diff --git a/IPython/html/tests/tree/dashboard_nav.js b/IPython/html/tests/tree/dashboard_nav.js
index 0eebe4d..6d046ae 100644
--- a/IPython/html/tests/tree/dashboard_nav.js
+++ b/IPython/html/tests/tree/dashboard_nav.js
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ casper.test_items = function (baseUrl) {
             if (!item.label.match('.ipynb$')) {
                 var followed_url = baseUrl+item.link;
                 if (!followed_url.match('/\.\.$')) {
-                    casper.thenOpen(baseUrl+item.link, function () {
+                    casper.thenOpen(followed_url, function () {
                         casper.wait_for_dashboard();
-                        this.test.assertEquals(this.getCurrentUrl(), followed_url, 'Testing dashboard link: '+followed_url);
+                        // getCurrentUrl is with host, and url-decoded,
+                        // but item.link is without host, and url-encoded
+                        var expected = baseUrl + decodeURIComponent(item.link);
+                        this.test.assertEquals(this.getCurrentUrl(), expected, 'Testing dashboard link: ' + expected);
                         casper.test_items(baseUrl);
                         this.back();
                     });
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ casper.test_items = function (baseUrl) {
 }
 
 casper.dashboard_test(function () {
-    baseUrl = this.get_notebook_server()
+    baseUrl = this.get_notebook_server();
     casper.test_items(baseUrl);
 })
 
diff --git a/IPython/testing/iptestcontroller.py b/IPython/testing/iptestcontroller.py
index 72412de..39fb933 100644
--- a/IPython/testing/iptestcontroller.py
+++ b/IPython/testing/iptestcontroller.py
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ class JSController(TestController):
         self.ipydir = TemporaryDirectory()
         self.nbdir = TemporaryDirectory()
         print("Running notebook tests in directory: %r" % self.nbdir.name)
-        os.makedirs(os.path.join(self.nbdir.name, os.path.join('subdir1', 'subdir1a')))
-        os.makedirs(os.path.join(self.nbdir.name, os.path.join('subdir2', 'subdir2a')))
+        os.makedirs(os.path.join(self.nbdir.name, os.path.join(u'sub ∂ir1', u'sub ∂ir 1a')))
+        os.makedirs(os.path.join(self.nbdir.name, os.path.join(u'sub ∂ir2', u'sub ∂ir 1b')))
         self.dirs.append(self.ipydir)
         self.dirs.append(self.nbdir)