diff --git a/test/common/microphone_utils.py b/test/common/microphone_utils.py
index c82de37..74bd777 100644
--- a/test/common/microphone_utils.py
+++ b/test/common/microphone_utils.py
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ class MicrophoneUtils(object):
         """
         First mock an input that's not an integer, then a valid integer. There should be no errors.
         """
+        microphones = get_microphones(pyaudio_instance)
+        target_microphone = next(microphones)
+
         mock_input = mocker.patch("__builtin__.raw_input", side_effect=["not an integer", "0"])
         fake_out = StringIO()
         mocker.patch.object(sys, "stdout", fake_out)
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ class MicrophoneUtils(object):
         result = choose_mic_interactive(pyaudio_instance)
         assert "index" in result
         assert isinstance(result["index"], (int, long))
-        assert result["index"] == 0
+        assert result["index"] == target_microphone["index"]
 
         assert mock_input.called
 
@@ -58,6 +61,9 @@ class MicrophoneUtils(object):
         """
         Make sure that the interactive method does not allow negative integers as input.
         """
+        microphones = get_microphones(pyaudio_instance)
+        target_microphone = next(microphones)
+
         mock_input = mocker.patch("__builtin__.raw_input", side_effect=["-1", "0"])
         fake_out = StringIO()
         mocker.patch.object(sys, "stdout", fake_out)
@@ -65,7 +71,7 @@ class MicrophoneUtils(object):
         result = choose_mic_interactive(pyaudio_instance)
         assert "index" in result
         assert isinstance(result["index"], (int, long))
-        assert result["index"] == 0
+        assert result["index"] == target_microphone["index"]
 
         assert mock_input.called