diff --git a/app/api/app.rb b/app/api/app.rb
index fe594d9..960ee3d 100644
--- a/app/api/app.rb
+++ b/app/api/app.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module Api
     rescue_from :all do |e|
       logger.error e
       error! e.message, 500
-    end
+    end unless Rails.env.test?
 
     @@NOOSFERO_CONF = nil
     def self.NOOSFERO_CONF
diff --git a/app/models/profile.rb b/app/models/profile.rb
index e4eb8b3..b0f75db 100644
--- a/app/models/profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/profile.rb
@@ -1093,6 +1093,11 @@ private :generate_url, :url_options
     self.data[:fields_privacy]
   end
 
+  # abstract
+  def active_fields
+    []
+  end
+
   def public_fields
     self.active_fields
   end
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