diff --git a/src/examples.jl b/src/examples.jl
index 9e382eef..6dd1b7f4 100644
--- a/src/examples.jl
+++ b/src/examples.jl
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ yaxis!("YLABEL", :log10)
 PlotExample("Images",
     "Plot an image.  y-axis is set to flipped",
     [:(begin
-    import FileIO, PlotReferenceImages
-    img = FileIO.load(joinpath(dirname(pathof(PlotReferenceImages)), "..", "Plots","pyplot","0.7.0","ref1.png"))
+    import FileIO
+    path = download("http://juliaplots.org/PlotReferenceImages.jl/Plots/pyplot/0.7.0/ref1.png")
+    img = FileIO.load(path)
         plot(img)
     end)]
 ),
diff --git a/test/imgcomp.jl b/test/imgcomp.jl
index c8ae9966..e61a47c9 100644
--- a/test/imgcomp.jl
+++ b/test/imgcomp.jl
@@ -1,15 +1,3 @@
-using VisualRegressionTests
-using Plots
-using Random
-using BinaryProvider
-using Test
-
-default(size=(500,300))
-
-
-# TODO: use julia's Condition type and the wait() and notify() functions to initialize a Window, then wait() on a condition that
-#       is referenced in a button press callback (the button clicked callback will call notify() on that condition)
-
 import Plots._current_plots_version
 
 # Taken from MakieGallery
@@ -43,10 +31,11 @@ const ref_image_dir = download_reference()
 function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = isinteractive(), sigma = [1,1], tol = 1e-2)
     Plots._debugMode.on = debug
     example = Plots._examples[idx]
+    Plots.theme(:default)
     @info("Testing plot: $pkg:$idx:$(example.header)")
     backend(pkg)
     backend()
-
+    default(size=(500,300))
     # ensure consistent results
     Random.seed!(1234)
 
@@ -83,7 +72,10 @@ function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = is
 
     # test function
     func = (fn, idx) -> begin
-        map(eval, example.exprs)
+        expr = Expr(:block)
+        append!(expr.args, example.exprs)
+        eval(expr)
+        png(joinpath(@__DIR__, "testimgs", "test$idx.png"))
         png(fn)
     end
 
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 167eb6a1..8e6ef9c1 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-module PlotsTests
-
-using Pkg
+using VisualRegressionTests
+using Plots
+using Random
+using BinaryProvider
+using Test
+using FileIO
 
 include("imgcomp.jl")
-
-
 # don't actually show the plots
 Random.seed!(1234)
 default(show=false, reuse=true)
@@ -21,14 +22,6 @@ img_tol = isinteractive() ? 1e-2 : 10e-2
     end
 end
 
-# @static if isinteractive()
-#     @testset "PyPlot" begin
-#         @test pyplot() == Plots.PyPlotBackend()
-#         @test backend() == Plots.PyPlotBackend()
-#
-#         image_comparison_facts(:pyplot, tol=img_tol, skip = [2, 25, 30, 31])
-#     end
-# end
 
 @testset "UnicodePlots" begin
     @test unicodeplots() == Plots.UnicodePlotsBackend()
@@ -43,68 +36,6 @@ end
     @test isa(display(p), Nothing) == true
 end
 
-# The plotlyjs testimages return a connection error on travis:
-# connect: connection refused (ECONNREFUSED)
-
-# @static if isinteractive()
-#     @testset "PlotlyJS" begin
-#         @test plotlyjs() == Plots.PlotlyJSBackend()
-#         @test backend() == Plots.PlotlyJSBackend()
-#
-#         image_comparison_facts(:plotlyjs,
-#             skip=[
-#                 2,  # animation (skipped for speed)
-#                 25,
-#                 27, # (polar plots) takes very long / not working
-#                 30,
-#                 31, # animation (skipped for speed)
-#             ],
-#             tol=img_tol)
-#     end
-# end
-
-# InspectDR returns that error on travis:
-# ERROR: LoadError: InitError: Cannot open display:
-#  in Gtk.GLib.GError(::Gtk.##229#230) at /home/travis/.julia/v0.5/Gtk/src/GLib/gerror.jl:17
-
-# @testset "InspectDR" begin
-#     @test inspectdr() == Plots.InspectDRBackend()
-#     @test backend() == Plots.InspectDRBackend()
-#
-#     image_comparison_facts(:inspectdr,
-#         skip=[
-#             2,  # animation
-#             6,  # heatmap not defined
-#             10, # heatmap not defined
-#             22, # contour not defined
-#             23, # pie not defined
-#             27, # polar plot not working
-#             28, # heatmap not defined
-#             31, # animation
-#         ],
-#         tol=img_tol)
-# end
-
-
-# @testset "Plotly" begin
-#     @test plotly() == Plots.PlotlyBackend()
-#     @test backend() == Plots.PlotlyBackend()
-#
-#     # # until png generation is reliable on OSX, just test on linux
-#     # @static Sys.islinux() && image_comparison_facts(:plotly, only=[1,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,20,22,23,27], tol=img_tol)
-# end
-
-# @testset "PlotlyJS" begin
-#     @test plotlyjs() == Plots.PlotlyJSBackend()
-#     @test backend() == Plots.PlotlyJSBackend()
-#
-#     # as long as we can plot anything without error, it should be the same as Plotly
-#     image_comparison_facts(:plotlyjs, only=[1], tol=img_tol)
-# end
-
-
-
-
 @testset "Axes" begin
     p = plot()
     axis = p.subplots[1][:xaxis]
@@ -122,44 +53,3 @@ end
 @testset "NoFail" begin
     histogram([1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0])
 end
-
-# tests for preprocessing recipes
-
-# @testset "recipes" begin
-
-    # user recipe
-
-    # type T end
-    # @recipe function f(::T)
-    #     line := (3,0.3,:red)
-    #     marker := (20,0.5,:blue,:o)
-    #     bg := :yellow
-    #     rand(10)
-    # end
-    # plot(T())
-
-    # plot recipe
-
-    # @recipe function f(::Type{Val{:hiplt}},plt::Plot)
-    #     line := (3,0.3,:red)
-    #     marker := (20,0.5,:blue,:o)
-    #     t := :path
-    #     bg:=:green
-    #     ()
-    # end
-    # plot(rand(10),t=:hiplt)
-
-    # series recipe
-
-    # @recipe function f(::Type{Val{:hi}},x,y,z)
-    #     line := (3,0.3,:red)
-    #     marker := (20,0.5,:blue,:o)
-    #     t := :path
-    #     ()
-    # end
-    # plot(rand(10),t=:hiplt)
-
-# end
-
-
-end # module