diff --git a/tests/test_remote.py b/tests/test_remote.py
index 8820d01b9be..873fa423568 100644
--- a/tests/test_remote.py
+++ b/tests/test_remote.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ HTTP_BASE_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:{}".format(MASTER_PORT)
 
 HA_HEADERS = {HTTP_HEADER_HA_AUTH: API_PASSWORD}
 
-broken_api = remote.API('127.0.0.1', BROKEN_PORT)
+broken_api = remote.API('127.0.0.1', "bladiebla")
 hass, slave, master_api = None, None, None