diff --git a/pkg/apb/watch_pod_test.go b/pkg/apb/watch_pod_test.go
index d906991c01..985f9a3814 100644
--- a/pkg/apb/watch_pod_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apb/watch_pod_test.go
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ package apb
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"time"
-
 	"fmt"
 
 	core1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ func TestWatchPod(t *testing.T) {
 		PodClient       func() (v1.PodInterface, *watch.FakeWatcher)
 		UpdatePodStates func(watcher *watch.FakeWatcher)
 		ExpectError     bool
-		Validate        func(status []JobState) error
+		Validate        func(status []string) error
 	}{
 		{
 			Name: "should get error and state update when pod fails",
@@ -63,16 +61,13 @@ func TestWatchPod(t *testing.T) {
 				}}
 				podStateUpdater(watcher, podStates)
 			},
-			Validate: func(status []JobState) error {
+			Validate: func(status []string) error {
 				if len(status) != 2 {
 					return fmt.Errorf("expected 2 status updates")
 				}
 				for i, s := range status {
-					if s.Description != fmt.Sprintf("lastop%v", i) {
-						return fmt.Errorf("expected description to be lastop%v but got %v", i, s.Description)
-					}
-					if s.State != StateInProgress {
-						return fmt.Errorf("expected state to be %v but was %v", StateInProgress, s.State)
+					if s != fmt.Sprintf("lastop%v", i) {
+						return fmt.Errorf("expected description to be lastop%v but got %v", i, s)
 					}
 				}
 				return nil
@@ -111,16 +106,13 @@ func TestWatchPod(t *testing.T) {
 				podStateUpdater(watcher, podStates)
 
 			},
-			Validate: func(status []JobState) error {
+			Validate: func(status []string) error {
 				if len(status) != 2 {
 					return fmt.Errorf("expected 2 status updates")
 				}
 				for i, s := range status {
-					if s.Description != fmt.Sprintf("lastop%v", i) {
-						return fmt.Errorf("expected description to be lastop%v but got %v", i, s.Description)
-					}
-					if s.State != StateInProgress {
-						return fmt.Errorf("expected state to be %v but was %v", StateInProgress, s.State)
+					if s != fmt.Sprintf("lastop%v", i) {
+						return fmt.Errorf("expected description to be lastop%v but got %v", i, s)
 					}
 				}
 				return nil
@@ -150,16 +142,13 @@ func TestWatchPod(t *testing.T) {
 				watcher.Delete(podStates[0])
 			},
 			ExpectError: true,
-			Validate: func(status []JobState) error {
+			Validate: func(status []string) error {
 				if len(status) != 2 {
 					return fmt.Errorf("expected 2 status updates")
 				}
 				for _, s := range status {
-					if s.Description != "lastop0" {
-						return fmt.Errorf("expected description to be lastop0 but got %v", s.Description)
-					}
-					if s.State != StateInProgress {
-						return fmt.Errorf("expected state to be %v but was %v", StateInProgress, s.State)
+					if s != "lastop0" {
+						return fmt.Errorf("expected description to be lastop0 but got %v", s)
 					}
 				}
 				return nil
@@ -169,22 +158,25 @@ func TestWatchPod(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(tc.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			statusReceiver := make(chan JobState)
-			podClient, podWatch := tc.PodClient()
-			time.AfterFunc(100*time.Millisecond, func() {
-				close(statusReceiver)
-			})
 			var watchErr error
+			podClient, podWatch := tc.PodClient()
+			descriptions := []string{}
+			done := make(chan bool)
+
 			go func() {
-				watchErr = watchPod("test", "test", podClient, statusReceiver)
+				watchErr = watchPod("test", "test", podClient, func(d string) {
+					fmt.Printf("NSK: got d -> %v\n", d)
+					descriptions = append(descriptions, d)
+				})
+				done <- true
 			}()
 			go tc.UpdatePodStates(podWatch)
-			var state []JobState
-			for s := range statusReceiver {
-				state = append(state, s)
-			}
+
+			<-done
+
 			if nil != tc.Validate {
-				if err := tc.Validate(state); err != nil {
+				fmt.Printf("NSK: Now trying to validate the descriptions: %v", descriptions)
+				if err := tc.Validate(descriptions); err != nil {
 					t.Fatal("unexpected errror validating job state", err)
 				}
 			}