diff --git a/.ci_install_p4est.sh b/.ci_install_p4est.sh
index 5322332..e8ac2a8 100755
--- a/.ci_install_p4est.sh
+++ b/.ci_install_p4est.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if [ "${JULIA_P4EST_TEST}" = "P4EST_CUSTOM_MPI_CUSTOM" ]; then
   export CXX=mpicxx
   export FC=mpif90
   export F77=mpif77
-  $P4EST_TMP/p4est-${P4EST_RELEASE}/configure --prefix=$P4EST_TMP/prefix --enable-mpi
+  $P4EST_TMP/p4est-${P4EST_RELEASE}/configure --prefix=$P4EST_TMP/prefix --enable-mpi --enable-debug
   make -j 2
   make install
   ls -l $P4EST_TMP/prefix/lib/libp4est.so
diff --git a/test/test_nested_attributes_2d.jl b/test/test_nested_attributes_2d.jl
index 3271964..137399a 100644
--- a/test/test_nested_attributes_2d.jl
+++ b/test/test_nested_attributes_2d.jl
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ end
   refine_fn_c = @cfunction(refine_fn, Cint,
                            (Ptr{p4est_t}, Ptr{p4est_topidx_t}, Ptr{p4est_quadrant_t}))
   p4est_refine(p4est, true, refine_fn_c, C_NULL)
+  p4est_balance(p4est, P4EST_CONNECT_FACE, C_NULL)
 
   iter_face_c = @cfunction(iter_face, Cvoid,
                            (Ptr{p4est_iter_face_info_t}, Ptr{Cvoid}))
diff --git a/test/test_nested_attributes_3d.jl b/test/test_nested_attributes_3d.jl
index 3e28c00..2227e42 100644
--- a/test/test_nested_attributes_3d.jl
+++ b/test/test_nested_attributes_3d.jl
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ end
   refine_fn_c = @cfunction(refine_fn, Cint,
                            (Ptr{p8est_t}, Ptr{p4est_topidx_t}, Ptr{p8est_quadrant_t}))
   p8est_refine(p4est, true, refine_fn_c, C_NULL)
+  p8est_balance(p4est, P8EST_CONNECT_FACE, C_NULL)
 
   iter_face_nested_attributes_c = @cfunction(iter_face, Cvoid,
                                              (Ptr{p8est_iter_face_info_t}, Ptr{Cvoid}))
diff --git a/test/tests_basic.jl b/test/tests_basic.jl
index a8a7e5c..bd28197 100644
--- a/test/tests_basic.jl
+++ b/test/tests_basic.jl
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ end
 
   @testset "local_num_quadrants" begin
     connectivity = @test_nowarn p8est_connectivity_new_periodic()
-    p4est = @test_nowarn p4est_new(MPI.COMM_WORLD, connectivity, 0, C_NULL, C_NULL)
+    p4est = @test_nowarn p8est_new(MPI.COMM_WORLD, connectivity, 0, C_NULL, C_NULL)
     @test_nowarn Int(unsafe_load(p4est).local_num_quadrants)
   end