--- ./terminado/tests/basic_test.py.orig
+++ ./terminado/tests/basic_test.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
             match = re.search(r'echo \$\$\\.*?\\r\\n(\d+)', repr(stdout))
             pid = int(match.groups()[0])
         else:
-            pid = int(stdout.split('\n')[1])
+            pid = int(re.findall("[0-9]{1,9}", stdout)[0])
         return pid
 
     def close(self):