diff --git a/bob/bio/vein/configurations/utfvp.py b/bob/bio/vein/configurations/utfvp.py
index eb742b099ed2e56113d005c70ebd34ffc8e63c7a..6b40cc56f670662c451852e13f734ce83a0bc817 100644
--- a/bob/bio/vein/configurations/utfvp.py
+++ b/bob/bio/vein/configurations/utfvp.py
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ from bob.bio.vein.database import UtfvpBioDatabase
 utfvp_directory = "[YOUR_UTFVP_DIRECTORY]"
 """Value of ``~/.bob_bio_databases.txt`` for this database"""
 
-database = UtfvpBioDatabase(original_directory = utfvp_directory)
+database = UtfvpBioDatabase(
+    original_directory = utfvp_directory,
+    original_extension = '.png',
+    )
 """The :py:class:`bob.bio.base.database.BioDatabase` derivative with UTFVP settings
 
 .. warning::
diff --git a/bob/bio/vein/configurations/verafinger.py b/bob/bio/vein/configurations/verafinger.py
index f0b9abacc7006de92f0e0bc4421f9ef37fbaa170..9b642101ecfc00ea4879a2e6e1c2541c3652f2fc 100644
--- a/bob/bio/vein/configurations/verafinger.py
+++ b/bob/bio/vein/configurations/verafinger.py
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ from bob.bio.vein.database import VerafingerBioDatabase
 verafinger_directory = "[YOUR_VERAFINGER_DIRECTORY]"
 """Value of ``~/.bob_bio_databases.txt`` for this database"""
 
-database = VerafingerBioDatabase(original_directory = verafinger_directory)
+database = VerafingerBioDatabase(
+    original_directory = verafinger_directory,
+    original_extension = '.png',
+    )
 """The :py:class:`bob.bio.base.database.BioDatabase` derivative with Verafinger
 database settings
 
diff --git a/bob/bio/vein/database/utfvp.py b/bob/bio/vein/database/utfvp.py
index 8fe5a5a31b2017c6f9a566d01b9e40078374e90b..b8f09a049d3cfea5a8216b27d4ea6ccc4cb75aa6 100644
--- a/bob/bio/vein/database/utfvp.py
+++ b/bob/bio/vein/database/utfvp.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Tue 27 Sep 2016 16:49:05 CEST
 
 from .database import VeinBioFile
-from bob.bio.base.database import BioDatabase, BioFile
+from bob.bio.base.database import BioDatabase
 
 
 class UtfvpBioDatabase(BioDatabase):
diff --git a/bob/bio/vein/database/verafinger.py b/bob/bio/vein/database/verafinger.py
index a33e2e42cab7c4a9b5a4f509a3c8a0733a4924fd..23d3ff269d74257aeeb20af97616b10633fb7fb8 100644
--- a/bob/bio/vein/database/verafinger.py
+++ b/bob/bio/vein/database/verafinger.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 from .database import VeinBioFile
-from bob.bio.base.database import BioDatabase, BioFile
+from bob.bio.base.database import BioDatabase
 
 
 class VerafingerBioDatabase(BioDatabase):
diff --git a/bob/bio/vein/tests/test_databases.py b/bob/bio/vein/tests/test_databases.py
index 3903a351645c77b2781a6ff2922c2a7ba6f9c73d..08c7c5563b6635d677175f5f6b85dc6f311513bf 100644
--- a/bob/bio/vein/tests/test_databases.py
+++ b/bob/bio/vein/tests/test_databases.py
@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@ from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
 
 import bob.bio.base
 from bob.bio.base.test.utils import db_available
-from bob.bio.base.test.test_database_implementations import check_database, check_database_zt
+from bob.bio.base.test.test_database_implementations import check_database
 
 
 @db_available('utfvp')
 def test_utfvp():
-    database = bob.bio.base.load_resource('utfvp', 'database', preferred_package='bob.bio.vein')
+    module = bob.bio.base.load_resource('utfvp', 'config',
+        preferred_package='bob.bio.vein')
     try:
-        check_database(database, protocol='nomLeftRing', groups=('dev', 'eval'))
+        check_database(module.database, protocol=module.protocol,
+            groups=('dev', 'eval'))
     except IOError as e:
         raise SkipTest(
             "The database could not queried; probably the db.sql3 file is missing. Here is the error: '%s'" % e)
@@ -21,9 +23,11 @@ def test_utfvp():
 
 @db_available('verafinger')
 def test_verafinger():
-    database = bob.bio.base.load_resource('verafinger', 'database', preferred_package='bob.bio.vein')
+    module = bob.bio.base.load_resource('verafinger', 'config',
+        preferred_package='bob.bio.vein')
     try:
-        check_database(database, protocol='Fifty', groups=('dev', 'eval'))
+        check_database(module.database, protocol='Fifty', groups=('dev',
+          'eval'))
     except IOError as e:
         raise SkipTest(
             "The database could not queried; probably the db.sql3 file is missing. Here is the error: '%s'" % e)