diff --git a/testing/test_bins/create_rename_delete_file.c b/testing/test_bins/create_rename_delete_file.c
index f98a8418..fc13b692 100644
--- a/testing/test_bins/create_rename_delete_file.c
+++ b/testing/test_bins/create_rename_delete_file.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * License 2.0.
  */
 
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -25,9 +26,9 @@ int main()
     printf("{ \"pid_info\": %s, \"filename_orig\": \"%s\", \"filename_new\": \"%s\"}\n", pid_info,
            filename_orig, filename_new);
 
-    FILE *f;
+    int fd;
     // create
-    CHECK(f = fopen(filename_orig, "w"), NULL);
+    CHECK(fd = open(filename_orig, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR), -1);
 
     // rename
     CHECK(rename(filename_orig, filename_new), -1);
@@ -35,10 +36,8 @@ int main()
     // modify(permissions)
     CHECK(chmod(filename_new, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO), -1);
 
-    int fd = fileno(f);
-
     // modify(content)
-    CHECK(write(fd, "test", 4), -1);
+    write(fd, "test", 4);
 
     // modify(content)
     struct iovec iov[2];
@@ -46,12 +45,12 @@ int main()
     iov[0].iov_len  = 5;
     iov[1].iov_base = "test3";
     iov[1].iov_len  = 5;
-    CHECK(writev(fd, iov, 2), -1);
+    writev(fd, iov, 2);
 
     // modify(content)
     CHECK(ftruncate(fd, 0), -1);
 
-    CHECK(fclose(f), EOF);
+    close(fd);
 
     // delete
     CHECK(unlink(filename_new), -1);
diff --git a/testing/testrunner/tests.go b/testing/testrunner/tests.go
index a8a45710..b30dd3b3 100644
--- a/testing/testrunner/tests.go
+++ b/testing/testrunner/tests.go
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ func TestFileModify(et *EventsTraceInstance) {
 	events := make([]FileModifyEvent, 0, eventsCount)
 	for {
 		var event FileModifyEvent
+		fmt.Println("GREPME", len(events), events)
 		line := et.GetNextEventJson("FILE_MODIFY")
 		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(line), &event); err != nil {
 			TestFail("failed to unmarshal JSON: ", err)