diff --git a/t/arg-plugin.t b/t/arg-plugin.t
index 4ecaca6..2344c7b 100644
--- a/t/arg-plugin.t
+++ b/t/arg-plugin.t
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ use Encode qw/encode/;
 
 load_plugin("arg");
 
-check("n", "perlbot", [1], "empty but valid");
+check("&n", "perlbot", ['FOO'], "empty but valid");
 
-check("a", "a", [1], "macro args"); # this one is difficult to test for, it really gets the arguments to the parent macro
-check("", "", [1], "empty arguments, needs better check");
+check("&a", "", ['FOO'], "macro args"); # this one is difficult to test for, it really gets the arguments to the parent macro
+check("", "", ['FOO'], "empty arguments, needs better check");
 
-check("h", "irc.client.example.com", [1], "host");
-check("c", "##NULL", [1], "channel");
-check("o", 0, [1], "is op?");
-check("s", "irc.server.example.com", [1], "server");
+check("&h", "irc.client.example.com", ['FOO'], "host");
+check("&c", "##NULL", ['FOO'], "channel");
+check("&o", 0, ['FOO'], "is op?");
+check("&s", "irc.server.example.com", ['FOO'], "server");
 
 done_testing();
diff --git a/t/lib/t/common.pm b/t/lib/t/common.pm
index 7dcfe63..9663356 100644
--- a/t/lib/t/common.pm
+++ b/t/lib/t/common.pm
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ sub make_said
       by_chan_op => 0,
       captured => "",
     };
+
+    return $said;
 }
 
 1;