diff --git a/functional/test_reload_on_sighup.py b/functional/test_reload_on_sighup.py
index 252cec8..f87669c 100644
--- a/functional/test_reload_on_sighup.py
+++ b/functional/test_reload_on_sighup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
         super(ReloadOnSighupTest, self).setUp()
 
     def _is_mod_wsgi_daemon(self, service):
-        process = ''.join(['wsgi:', service[:9]]).replace('_', '-')
+        process = ''.join(['wsgi:',
+                           service[:9]]).replace('_', '-').encode('utf-8')
         s = subprocess.Popen(["ps", "ax"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
         for x in s.stdout:
             if re.search(process, x):
diff --git a/functional/test_stack_outputs.py b/functional/test_stack_outputs.py
index 4bb67db..536e589 100644
--- a/functional/test_stack_outputs.py
+++ b/functional/test_stack_outputs.py
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
 
         actual_list = self.client.stacks.output_list(
             stack_identifier)['outputs']
-        self.assertEqual(expected_list, actual_list)
+        sorted_actual_list = sorted(actual_list, key=lambda x: x['output_key'])
+        self.assertEqual(expected_list, sorted_actual_list)
 
         expected_output_a = {
             u'output_value': u'a', u'output_key': u'resource_output_a',