diff --git a/packages/livedata/livedata_connection_tests.js b/packages/livedata/livedata_connection_tests.js
index bf7c264cef..055303a541 100644
--- a/packages/livedata/livedata_connection_tests.js
+++ b/packages/livedata/livedata_connection_tests.js
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ Tinytest.add("livedata stub - multiple stubs same doc", function (test) {
   // Method sent.
   var updateMethodId = testGotMessage(
     test, stream, {msg: 'method', method: 'updateIt',
-                   params: [{$type: 'oid', $value: stubWrittenId.valueOf()}], id: '*'});
+                   params: [stubWrittenId], id: '*'});
   test.equal(stream.sent.length, 0);
 
   // Get some data... slightly different than what we wrote.
diff --git a/packages/tinytest/tinytest.js b/packages/tinytest/tinytest.js
index 3b3b51603c..30432f933b 100644
--- a/packages/tinytest/tinytest.js
+++ b/packages/tinytest/tinytest.js
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ _.extend(TestCaseResults.prototype, {
   include: function (s, v) {
     var pass = false;
     if (s instanceof Array)
-      pass = _.indexOf(s, v) !== -1;
+      pass = _.any(s, function(it) {return _.isEqual(v, it);});
     else if (typeof s === "object")
       pass = v in s;
     else if (typeof s === "string")
@@ -218,8 +218,9 @@ _.extend(TestCaseResults.prototype, {
       /* fail -- not something that contains other things */;
     if (pass)
       this.ok();
-    else
+    else {
       this.fail({type: "include", sequence: s, should_contain_value: v});
+    }
   },
 
   // XXX should change to lengthOf to match vowsjs