diff --git a/zNEW_test/events_errors.cpp b/test/events_errors.cpp
similarity index 98%
rename from zNEW_test/events_errors.cpp
rename to test/events_errors.cpp
index 22f3b84c..4be893e4 100644
--- a/zNEW_test/events_errors.cpp
+++ b/test/events_errors.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // 10 june 2019
 #include "test.h"
 
+// TODO consider rewriting this in C
+
 static void dummyHandler(void *sender, void *args, void *data)
 {
 	// do nothing
@@ -306,7 +308,7 @@ static const struct checkErrorCase cases[] = {
 	{ NULL, NULL, NULL },
 };
 
-testingTest(EventErrors)
+Test(EventErrors)
 {
-	checkProgrammerErrors(t, cases);
+	checkProgrammerErrors(cases);
 }
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 4a1fafac..49ece236 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Using files() is the cleanest way to ensure the python script below gets the right filenames regardless of how meson sandboxes the command it's running.
 libui_test_sources = files([
 	'events.c',
+	'events_errors.cpp',
 	'initmain.c',
 	'noinitwrongthread.c',
 ])