diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/functional/test_search.py b/rhodecode/tests/functional/test_search.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/functional/test_search.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/functional/test_search.py
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ class TestSearchController(TestControlle
     def test_index(self):
         self.log_user()
         response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'))
-        print response.body
-        assert 'class="small" id="q" name="q" type="text"' in response.body, 'Search box content error'
+
+        self.assertTrue('class="small" id="q" name="q" type="text"' in
+                        response.body)
         # Test response...
 
     def test_empty_search(self):
@@ -16,20 +17,21 @@ class TestSearchController(TestControlle
             raise SkipTest('skipped due to existing index')
         else:
             self.log_user()
-            response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'), {'q':HG_REPO})
-            assert 'There is no index to search in. Please run whoosh indexer' in response.body, 'No error message about empty index'
+            response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'),
+                                    {'q':HG_REPO})
+            self.assertTrue('There is no index to search in. '
+                            'Please run whoosh indexer' in response.body)
 
     def test_normal_search(self):
         self.log_user()
-        response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'), {'q':'def repo'})
-        print response.body
-        assert '10 results' in response.body, 'no message about proper search results'
-        assert 'Permission denied' not in response.body, 'Wrong permissions settings for that repo and user'
-
+        response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'),
+                                {'q':'def repo'})
+        self.assertTrue('10 results' in response.body)
+        self.assertTrue('Permission denied' not in response.body)
 
     def test_repo_search(self):
         self.log_user()
-        response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'), {'q':'repository:%s def test' % HG_REPO})
-        print response.body
-        assert '4 results' in response.body, 'no message about proper search results'
-        assert 'Permission denied' not in response.body, 'Wrong permissions settings for that repo and user'
+        response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'),
+                                {'q':'repository:%s def test' % HG_REPO})
+        self.assertTrue('4 results' in response.body)
+        self.assertTrue('Permission denied' not in response.body)