diff --git a/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/ignore-step-failure.feature b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/ignore-step-failure.feature
index e29a7ef5a..164f5c1df 100644
--- a/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/ignore-step-failure.feature
+++ b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/ignore-step-failure.feature
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ Background:
   * configure continueOnStepFailure = true
 
 Scenario: test
-  * def var = 'foo'
+  * def tmp = 'foo'
   * configure continueOnStepFailure = true
-  * match var == 'bar'
-  * match var == 'pub'
-  * match var == 'crawl'
-  * match var == 'foo'
+  * match tmp == 'bar'
+  * match tmp == 'pub'
+  * match tmp == 'crawl'
+  * match tmp == 'foo'
   * configure continueOnStepFailure = false
-  * match var == 'foo'
-  * match var == 'bar2'
+  * match tmp == 'foo'
+  * match tmp == 'bar2'
 
 Scenario Outline: hello <name>
   * print 'name:', name
diff --git a/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/perf.feature b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/perf.feature
index 0370359a4..23198b682 100644
--- a/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/perf.feature
+++ b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/core/perf.feature
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Scenario:
 * param foo = bar
 * method get
 * status 200
-* match response == { foo: [#(bar)] }
+* match response == { foo: ['#(bar)'] }
 
 @name=failStatus
 Scenario:
diff --git a/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/report/test.feature b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/report/test.feature
index 5c251c0c5..63b08ca98 100644
--- a/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/report/test.feature
+++ b/karate-core/src/test/java/com/intuit/karate/report/test.feature
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Scenario: second one
 * print 'in second one'
 # some comment
 * def bar = 'no log'
-* table data =
+* table data
     | foo | bar |
     |   1 |   2 |
     |   3 |   4 |