diff --git a/IPython/html/tests/util.js b/IPython/html/tests/util.js
index 61f0a23c0..7c0df4ca0 100644
--- a/IPython/html/tests/util.js
+++ b/IPython/html/tests/util.js
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ casper.open_new_notebook = function () {
     var baseUrl = this.get_notebook_server();
     this.start(baseUrl);
     this.waitFor(this.page_loaded);
-    this.thenClick('button#new_notebook');
+    this.thenClick('#kernel-python2 a, #kernel-python3 a');
+    
     this.waitForPopup('');
 
     this.withPopup('', function () {this.waitForSelector('.CodeMirror-code');});