diff --git a/test/vectorstream_test.cpp b/test/vectorstream_test.cpp
index a028b69..663158c 100644
--- a/test/vectorstream_test.cpp
+++ b/test/vectorstream_test.cpp
@@ -103,11 +103,13 @@ static int vectorstream_test()
          std_stringstream << "testline: " << i << std::endl;
       }
       //Add final null to form a c string
+      my_vectorstream.swap_vector(myvector);
       myvector.push_back(0);
-      if(std::strcmp(&(my_vectorstream.vector()[0]), std_stringstream.str().c_str()) != 0){
+      if(std::strcmp(&(myvector[0]), std_stringstream.str().c_str()) != 0){
          return 1;
       }
       myvector.pop_back();
+      my_vectorstream.swap_vector(myvector);
       for(int i = 0; i < 100; ++i){
          my_vectorstream  >> str1 >> number1;
          std_stringstream >> str2 >> number2;