diff --git a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/importers/ImporterTest.java b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/importers/ImporterTest.java
index 14c78c6d9..d7f1a1326 100644
--- a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/importers/ImporterTest.java
+++ b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/importers/ImporterTest.java
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
 
+import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import com.google.refine.ProjectMetadata;
@@ -21,6 +24,7 @@ import com.google.refine.importing.ImportingManager;
 import com.google.refine.model.Project;
 import com.google.refine.tests.RefineServletStub;
 import com.google.refine.tests.RefineTest;
+import com.google.refine.util.JSONUtilities;
 
 abstract class ImporterTest extends RefineTest {
     //mock dependencies
@@ -98,8 +102,9 @@ abstract class ImporterTest extends RefineTest {
         project.columnModel.update();
     }
     
-    protected void parseOneFile(TreeImportingParserBase parser, InputStream inputStream) {
+    protected void parseOneFile(TreeImportingParserBase parser, InputStream inputStream, JSONObject options) {
         ImportColumnGroup rootColumnGroup = new ImportColumnGroup();
+        
         Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream);
         parser.parseOneFile(
             project,
diff --git a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/importers/JsonImporterTests.java b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/importers/JsonImporterTests.java
index 2a5930b89..a3e21d9df 100644
--- a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/importers/JsonImporterTests.java
+++ b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/importers/JsonImporterTests.java
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
 
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
@@ -47,8 +50,11 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.refine.importers.JsonImporter;
 import com.google.refine.importers.JsonImporter.JSONTreeReader;
+import com.google.refine.importers.tree.TreeImportingParserBase;
 import com.google.refine.importers.tree.TreeReader.Token;
+import com.google.refine.importing.ImportingJob;
 import com.google.refine.model.Row;
+import com.google.refine.util.JSONUtilities;
 
 public class JsonImporterTests extends ImporterTest {
     @Override
@@ -164,7 +170,16 @@ public class JsonImporterTests extends ImporterTest {
     @Test
     public void testElementWithMqlReadOutput(){
         String mqlOutput = "{\"code\":\"/api/status/ok\",\"result\":[{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/en/wehrmacht\"},\"id\":\"/en/afrika_korps\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/m/0chtrwn\"},\"id\":\"/en/sacred_band_of_thebes\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/en/british_army\"},\"id\":\"/en/british_16_air_assault_brigade\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/en/british_army\"},\"id\":\"/en/pathfinder_platoon\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/m/0ch7qgz\"},\"id\":\"/en/sacred_band\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/en/polish_navy\"},\"id\":\"/en/3rd_ship_flotilla\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/m/0chtrwn\"},\"id\":\"/m/0c0kxn9\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/m/0chtrwn\"},\"id\":\"/m/0c0kxq9\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/m/0chtrwn\"},\"id\":\"/m/0c0kxqh\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/m/0chtrwn\"},\"id\":\"/m/0c0kxqp\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/m/0chtrwn\"},\"id\":\"/m/0c0kxqw\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/m/0chtrwn\"},\"id\":\"/m/0c1wxl3\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/m/0chtrwn\"},\"id\":\"/m/0c1wxlp\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/m/0chtrwn\"},\"id\":\"/m/0ck96kz\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/m/0chtrwn\"},\"id\":\"/m/0cm3j23\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"},{\"armed_force\":{\"id\":\"/m/0chtrwn\"},\"id\":\"/m/0cw8hb4\",\"type\":\"/military/military_unit\"}],\"status\":\"200 OK\",\"transaction_id\":\"cache;cache01.p01.sjc1:8101;2010-10-04T15:04:33Z;0007\"}";
-        RunTest(mqlOutput);
+        
+        JSONObject options = SUT.createParserUIInitializationData(
+                job, new LinkedList<JSONObject>(), "text/json");
+        JSONArray path = new JSONArray();
+        JSONUtilities.append(path, "__anonymous__");
+        JSONUtilities.append(path, "result");
+        JSONUtilities.append(path, "__anonymous__");
+        JSONUtilities.safePut(options, "recordPath", path);
+
+        RunTest(mqlOutput, options);
         log(project);
         assertProjectCreated(project,3,16);
     }
@@ -280,6 +295,18 @@ public class JsonImporterTests extends ImporterTest {
         sb.append("]");
         return sb.toString();
     }
+    
+    public static JSONObject getOptions(ImportingJob job, TreeImportingParserBase parser) {
+        JSONObject options = parser.createParserUIInitializationData(
+                job, new LinkedList<JSONObject>(), "text/json");
+        
+        JSONArray path = new JSONArray();
+        JSONUtilities.append(path, "__anonymous__");
+        JSONUtilities.append(path, "__anonymous__");
+        
+        JSONUtilities.safePut(options, "recordPath", path);
+        return options;
+    }
 
     public static String getSampleWithDuplicateNestedElements(){
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
@@ -348,7 +375,11 @@ public class JsonImporterTests extends ImporterTest {
         return sb.toString();
     }
 
-    private void RunTest(String testString){
+    private void RunTest(String testString) {
+        RunTest(testString, getOptions(job, SUT));
+    }
+    
+    private void RunTest(String testString, JSONObject options) {
         try {
             inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream( testString.getBytes( "UTF-8" ) );
         } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e1) {
@@ -356,7 +387,7 @@ public class JsonImporterTests extends ImporterTest {
         }
 
         try {
-            parseOneFile(SUT, inputStream);
+            parseOneFile(SUT, inputStream, options);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             Assert.fail();
         }
diff --git a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/importers/XmlImporterTests.java b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/importers/XmlImporterTests.java
index e30cb2ec7..1b8f4682e 100644
--- a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/importers/XmlImporterTests.java
+++ b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/importers/XmlImporterTests.java
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ package com.google.refine.tests.importers;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
 
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
@@ -45,7 +48,10 @@ import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.refine.importers.XmlImporter;
+import com.google.refine.importers.tree.TreeImportingParserBase;
+import com.google.refine.importing.ImportingJob;
 import com.google.refine.model.Row;
+import com.google.refine.util.JSONUtilities;
 
 
 public class XmlImporterTests extends ImporterTest {
@@ -216,6 +222,18 @@ public class XmlImporterTests extends ImporterTest {
         return sb.toString();
     }
     
+    public static JSONObject getOptions(ImportingJob job, TreeImportingParserBase parser) {
+        JSONObject options = parser.createParserUIInitializationData(
+                job, new LinkedList<JSONObject>(), "text/json");
+        
+        JSONArray path = new JSONArray();
+        JSONUtilities.append(path, "library");
+        JSONUtilities.append(path, "book");
+        
+        JSONUtilities.safePut(options, "recordPath", path);
+        return options;
+    }
+    
     public static String getDeeplyNestedSample(){
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         sb.append("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><nest><nest2><library>");
@@ -307,7 +325,7 @@ public class XmlImporterTests extends ImporterTest {
         }
 
         try {
-            parseOneFile(SUT, inputStream);
+            parseOneFile(SUT, inputStream, getOptions(job, SUT));
         } catch (Exception e) {
             Assert.fail();
         }