diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index b860bb58e..e93a148d4 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1411,6 +1411,7 @@ if not preconfigured:
             pthread = '-pthread'
         
         # Common debugging flags.
+        # http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2010-November/144952.html
         debug_flags  = '-g -fno-omit-frame-pointer -DDEBUG -DMAPNIK_DEBUG'
         ndebug_flags = '-DNDEBUG'
        
diff --git a/src/text_placements/registry.cpp b/src/text_placements/registry.cpp
index 30668b78f..621c161b3 100644
--- a/src/text_placements/registry.cpp
+++ b/src/text_placements/registry.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <mapnik/text_placements/registry.hpp>
 #include <mapnik/text_placements/simple.hpp>
 #include <mapnik/text_placements/list.hpp>
+#include <mapnik/text_placements/dummy.hpp>
 
 namespace mapnik
 {
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ registry::registry()
 {
     register_name("simple", &text_placements_simple::from_xml);
     register_name("list", &text_placements_list::from_xml);
+    register_name("dummy", &text_placements_list::from_xml);
 }
 
 void registry::register_name(std::string name, from_xml_function_ptr ptr, bool overwrite)
diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/test.py b/tests/visual_tests/test.py
index 169dbbe81..67dc0d468 100755
--- a/tests/visual_tests/test.py
+++ b/tests/visual_tests/test.py
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ for f in files:
             m = render(f[0], width[0], width[1])
         else:
             m = render(f[0], width)
-    mapnik.save_map(m, "%s-out.xml" % f[0])
+    mapnik.save_map(m, os.path.join(dirname,"%s-out.xml" % f[0]))
 
 summary()