diff --git a/GPy/testing/examples_tests.py b/GPy/testing/examples_tests.py
index 9636b286..5ae741ee 100644
--- a/GPy/testing/examples_tests.py
+++ b/GPy/testing/examples_tests.py
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ def checkgrads_generator(model):
 """
 
 def model_checkgrads(model):
-    assert model.checkgrad() is True
+    assert model.checkgrad()
 
 
 def model_instance(model):
-    assert model.checkgrad() is True
+    assert isinstance(model, GPy.core.model)
 
 
 def test_models():
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def test_models():
         print "MODULE", module_examples
         print "Before"
         print inspect.getmembers(module_examples, predicate=inspect.isfunction)
-        functions = [ func for func in inspect.getmembers(module_examples, predicate=inspect.isfunction) if func[0].startswith('_') is False ]
+        functions = [ func for func in inspect.getmembers(module_examples, predicate=inspect.isfunction) if func[0].startswith('_') is False ][::-1]
         print "After"
         print functions
         for example in functions:
@@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ def test_models():
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print "Running unit tests, please be (very) patient..."
+    unittest.main()