diff --git a/tests/test_node_tracers.js b/tests/test_node_tracers.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tests/test_node_tracers.js
+++ b/tests/test_node_tracers.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ module.exports = {
   test_espresso: function(test) {
     var express = require('express');
     var http = require('http');
-
+    var request = require('request');
 
     var a = express();
     var s = http.createServer(a);
@@ -142,5 +142,6 @@ module.exports = {
     });
 
     s.listen('8001');
+    request.get('http://localhost:8001');
   }
 };
Now with working example- need to call the .get method to trigger the close.  Also, we can't call close too early in case the server hasn't had time to set up yet (async and all).