diff --git a/tests/test_tutorial.py b/tests/test_tutorial.py
index dd28e7d9..342bf912 100644
--- a/tests/test_tutorial.py
+++ b/tests/test_tutorial.py
@@ -207,18 +207,38 @@ def test_tutorial(self):
     list_of_targets = repository.get_filepaths_in_directory(
         os.path.join('repository', 'targets'), recursive_walk=False, followlinks=True)
 
-    self.assertEqual(sorted(list_of_targets),
-        ['repository/targets/file1.txt', 'repository/targets/file2.txt',
-        'repository/targets/file3.txt'])
+    # Ensure that we have absolute paths. (Harmless before and after PR #774,
+    # which fixes the issue with non-absolute paths coming from
+    # get_filepaths_in_directory.)
+
+    list_of_targets_temp = []
+
+    for t in list_of_targets:
+      list_of_targets_temp.append(os.path.abspath(t))
+
+    list_of_targets = list_of_targets_temp
+
+
+    self.assertEqual(sorted(list_of_targets), [
+        os.path.abspath(os.path.join('repository', 'targets', 'file1.txt')),
+        os.path.abspath(os.path.join('repository', 'targets', 'file2.txt')),
+        os.path.abspath(os.path.join('repository', 'targets', 'file3.txt'))])
 
 
     repository.targets.add_targets(list_of_targets)
 
+    self.assertTrue('file1.txt' in repository.targets.target_files)
+    self.assertTrue('file2.txt' in repository.targets.target_files)
+    self.assertTrue('file3.txt' in repository.targets.target_files)
+
+
     target4_filepath = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
         'repository', 'targets', 'myproject', 'file4.txt'))
     octal_file_permissions = oct(os.stat(target4_filepath).st_mode)[4:]
     custom_file_permissions = {'file_permissions': octal_file_permissions}
     repository.targets.add_target(target4_filepath, custom_file_permissions)
+    self.assertTrue(os.path.join(
+        'myproject', 'file4.txt') in repository.targets.target_files)
 
 
     # Skipping user entry of password