diff --git a/lib/toaster/tests/commands/test_runbuilds.py b/lib/toaster/tests/commands/test_runbuilds.py
index c77d6cf4..738d36e9 100644
--- a/lib/toaster/tests/commands/test_runbuilds.py
+++ b/lib/toaster/tests/commands/test_runbuilds.py
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ import time
 import subprocess
 import signal
 
+import logging
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("toaster")
 
 class KillRunbuilds(threading.Thread):
     """ Kill the runbuilds process after an amount of time """
@@ -34,9 +38,12 @@ class KillRunbuilds(threading.Thread):
         pidfile_path = os.path.join(os.environ.get("BUILDDIR", "."),
                                     ".runbuilds.pid")
 
-        with open(pidfile_path) as pidfile:
-            pid = pidfile.read()
-            os.kill(int(pid), signal.SIGTERM)
+        try:
+            with open(pidfile_path) as pidfile:
+                pid = pidfile.read()
+                os.kill(int(pid), signal.SIGTERM)
+        except ProcessLookupError:
+            logger.warning("Runbuilds not running or already killed")
 
 
 class TestCommands(TestCase):
diff --git a/lib/toaster/tests/functional/functional_helpers.py b/lib/toaster/tests/functional/functional_helpers.py
index b80d403b..1c535db6 100644
--- a/lib/toaster/tests/functional/functional_helpers.py
+++ b/lib/toaster/tests/functional/functional_helpers.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class SeleniumFunctionalTestCase(SeleniumTestCaseBase):
 
     def get_URL(self):
          rc=self.get_page_source()
-         project_url=re.search("(projectPageUrl\s:\s\")(.*)(\",)",rc)
+         project_url=re.search(r"(projectPageUrl\s:\s\")(.*)(\",)",rc)
          return project_url.group(2)