diff --git a/tests/selectOutput.yml b/tests/selectOutput.yml
index 1778935146b19992e25efcb320d8cc523c6472a5..bbcbadff8f66d4b0c6259c8725f430869bb31ac7 100644
--- a/tests/selectOutput.yml
+++ b/tests/selectOutput.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
-SelectOutput:
+Default:
   # Particle Type 0
-  Coordinates_Gas: 1   # check if written when specified
-  Velocities_Gas:  0   # check if not written when specified
-  Masses_Gas:     -5   # check warning if not 0 or 1 and if written
-  Pot_Gas:         1   # check warning if wrong name
+  Coordinates_Gas: on   # check if written when specified
+  Velocities_Gas:  off   # check if not written when specified
+  Pot_Gas:         on   # check warning if wrong name
   # Density_Gas:   1   # check if written when not specified
 
-# Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
-SPH:
-  resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
-  CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
diff --git a/tests/selectOutputParameters.yml b/tests/selectOutputParameters.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..984b105b02259205415f68b704bd97c0b24de424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/selectOutputParameters.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Parameters for the hydrodynamics scheme
+SPH:
+  resolution_eta:        1.2348   # Target smoothing length in units of the mean inter-particle separation (1.2348 == 48Ngbs with the cubic spline kernel).
+  CFL_condition:         0.1      # Courant-Friedrich-Levy condition for time integration.
+
+Snapshots:
+  select_output_on:      1
+  select_output:         selectOutput.yml
diff --git a/tests/testSelectOutput.c b/tests/testSelectOutput.c
index 872609dd79737dd1a83fa784cf341860bf00851f..6ff3f59e1813528d3139f1a14a2db22b1a6e9934 100644
--- a/tests/testSelectOutput.c
+++ b/tests/testSelectOutput.c
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@
 void select_output_engine_init(struct engine *e, struct space *s,
                                struct cosmology *cosmo,
                                struct swift_params *params,
+                               struct output_options *output,
                                struct cooling_function_data *cooling,
                                struct hydro_props *hydro_properties) {
   /* set structures */
   e->s = s;
   e->cooling_func = cooling;
   e->parameter_file = params;
+  e->output_options = output;
   e->cosmology = cosmo;
   e->policy = engine_policy_hydro;
   e->hydro_properties = hydro_properties;
@@ -96,9 +98,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   /* parse parameters */
   message("Reading parameters.");
   struct swift_params param_file;
-  const char *input_file = "selectOutput.yml";
+  const char *input_file = "selectOutputParameters.yml";
   parser_read_file(input_file, &param_file);
 
+  struct output_options output_options;
+  output_options_init(&param_file, 0, &output_options);
+
   /* Default unit system */
   message("Initialization of the unit system.");
   struct unit_system us;
@@ -149,14 +154,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   e.physical_constants = &prog_const;
   sprintf(e.snapshot_base_name, "testSelectOutput");
   sprintf(e.run_name, "Select Output Test");
-  select_output_engine_init(&e, &s, &cosmo, &param_file, &cooling,
-                            &hydro_properties);
+  select_output_engine_init(&e, &s, &cosmo, &param_file, &output_options,
+                            &cooling, &hydro_properties);
 
   /* check output selection */
   message("Checking output parameters.");
   long long N_total[swift_type_count] = {
       (long long)Ngas, (long long)Ngpart, 0, 0, (long long)Nspart, 0};
-  io_check_output_fields(&param_file, N_total, /*with_cosmology=*/1);
+  io_check_output_fields(&param_file, N_total, /*with_cosmology=*/0);
 
   /* write output file */
   message("Writing output.");
diff --git a/tests/testSelectOutput.py b/tests/testSelectOutput.py
index 97e1c865d133b161c5661c7ac63f728065461bd6..79316d867a35c10214e7138618bfe61943fa2470 100644
--- a/tests/testSelectOutput.py
+++ b/tests/testSelectOutput.py
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 ###############################################################################
- # This file is part of SWIFT.
- # Copyright (c) 2015 Bert Vandenbroucke (bert.vandenbroucke@ugent.be)
- #                    Matthieu Schaller (matthieu.schaller@durham.ac.uk)
- # 
- # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
- # by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- # (at your option) any later version.
- # 
- # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- # GNU General Public License for more details.
- # 
- # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- # 
- ##############################################################################
+# This file is part of SWIFT.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Bert Vandenbroucke (bert.vandenbroucke@ugent.be)
+#                    Matthieu Schaller (matthieu.schaller@durham.ac.uk)
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+# by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+##############################################################################
 
 # Check the output done with swift
 
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ if "Densities" not in part0:
 with open(log_filename, "r") as f:
     data = f.read()
 
-if "SelectOutput:Masses_Gas" not in data:
-    raise Exception("Input error in `SelectOuput:Masses_Gas` not detected")
+if "Default:Masses_Gas" not in data:
+    raise Exception("Input error in `Default:Masses_Gas` not detected")
 
-if "SelectOutput:Pot_Gas" not in data:
+if "Default:Pot_Gas" not in data:
     raise Exception("Parameter name error not detected for `SelectOutput:Pot_Gas`")