diff --git a/bin/dns-test.js b/bin/dns-test.js
index 6fc2aef..f10d8d7 100644
--- a/bin/dns-test.js
+++ b/bin/dns-test.js
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ function testBinAsync(nb) {
     process.exit(38);
     return;
   }
-  var bin = dnsjs.write(json);
-  var json2 = dnsjs.parse(bin);
+  var bin2 = dnsjs.write(json);
+  var json2 = dnsjs.parse(bin2);
   if (json2.error) {
     console.error(json2);
     process.exit(37);
@@ -70,7 +70,20 @@ function testBinAsync(nb) {
   }
 
   var assert = require('assert');
-  json = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify());
+  // EXPLANATION:
+  // The strategy used for compression pointers has not yet been proven
+  // as deterministic... and we don't implement them anyway, so this may not be the same
+  json = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(json)
+    .replace(/,"labels":.*?\]/, '')
+    .replace(/,"cpcount":\d+/, '')
+  );
+  json2 = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(json2)
+    .replace(/,"labels":.*?\]/, '')
+    .replace(/,"cpcount":\d+/, '')
+  );
+  //json2 = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(json2));
+  //console.log(json);
+  //console.log(json2);
   assert.deepEqual(json, json2);
 
   console.log("[OK] binary -> JSON -> binary -> JSON");