diff --git a/src/test/java/com/socrata/datasync/job/LoadPreferencesJobTest.java b/src/test/java/com/socrata/datasync/job/LoadPreferencesJobTest.java
index 36caadf9..0c9cbdd2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/socrata/datasync/job/LoadPreferencesJobTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/socrata/datasync/job/LoadPreferencesJobTest.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public void testLoadIncompletePreferencesWithClearStart() throws ParseException,
         TestCase.assertEquals("5oMeTokEN", userPrefs.getAPIKey());
         TestCase.assertEquals("https://someDomain.com", userPrefs.getProxyHost());
         TestCase.assertEquals("8080", userPrefs.getProxyPort());
+        userPrefs.clear();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ public void testLoadIncompletePreferencesWithMessyStart() throws ParseException,
         TestCase.assertEquals("", userPrefs.getSmtpPassword());
         TestCase.assertEquals("10", userPrefs.getFilesizeChunkingCutoffMB());     // has default
         TestCase.assertEquals("10000", userPrefs.getNumRowsPerChunk());     // has default
+        userPrefs.clear();
     }
 
     @Test