diff --git a/tests/executable_src/testWrite.cc b/tests/executable_src/testWrite.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/tests/src/TecDummy.cc b/tests/src/TecDummy.cc
index 53011613479640aa85480fdf15ce1df2e529e91b..48f0f64c5ac1bbabddf517ce9b57150acd385eff 100644
--- a/tests/src/TecDummy.cc
+++ b/tests/src/TecDummy.cc
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void TecDummy::read(uint8_t bar, uint32_t address, int32_t* data, size_t sizeInB
   assert(reply.size() == nFrames * frameLength);
 
   // convert reply back into byte stream
-  for(size_t i = 0; i < reply.length(); ++i) {
+  for(size_t i = 0; i < reply.length() / 4; ++i) {
     uint32_t word;
     std::memcpy(&word, &(reply[4 * i]), 4);
     reg_command[i] = htonl(word);