diff --git a/headphones/softchroot_test.py b/headphones/softchroot_test.py
index 847182c6..a7910692 100644
--- a/headphones/softchroot_test.py
+++ b/headphones/softchroot_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import mock
 from headphones.unittestcompat import TestCase
-from mock import MagicMock
+#from mock import MagicMock
 
 from headphones.softchroot import SoftChroot
 from headphones.exceptions import SoftChrootError
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@ class SoftChrootTest(TestCase):
         cf = SoftChroot('/tmp/')
         self.assertIsInstance(cf, SoftChroot)
 
-    @mock.patch('headphones.config.ConfigObj', name='ConfigObjMock')
-    def test_create_on_file(self, config_obj_fabric_mock):
-        """ create SoftChroot on file, not a directory """
+    def test_create_on_not_exists_dir(self):
+        """ create SoftChroot on non existent dir """
 
-        path = os.path.join('tmp', 'notexist', 'asdf', '11', '12', 'np', 'itsssss')
+        path = os.path.join('/tmp', 'notexist', 'asdf', '11', '12', 'np', 'itsssss')
 
         with self.assertRaises(SoftChrootError) as exc:
             cf = SoftChroot(path)
@@ -25,14 +24,19 @@ class SoftChrootTest(TestCase):
         self.assertRegexpMatches(str(exc.exception), r'No such directory')
         self.assertRegexpMatches(str(exc.exception), path)
 
-    @mock.patch('headphones.softchroot', name='SoftChrootMock')
-    def test_create_on_file(self, config_obj_fabric_mock):
+    @mock.patch('headphones.softchroot.os', wrap=os, name='OsMock')
+    def test_create_on_file(self, os_mock):
         """ create SoftChroot on file, not a directory """
 
-        path = os.path.join('tmp', 'notexist', 'asdf', '11', '12', 'np', 'itsssss')
+        path = os.path.join('/tmp', 'notexist', 'asdf', '11', '12', 'np', 'itsssss')
+
+        os_mock.path.sep = os.path.sep
+        os_mock.path.isdir.side_effect = lambda x: x != path
 
         with self.assertRaises(SoftChrootError) as exc:
-            cf = SoftChroot(path)
+            cf = SoftChroot(str(path))
+
+        self.assertTrue(os_mock.path.isdir.called)
 
         self.assertRegexpMatches(str(exc.exception), r'No such directory')
         self.assertRegexpMatches(str(exc.exception), path)