diff --git a/src/plugins/aorai/tests/test_config b/src/plugins/aorai/tests/test_config
index a8b69cddad62d729e3f14b0f752346eab1594a0d..c8feb6120b561b4eb45efc918a4a79b4f992de3d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/aorai/tests/test_config
+++ b/src/plugins/aorai/tests/test_config
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 PLUGIN: aorai eva,from,scope report wp,rtegen
-MODULE: aorai_test
+
+COMMENT: work around to allow the loading of the aorai_test lib
+MACRO: PTEST_DEFAULT_OPTIONS -check -journal-disable
+
 MACRO: PROVE_OPTIONS
diff --git a/src/plugins/aorai/tests/test_config_prove.in b/src/plugins/aorai/tests/test_config_prove.in
index 19d10644b0d9a441c1cbf9fa017c1ee6f3faf0a4..2e96488c0c4f976ca795877722a23d9fe8f139ef 100644
--- a/src/plugins/aorai/tests/test_config_prove.in
+++ b/src/plugins/aorai/tests/test_config_prove.in
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 PLUGIN: aorai eva,from,scope report wp,rtegen
-MODULE: aorai_test
+
+COMMENT: work around to allow the loading of the aorai_test lib
+MACRO: PTEST_DEFAULT_OPTIONS -check -journal-disable
+
 MACRO: PROVE_OPTIONS @AORAI_WP_SHARE@ -aorai-test-prove-aux-spec