diff --git a/application/LinkDB.php b/application/LinkDB.php
index ff82446f..a673b086 100644
--- a/application/LinkDB.php
+++ b/application/LinkDB.php
@@ -188,11 +188,15 @@ private function checkDB()
         // Create a dummy database for example
         $this->links = array();
         $link = array(
-            'title'=>'Shaarli - sebsauvage.net',
-            'url'=>'http://sebsauvage.net/wiki/doku.php?id=php:shaarli',
-            'description'=>'Welcome to Shaarli! This is a bookmark. To edit or delete me, you must first login.',
+            'title'=>' Shaarli: the personal, minimalist, super-fast, no-database delicious clone',
+            'url'=>'https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/wiki',
+            'description'=>'Welcome to Shaarli! This is your first public bookmark. To edit or delete me, you must first login.
+
+To learn how to use Shaarli, consult the link "Help/documentation" at the bottom of this page.
+
+You use the community supported version of the original Shaarli project, by Sebastien Sauvage.',
             'private'=>0,
-            'linkdate'=>'20110914_190000',
+            'linkdate'=> date('Ymd_His'),
             'tags'=>'opensource software'
         );
         $this->links[$link['linkdate']] = $link;
@@ -200,9 +204,9 @@ private function checkDB()
         $link = array(
             'title'=>'My secret stuff... - Pastebin.com',
             'url'=>'http://sebsauvage.net/paste/?8434b27936c09649#bR7XsXhoTiLcqCpQbmOpBi3rq2zzQUC5hBI7ZT1O3x8=',
-            'description'=>'SShhhh!!  I\'m a private link only YOU can see. You can delete me too.',
+            'description'=>'Shhhh! I\'m a private link only YOU can see. You can delete me too.',
             'private'=>1,
-            'linkdate'=>'20110914_074522',
+            'linkdate'=> date('Ymd_His', strtotime('-1 minute')),
             'tags'=>'secretstuff'
         );
         $this->links[$link['linkdate']] = $link;
diff --git a/tests/LinkDBTest.php b/tests/LinkDBTest.php
index 0d343359..a54fc501 100644
--- a/tests/LinkDBTest.php
+++ b/tests/LinkDBTest.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class LinkDBTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
     // datastore to test write operations
     protected static $testDatastore = 'tests/datastore.php';
-    protected static $dummyDatastoreSHA1 = 'e3edea8ea7bb50be4bcb404df53fbb4546a7156e';
+    protected static $dummyDatastoreFilesize = 759;
     protected static $refDB = null;
     protected static $publicLinkDB = null;
     protected static $privateLinkDB = null;
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ public function testCheckDBNew()
 
         // ensure the correct data has been written
         $this->assertEquals(
-            self::$dummyDatastoreSHA1,
-            sha1_file(self::$testDatastore)
+            self::$dummyDatastoreFilesize,
+            filesize(self::$testDatastore)
         );
     }
 
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ public function testCheckDBLoad()
     {
         $linkDB = new LinkDB(self::$testDatastore, false, false);
         $this->assertEquals(
-            self::$dummyDatastoreSHA1,
-            sha1_file(self::$testDatastore)
+            self::$dummyDatastoreFilesize,
+            filesize(self::$testDatastore)
         );
 
         $checkDB = self::getMethod('checkDB');
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ public function testCheckDBLoad()
 
         // ensure the datastore is left unmodified
         $this->assertEquals(
-            self::$dummyDatastoreSHA1,
-            sha1_file(self::$testDatastore)
+            self::$dummyDatastoreFilesize,
+            filesize(self::$testDatastore)
         );
     }