q/tests/test_cluster.py
+++ b/django_q/tests/test_cluster.py
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ def test_async(r):
     f = async(multiply, 753, 2, hook=assert_result, list_key=list_key)
     # model as argument
     g = async('django_q.tests.tasks.get_task_name', Task(name='John'), list_key=list_key)
-    # args and kwargs
-    h = async('django_q.tests.tasks.word_multiply', 2, word='django', list_key=list_key, redis=r)
+    # args and kwargs and broken hook
+    h = async('django_q.tests.tasks.word_multiply', 2, word='django', hook='fail.me', list_key=list_key, redis=r)
     # check if everything has a task name
     assert isinstance(a, str)
     assert isinstance(b, str)