diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 8058c25f4..bcb86f119 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -538,25 +538,17 @@ func (s *Server) SetAPI(api *API) {
 // UpAndDown brings the server up minimally and shuts it down
 // again; basically, it exists for testing holder open and close.
 func (s *Server) UpAndDown() error {
-	s.logger.Infof("open server. PID %v", os.Getpid())
-
 	// Log startup
 	err := s.holder.logStartup()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(errors.Wrap(err, "logging startup"))
 	}
-
-	// Open holder.
-	if err := s.holder.Open(); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "opening Holder")
+	s.logger.Infof("open server. PID %v", os.Getpid())
+	if err = s.Open(); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "starting server")
 	}
-
-	errh := s.holder.Close()
-	if errh != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(errh, "closing holder")
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	err = s.Close()
+	return errors.Wrap(err, "shutting down server")
 }
 
 // Open opens and initializes the server.
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 3feaf4582..29eb20f1d 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ func (m *Command) UpAndDown() (err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "setting up server")
 	}
+	m.logger.Infof("bringing server up and shutting it down immediately")
 
 	go func() {
 		err := m.Handler.Serve()
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ func (m *Command) UpAndDown() (err error) {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "bringing server up and down")
 	}
 
-	m.logger.Errorf("brought up and shut down again")
+	m.logger.Infof("teardown complete")
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/server/server_test.go b/server/server_test.go
index 5e2a47dfa..a449d5838 100644
--- a/server/server_test.go
+++ b/server/server_test.go
@@ -531,6 +531,14 @@ func TestClusteringNodesReplica1(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestUpAndDown(t *testing.T) {
+	c := test.NewCommandNode(t)
+	err := c.UpAndDown()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("server up-and-down: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestClusteringNodesReplica2(t *testing.T) {
 	// Because this test shuts down 2 nodes, it needs to start as a 5-node
 	// cluster in order to retain enough available nodes for raft leader
diff --git a/test/pilosa.go b/test/pilosa.go
index 925213cd1..d1deb491e 100644
--- a/test/pilosa.go
+++ b/test/pilosa.go
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ func newCommand(tb testing.TB, opts ...server.CommandOption) *Command {
 	// a problem with PDK tests which used pilosa/client as well. We put it at the
 	// beginning of the option slice so that it can be overridden by user-passed
 	// options.
-	// Also set TranslateFile MapSize to a smaller number so memory allocation
-	// does not fail on 32-bit systems.
 	opts = append([]server.CommandOption{
 		server.OptCommandCloseTimeout(time.Millisecond * 2),
 	}, opts...)