diff --git a/rattail/tests/filemon/test_actions.py b/rattail/tests/filemon/test_actions.py
index 823db8fa3acb4a7fba5f7600d946fcf056d86925..905485d3ca4363cd9cec63811bce7ec276f8cdd1 100644
--- a/rattail/tests/filemon/test_actions.py
+++ b/rattail/tests/filemon/test_actions.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from unittest import TestCase
 from mock import Mock, patch, call
 from fixture import TempIO
 
-from rattail.config import make_config
+from rattail.config import make_config, RattailConfig
 from rattail.filemon import actions
 from rattail.filemon.config import Profile, ProfileAction
 
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class TestInvokeAction(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         self.action = ProfileAction()
+        self.action.config = RattailConfig()
         self.action.action = Mock(return_value=None)
         self.action.retry_attempts = 6
         self.tmp = TempIO()
@@ -130,7 +131,8 @@ class TestInvokeAction(TestCase):
     def test_action_which_fails_is_only_attempted_the_specified_number_of_times(self):
         self.action.action.side_effect = RuntimeError
         # Last attempt will not handle the exception; assert that as well.
-        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, actions.invoke_action, self.action, self.file)
+        with patch('rattail.filemon.actions.send_email') as send_email:
+            self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, actions.invoke_action, self.action, self.file)
         self.assertEqual(self.action.action.call_count, 6)
 
     def test_action_which_fails_then_succeeds_stops_retrying(self):