diff --git a/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/plugins/algorithms/WorkflowAlgorithms/ISISIndirectDiffractionReductionTest.py b/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/plugins/algorithms/WorkflowAlgorithms/ISISIndirectDiffractionReductionTest.py
index d31a77dca6dbf2e324a86a275ee99d40994e7f08..08711cf0b0feb97ad7de0f6263a6a186dbee9bac 100644
--- a/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/plugins/algorithms/WorkflowAlgorithms/ISISIndirectDiffractionReductionTest.py
+++ b/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/plugins/algorithms/WorkflowAlgorithms/ISISIndirectDiffractionReductionTest.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class ISISIndirectDiffractionReductionTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         self._oldFacility = config['default.facility']
+        if self._oldFacility.strip() == '':
+            self._oldFacility = 'TEST_LIVE'
         config.setFacility('ISIS')
 
     def tearDown(self):
diff --git a/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/plugins/algorithms/WorkflowAlgorithms/VesuvioDiffractionReductionTest.py b/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/plugins/algorithms/WorkflowAlgorithms/VesuvioDiffractionReductionTest.py
index 06948afd57f5a5371c1822c40b0e1569518eab70..195b09ae37334d2dcc12f3e59be3b5abfbbfab82 100644
--- a/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/plugins/algorithms/WorkflowAlgorithms/VesuvioDiffractionReductionTest.py
+++ b/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/plugins/algorithms/WorkflowAlgorithms/VesuvioDiffractionReductionTest.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ class VesuvioDiffractionReductionTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         self._oldFacility = config['default.facility']
+        if self._oldFacility.strip() == '':
+            self._oldFacility = 'TEST_LIVE'
         config.setFacility('ISIS')
 
     def tearDown(self):