diff --git a/ietf/api/tests.py b/ietf/api/tests.py
index 0d0d28208..7f2c6c086 100644
--- a/ietf/api/tests.py
+++ b/ietf/api/tests.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class TastypieApiTestCase(ResourceTestCaseMixin, TestCase):
                 name = app_name.split('.',1)[-1]
                 models_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(app.__file__), "models.py")
                 if os.path.exists(models_path):
-                    self.apps[name] = app
+                    self.apps[name] = app_name
         super(TastypieApiTestCase, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def test_api_top_level(self):
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ class TastypieApiTestCase(ResourceTestCaseMixin, TestCase):
         top = json.loads(r.content)
         self._assertCallbackReturnsSameJSON("/api/v1", top)
         for name in self.apps:
-            app = self.apps[name]
+            app_name = self.apps[name]
+            app = import_module(app_name)
             self.assertEqual("/api/v1/%s/"%name, top[name]["list_endpoint"])
             r = client.get(top[name]["list_endpoint"])
             self.assertValidJSONResponse(r)