Tests use a different injector, clear the queue name cache using other means.
diff --git a/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/asyncevents/AsyncEventServiceImpl.java b/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/asyncevents/AsyncEventServiceImpl.java
index 66b527b..412a173 100644
--- a/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/asyncevents/AsyncEventServiceImpl.java
+++ b/stack/core/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/corepersistence/asyncevents/AsyncEventServiceImpl.java
@@ -875,6 +875,9 @@
                                 catch ( Throwable t ) {
                                     final long sleepTime = indexProcessorFig.getFailureRetryTime();
 
+                                    // there might be an error here during tests, just clean the cache
+                                    queue.clearQueueNameCache();
+
                                     logger.error( "Failed to dequeue.  Sleeping for {} milliseconds", sleepTime, t );
 
                                     if ( drainList != null ) {
diff --git a/stack/core/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/CoreSchemaManager.java b/stack/core/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/CoreSchemaManager.java
index 34c29ac..f57aea2 100644
--- a/stack/core/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/CoreSchemaManager.java
+++ b/stack/core/src/test/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/CoreSchemaManager.java
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@
             //swallow if it just doesn't exist
         }
         logger.info( "keyspaces dropped" );
-        SpringResource.getInstance().getBean( Injector.class )
-            .getInstance( LegacyQueueManager.class ).clearQueueNameCache();
         logger.info( "dropping indices" );
         final EsProvider provider =
             SpringResource.getInstance().getBean( Injector.class ).getInstance( EsProvider.class );
diff --git a/stack/corepersistence/queue/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/queue/impl/QakkaQueueManager.java b/stack/corepersistence/queue/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/queue/impl/QakkaQueueManager.java
index 264e99c..8887584 100644
--- a/stack/corepersistence/queue/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/queue/impl/QakkaQueueManager.java
+++ b/stack/corepersistence/queue/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/persistence/queue/impl/QakkaQueueManager.java
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
         this.queueMessageManager = queueMessageManager;
         this.regions = regions;
         this.queueNames = new HashSet<>();
+
+        createQueueIfNecessary();
     }
 
 
diff --git a/stack/services/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/services/notifications/QueueListener.java b/stack/services/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/services/notifications/QueueListener.java
index 796450b..7d02360 100644
--- a/stack/services/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/services/notifications/QueueListener.java
+++ b/stack/services/src/main/java/org/apache/usergrid/services/notifications/QueueListener.java
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@
                             consecutiveExceptions.set(0);
                         }catch (Exception ex){
                             logger.error("failed to dequeue",ex);
+
+                            // clear the queue name cache b/c tests might have wiped the keyspace
+                            legacyQueueManager.clearQueueNameCache();
                             try {
                                 long sleeptime = sleepWhenNoneFound*consecutiveExceptions.incrementAndGet();
                                 long maxSleep = 15000;