diff --git a/tests/mouse-click.py b/tests/mouse-click.py
index 9edbff2..216d421 100755
--- a/tests/mouse-click.py
+++ b/tests/mouse-click.py
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 def waitMouseClick():
     mouse = open( "/dev/input/mice", "rb" )
+    down = False;
     while True:
         buf = mouse.read(3)
         if ((buf[0] & 0x1)==1):
+            down = True
+        if (((buf[0] & 0x1)==0) and down):        
             break;
     mouse.close()
 
diff --git a/tests/slideshow.py b/tests/slideshow.py
index 689c5dc..74db8f5 100755
--- a/tests/slideshow.py
+++ b/tests/slideshow.py
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ def waitMouseClick():
 
 os.system("fim *.png -qa -c 'while(1){display;sleep 1;next;}' </dev/null 2>/dev/null &")
 waitMouseClick()
-os.system("killall fim")
+os.system("killall -s 9 fim")