diff --git a/templates/history.tmpl b/templates/history.tmpl
index 3db5f3c7c13..25d70cf93fc 100644
--- a/templates/history.tmpl
+++ b/templates/history.tmpl
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #if $refresh
 <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10">
+<!-- running: do not change this comment, used by TwillTestCase.wait -->
 #end if
 
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
diff --git a/test/base/twilltestcase.py b/test/base/twilltestcase.py
index 5ed3630825e..d018c720851 100644
--- a/test/base/twilltestcase.py
+++ b/test/base/twilltestcase.py
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class TwillTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             count += 1
             tc.go("./history")
             page = tc.browser.get_html()
-            if page.find('add_refresh( 9 );') > -1:
+            if page.find( '<!-- running: do not change this comment, used by TwillTestCase.wait -->' ) > -1:
                 time.sleep( sleep_amount )
                 sleep_amount += 1
             else: