diff --git a/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_noqt.cc b/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_noqt.cc
index da85aab88..9b80e44ee 100644
--- a/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_noqt.cc
+++ b/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_noqt.cc
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ void LayoutView::set_current (LayoutView *view)
   s_current_view.reset (view);
 }
 
+void LayoutView::set_current ()
+{
+  s_current_view.reset (this);
+}
+
 } // namespace lay
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_noqt.h b/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_noqt.h
index 959748bbb..9578aa2c0 100644
--- a/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_noqt.h
+++ b/src/layview/layview/layLayoutView_noqt.h
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ public:
    */
   void timer ();
 
+  /**
+   *  @brief Makes this view the current one
+   */
+  void set_current ();
+
   /**
    *  @brief Gets the current view
    */
diff --git a/testdata/ruby/rdbTest.rb b/testdata/ruby/rdbTest.rb
index 9e3f06f32..1bdaca1fd 100644
--- a/testdata/ruby/rdbTest.rb
+++ b/testdata/ruby/rdbTest.rb
@@ -422,12 +422,14 @@ class RDB_TestClass < TestBase
     assert_equal(item.has_tag?(db.tag_id("x1")), false)
     assert_equal(item.tags_str, "")
     
-    if item.respond_to?(:image_str)
-      is="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACoAAAA0CAIAAABzfT3nAAAAA3NCSVQICAjb4U/gAAAACXBIWXMAAA0SAAANOgHo3ZneAAAA3UlEQVRYhe2WwQ3DIAxFoco8XaGZIaeO43FyYgZYgYXcQ6SWuDGgBhWq/qccIvGCEd9SbAwAAPSGaW2lFR2rfWDpXrPpSe2SP10fvnn/PZHZH9IwbKFVZZ/Z6wMtZcjW02Bn2FVpZYdWdkr2nvh23S2FyDNJuVITpwmRjTGbNr0v20U5byNtJuuJt/fO2f93+UlbEJl5UjVPr3Y71EQ/PoPPlU+lDJtWlCt3GwCMG33BuJGAcWMEMG6c1jBudCyf/nzV8nbZPRohclFLHdGbZ8eNSjN1fmf0AACA1jwA4hKxu4C6P7EAAAAASUVORK5CYII="
-      item.image_str=is
-      # Only the first 30 bytes count ... the remaining part is too different for different versions of Qt
-      assert_equal(item.image_str[0..30], is[0..30])
-    end
+    assert_equal(item.image_str, "")
+    assert_equal(item.has_image?, false)
+
+    # can actually by any string, but only base64-encoded PNG images make sense
+    is="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACoAAAA0CAIAAABzfT3nAAAAA3NCSVQICAjb4U/gAAAACXBIWXMAAA0SAAANOgHo3ZneAAAA3UlEQVRYhe2WwQ3DIAxFoco8XaGZIaeO43FyYgZYgYXcQ6SWuDGgBhWq/qccIvGCEd9SbAwAAPSGaW2lFR2rfWDpXrPpSe2SP10fvnn/PZHZH9IwbKFVZZ/Z6wMtZcjW02Bn2FVpZYdWdkr2nvh23S2FyDNJuVITpwmRjTGbNr0v20U5byNtJuuJt/fO2f93+UlbEJl5UjVPr3Y71EQ/PoPPlU+lDJtWlCt3GwCMG33BuJGAcWMEMG6c1jBudCyf/nzV8nbZPRohclFLHdGbZ8eNSjN1fmf0AACA1jwA4hKxu4C6P7EAAAAASUVORK5CYII="
+    item.image_str=is
+    assert_equal(item.image_str, is)
+    assert_equal(item.has_image?, true)
     
     vs = RBA::RdbItemValue.new("a string")
     vs2 = RBA::RdbItemValue.new("a string (ii)")