diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 482942b..66cc806 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ pip-delete-this-directory.txt
 htmlcov/
 .tox/
 .coverage
+.coveragerc
 .coverage.*
 .cache
+.settings
 nosetests.xml
 coverage.xml
 *,cover
diff --git a/sknn/__init__.py b/sknn/__init__.py
index 2b3ae56..a31ad2d 100644
--- a/sknn/__init__.py
+++ b/sknn/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ def __init__(self):
     def configure(self, flags):
         if self.configured is True:
             return
-
+        self.configured = True
+        
         if 'theano' in sys.modules:
             self.log.warning('Theano was already imported and cannot be reconfigured.')
             return
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ def configure(self, flags):
         import theano
         cuda.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
-        self.configured = True
         try:
             import theano.sandbox.cuda as cd
             self.log.info('Using device gpu%i: %s', cd.active_device_number(), cd.active_device_name())
diff --git a/sknn/tests/test_backend.py b/sknn/tests/test_backend.py
index 1f16304..6bbe781 100644
--- a/sknn/tests/test_backend.py
+++ b/sknn/tests/test_backend.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import unittest
 from nose.tools import (assert_in, assert_equal)
 
+import io
 import os
 import sys
+import logging
 
 import sknn
 
@@ -12,13 +14,29 @@ class TestBackendPseudoModule(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         if 'THEANO_FLAGS' in os.environ:
             del os.environ['THEANO_FLAGS']
+            
+        self.removed = {}
         for name in sys.modules.keys():
             if name.startswith('theano'):
+                self.removed[name] = sys.modules[name]
                 del sys.modules[name]
         sys.modules['sknn.backend'].configured = False
 
+        self.buf = io.StringIO()
+        self.hnd = logging.StreamHandler(self.buf)
+        logging.getLogger('sknn').addHandler(self.hnd)
+        logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        for name, module in self.removed.items():
+            sys.modules[name] = module
+        logging.getLogger('sknn').removeHandler(self.hnd)
+
     def test_TheanoWarning(self):
-        pass
+        import theano
+        from sknn.backend import cpu
+        assert_equal('Theano was already imported and cannot be reconfigured.\n',
+                     self.buf.getvalue())
 
     def _check(self, flags):
         assert_in('THEANO_FLAGS', os.environ)