diff --git a/LCS/Common/test/tFileLocator.cc b/LCS/Common/test/tFileLocator.cc
index 5978ff071fc49d3d84ab806cd5b4b29599f8ff74..effbb92d226de496cb0a9d6e7d7c8883e23de2df 100644
--- a/LCS/Common/test/tFileLocator.cc
+++ b/LCS/Common/test/tFileLocator.cc
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@
 		}											\
 	} while(0)
 
+#define CHECK_EQUAL(a,b)									\
+	do {											\
+		if ((a) != (b)) {								\
+			errors++;								\
+			LOG_ERROR_STR("Check '" #a " == " #b "' failed: " << a << " != " << b);	\
+		}											\
+	} while(0)
+
 using namespace LOFAR;
 
 int errors;
@@ -49,12 +57,11 @@ void setup(const string& progname)
 {
 	string tmpdir(progname + "_tmp");
 	string subdir(tmpdir + "/foo");
-	string filename("bar.baz");
 	// Ignore mkdir() errors; they will be caught later anyway.
 	mkdir(tmpdir.c_str(), S_IRWXU);
 	mkdir(subdir.c_str(), S_IRWXU);
-	ASSERT(ofstream((tmpdir + "/" + filename).c_str()));
-	ASSERT(ofstream((subdir + "/" + filename).c_str()));
+	ASSERT(ofstream((tmpdir + "/bar.baz").c_str()));
+	ASSERT(ofstream((subdir + "/foo.bar").c_str()));
 	ASSERT(chdir(tmpdir.c_str()) == 0);
 }
 
@@ -216,6 +223,8 @@ int main (int, char *argv[]) {
 
 	// Note: the files and directories used in the two tests below
 	//       were created by the setup() function.
+
+  // Locate file with no subdir set
 	string filename("bar.baz");
 	string subdir;
 	string refpath;
@@ -224,15 +233,18 @@ int main (int, char *argv[]) {
 	LOG_INFO_STR ("Trying to locate file '" << filename << "'");
 	refpath = "./" + (subdir.empty() ? "" : subdir + "/") + filename;
 	LOG_INFO_STR("fullname = " << Locator2.locate(filename));
-	CHECK(Locator2.locate(filename) == realpath(refpath));
+	CHECK_EQUAL(realpath(Locator2.locate(filename)), realpath(refpath));
 
+  // Locate file in a subdir (need to locate a different file, since
+  // locating the file without using the subdir takes preference)
 	subdir += "foo";
+  filename = "foo.bar";
 	LOG_INFO_STR ("Setting subdir to '" << subdir << "'");
 	Locator2.setSubdir(subdir);
 	LOG_INFO_STR ("Trying to locate file '" << filename << "'");
 	refpath = "./" + (subdir.empty() ? "" : subdir + "/") + filename;
 	LOG_INFO_STR("fullname = " << Locator2.locate(filename));
-	CHECK(Locator2.locate(filename) == realpath(refpath));
+	CHECK_EQUAL(realpath(Locator2.locate(filename)), realpath(refpath));
   
 	LOG_INFO ("Creating fileLocator with two variables");
 	FileLocator   Locator3("$LOFARROOT:$LOFARROOT");