diff --git a/IPython/platutils_win32.py b/IPython/platutils_win32.py
index 61d3c55..4679326 100644
--- a/IPython/platutils_win32.py
+++ b/IPython/platutils_win32.py
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ def set_term_title(title):
     
     global ignore_termtitle
     
-    if not ignore_termtitle:
-        ret = os.system("title " + title)
+    if ignore_termtitle:
+	return
+        
+    ret = os.system("title " + title)
     if ret:
         ignore_termtitle = 1
     
diff --git a/test/test_handlers.py b/test/test_handlers.py
index 0cf29ca..9f15656 100644
--- a/test/test_handlers.py
+++ b/test/test_handlers.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from StringIO import StringIO
 import sys
+sys.path.append('..')
 
 failures = []
 num_tests = 0
diff --git a/test/test_prefilter.py b/test/test_prefilter.py
index 69a622f..76d2f21 100644
--- a/test/test_prefilter.py
+++ b/test/test_prefilter.py
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ Fairly quiet output by default.  Pass in -v to get everyone's favorite dots.
 # all of those out so that we can capture which one was called.
 
 import sys
+sys.path.append('..')
 import IPython
 import IPython.ipapi
-import sys
 
 verbose = False
 if len(sys.argv) > 1: