diff --git a/Doctrine/EventListener.php b/Doctrine/EventListener.php
index b71c4c9cb..58aa78664 100644
--- a/Doctrine/EventListener.php
+++ b/Doctrine/EventListener.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Doctrine::autoload('Doctrine_EventListener_Interface');
  * @url         www.phpdoctrine.com
  * @license     LGPL
  */
-abstract class Doctrine_EventListener implements Doctrine_EventListener_Interface {
+class Doctrine_EventListener implements Doctrine_EventListener_Interface {
 
     public function onLoad(Doctrine_Record $record) { }
     public function onPreLoad(Doctrine_Record $record) { }
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ abstract class Doctrine_EventListener implements Doctrine_EventListener_Interfac
     
     public function onCollectionDelete(Doctrine_Collection $collection) { }
     public function onPreCollectionDelete(Doctrine_Collection $collection) { }
-}   
+}
diff --git a/tests/EventListenerChainTestCase.php b/tests/EventListenerChainTestCase.php
index bf8fa31a1..99a50adb8 100644
--- a/tests/EventListenerChainTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/EventListenerChainTestCase.php
@@ -24,28 +24,22 @@ class Doctrine_EventListener_TestB extends Doctrine_EventListener {
 }
 
 class Doctrine_EventListener_Chain_TestCase extends Doctrine_UnitTestCase {
-    public function testEvents() {
-        $connection = $this->manager->openConnection(Doctrine_DB::getConn("sqlite::memory:"));
-        $debug = $this->listener->getMessages();
-        $last = end($debug);
-        $this->assertTrue($last->getObject() instanceof Doctrine_Connection);
-        $this->assertTrue($last->getCode() == Doctrine_EventListener_Debugger::EVENT_OPEN);
-    }
+
     public function testAccessorInvokerChain() {
-        $e = new EventListenerTest;
+        $e = new EventListenerChainTest;
         $e->name = "something";
 
 
-        $this->assertEqual($e->get('name'), 'SOMETHING');
+        $this->assertEqual($e->get('name'), 'somethingTestATestB');
         // test repeated calls
-        $this->assertEqual($e->get('name'), 'SOMETHING');
+        $this->assertEqual($e->get('name'), 'somethingTestATestB');
         $this->assertEqual($e->id, null);
         $this->assertEqual($e->rawGet('name'), 'something');
 
         $e->save();
 
         $this->assertEqual($e->id, 1);
-        $this->assertEqual($e->name, 'SOMETHING');
+        $this->assertEqual($e->name, 'somethingTestATestB');
         $this->assertEqual($e->rawGet('name'), 'something');
 
         $this->connection->clear();
@@ -53,7 +47,7 @@ class Doctrine_EventListener_Chain_TestCase extends Doctrine_UnitTestCase {
         $e->refresh();
 
         $this->assertEqual($e->id, 1);
-        $this->assertEqual($e->name, 'SOMETHING');
+        $this->assertEqual($e->name, 'somethingTestATestB');
         $this->assertEqual($e->rawGet('name'), 'something');
 
         $this->connection->clear();
@@ -61,7 +55,7 @@ class Doctrine_EventListener_Chain_TestCase extends Doctrine_UnitTestCase {
         $e = $e->getTable()->find($e->id);
 
         $this->assertEqual($e->id, 1);
-        $this->assertEqual($e->name, 'SOMETHING');
+        $this->assertEqual($e->name, 'somethingTestATestB');
         $this->assertEqual($e->rawGet('name'), 'something');
     }
     public function prepareData() { }
diff --git a/tests/EventListenerTestCase.php b/tests/EventListenerTestCase.php
index 9c8cf7d6a..09ec56f54 100644
--- a/tests/EventListenerTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/EventListenerTestCase.php
@@ -195,8 +195,12 @@ class Doctrine_EventListenerTestCase extends Doctrine_UnitTestCase {
         $this->assertEqual($this->logger->pop(), 'onPreDelete');
         $this->assertEqual($this->logger->pop(), 'onTransactionBegin');
         $this->assertEqual($this->logger->pop(), 'onPreTransactionBegin');
+    
+        $this->connection->setListener(new Doctrine_EventListener());
     }
 
+
+
     public function prepareData() { }
     public function prepareTables() {
         $this->tables = array('EventListenerTest');
diff --git a/tests/RecordTestCase.php b/tests/RecordTestCase.php
index c6435280a..ffae8a9a7 100644
--- a/tests/RecordTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/RecordTestCase.php
@@ -690,21 +690,6 @@ class Doctrine_RecordTestCase extends Doctrine_UnitTestCase {
 
         $this->assertEqual($user->getModified(), array());
         $this->assertEqual($user->name, "Jack Daniels");
-        
-        $debug = $this->listener->getMessages();
-        $p = array_pop($debug);
-        $this->assertTrue($p->getObject() instanceof Doctrine_Connection);
-        $this->assertTrue($p->getCode() == Doctrine_EventListener_Debugger::EVENT_COMMIT);
-        
-        $p = array_pop($debug);
-        $this->assertTrue($p->getObject() instanceof Doctrine_Record);
-        $this->assertTrue($p->getCode() == Doctrine_EventListener_Debugger::EVENT_SAVE);
-
-        $p = array_pop($debug);
-        $this->assertTrue($p->getObject() instanceof Doctrine_Record);
-        $this->assertTrue($p->getCode() == Doctrine_EventListener_Debugger::EVENT_UPDATE);
-
-
     }
     public function testCopy() {
         $user = $this->connection->getTable("User")->find(4);
diff --git a/tests/TableTestCase.php b/tests/TableTestCase.php
index b647bd3d5..e2088e935 100644
--- a/tests/TableTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TableTestCase.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Doctrine_TableTestCase extends Doctrine_UnitTestCase {
         $this->assertTrue($fk->getType() == Doctrine_Relation::MANY_COMPOSITE);
         $this->assertTrue($fk->getLocal() == $this->objTable->getIdentifier());
         $this->assertTrue($fk->getForeign() == "entity_id");
-        
+
 
     }
     public function testGetComponentName() {