diff --git a/test/tw-101.t b/test/tw-101.t
index f0bca6025..73017d721 100755
--- a/test/tw-101.t
+++ b/test/tw-101.t
@@ -40,89 +40,72 @@ class TestBug101(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         """Executed before each test in the class"""
         self.t = Task()
+
         # Define report with truncated_count style
-        with open(self.t.taskrc, 'a') as fh:
-            fh.write("report.bug101.columns=description.truncated_count\n")
-        #Find screen width in order to generate long enough string
-        command = ("_get", "context.width")
-        code, out, err = self.t(command)
+        self.t.config("report.bug101.columns", "description.truncated_count")
+
+        # Find screen width in order to generate long enough string
+        code, out, err = self.t("_get context.width")
         self.width = int(out)
-        #Since task strips leading and trailing spaces, for the purposes
-        #of these tests, ensure description contains no spaces so we know
-        #exactly what string we are expecting
+        # Since task strips leading and trailing spaces, for the purposes
+        # of these tests, ensure description contains no spaces so we know
+        # exactly what string we are expecting
         self.short_description = "A_task_description_"
-        #Generate long string
+        # Generate long string
         self.long_description = self.short_description * int(math.ceil(float(self.width)/len(self.short_description)))
 
     def test_short_no_count(self):
         """Check short description with no annotations"""
-        command = ("add", self.short_description)
-        self.t(command)
+        self.t(("add", self.short_description))
 
-        command = ("bug101",)
-        code, out, err = self.t(command)
+        code, out, err = self.t("bug101")
 
         expected = self.short_description
         self.assertIn(expected, out)
 
     def test_short_with_count(self):
         """Check short description with annotations"""
-        command = ("add", self.short_description)
-        self.t(command)
+        self.t(("add", self.short_description))
 
-        command = ("1", "annotate", "A task annotation")
-        self.t(command)
+        self.t("1 annotate 'A task annotation'")
 
-        command = ("bug101",)
-        code, out, err = self.t(command)
+        code, out, err = self.t("bug101")
 
         expected = self.short_description + " [1]"
         self.assertIn(expected, out)
 
     def test_long_no_count(self):
         """Check long description with no annotations"""
-        command = ("add", self.long_description)
-        self.t(command)
+        self.t(("add", self.long_description))
 
-        command = ("bug101",)
-        code, out, err = self.t(command)
+        code, out, err = self.t("bug101")
 
         expected = self.long_description[:(self.width - 3)] + "..."
         self.assertIn(expected, out)
 
     def test_long_with_count(self):
         """Check long description with annotations"""
-        command = ("add", self.long_description)
-        self.t(command)
+        self.t(("add", self.long_description))
 
-        command = ("1", "annotate", "A task annotation")
-        self.t(command)
+        self.t("1 annotate 'A task annotation'")
 
-        command = ("bug101",)
-        code, out, err = self.t(command)
+        code, out, err = self.t("bug101")
 
         expected = self.long_description[:(self.width - 7)] + "... [1]"
         self.assertIn(expected, out)
 
     def test_long_with_double_digit_count(self):
         """Check long description with double digit amount of annotations"""
-        command = ("add", self.long_description)
-        self.t(command)
+        self.t(("add", self.long_description))
 
-        for a in range(10):
-            command = ("1", "annotate", "A task annotation")
-            self.t(command)
+        for i in range(10):
+            self.t("1 annotate 'A task annotation'")
 
-        command = ("bug101",)
-        code, out, err = self.t(command)
+        code, out, err = self.t("bug101")
 
         expected = self.long_description[:(self.width - 8)] + "... [10]"
         self.assertIn(expected, out)
 
-    def tearDown(self):
-        command = ("1", "delete")
-        self.t(command, "y\n")
-
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     from simpletap import TAPTestRunner