diff --git a/lib/pry/version.rb b/lib/pry/version.rb
index 058c07db7..294d38388 100644
--- a/lib/pry/version.rb
+++ b/lib/pry/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 class Pry
-  VERSION = "0.9.0"
+  VERSION = "0.9.1"
 end
diff --git a/test/test_pry.rb b/test/test_pry.rb
index 3d2424fbb..9d4695c19 100644
--- a/test/test_pry.rb
+++ b/test/test_pry.rb
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ class Hello
       end
 
       it 'should make self evaluate to the receiver of the rep session' do
-        o = Object.new
+        o = :john
         str_output = StringIO.new
 
         pry_tester = Pry.new(:input => InputTester.new("self"), :output => str_output)
         pry_tester.rep(o)
-        str_output.string.should =~ /#{o.to_s}/
+        str_output.string.should =~ /:john/
       end
 
       it 'should work with multi-line input' do