fixes to get acceptance tests passing
diff --git a/acceptance/openstack/objectstorage/v1/common.go b/acceptance/openstack/objectstorage/v1/common.go
index 08065a4..4e2f9b5 100644
--- a/acceptance/openstack/objectstorage/v1/common.go
+++ b/acceptance/openstack/objectstorage/v1/common.go
@@ -3,26 +3,24 @@
 package v1
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/utils"
-	"os"
+	th "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper"
 )
 
 var metadata = map[string]string{"gopher": "cloud"}
 
 func newClient() (*gophercloud.ServiceClient, error) {
 	ao, err := utils.AuthOptions()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
 
 	client, err := openstack.AuthenticatedClient(ao)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
 
-	return openstack.NewStorageV1(client, gophercloud.EndpointOpts{
+	return openstack.NewObjectStorageV1(client, gophercloud.EndpointOpts{
 		Region: os.Getenv("OS_REGION_NAME"),
-	})
+	}), nil
 }