diff --git a/mopidy/backends/gstreamer.py b/mopidy/backends/gstreamer.py
index 248ba230..3f03a206 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/gstreamer.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/gstreamer.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class GStreamerBackend(BaseBackend):
         self.playback = GStreamerPlaybackController(self)
         self.current_playlist = BaseCurrentPlaylistController(self)
 
+
 class GStreamerPlaybackController(BasePlaybackController):
     def __init__(self, backend):
         super(GStreamerPlaybackController, self).__init__(backend)
diff --git a/tests/backends/basetests.py b/tests/backends/basetests.py
index 2fb42941..a747cd09 100644
--- a/tests/backends/basetests.py
+++ b/tests/backends/basetests.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def populate_playlist(func):
     wrapper.__doc__ = func.__doc__
     return wrapper
 
+
 class BaseCurrentPlaylistControllerTest(object):
     tracks = []
     backend_class = None
@@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ class BaseCurrentPlaylistControllerTest(object):
         new_playlist = Playlist()
         self.assertNotEqual(new_playlist, self.controller.playlist)
         self.controller.load(new_playlist)
-        self.assertEqual(new_playlist, self.controller.playlist)
+        # FIXME how do we test this without going into internals?
+        self.assertEqual(new_playlist, self.controller._playlist)
 
     def test_load_does_not_reset_version(self):
         version = self.controller.version
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ class BaseCurrentPlaylistControllerTest(object):
         self.controller.playlist = Playlist()
         self.assertEqual(version+1, self.controller.version)
 
+
 class BasePlaybackControllerTest(object):
     tracks = []
     backend_class = None