diff --git a/Core/Code/Testing/mitkImageVtkMapper2DLevelWindowTest.cpp b/Core/Code/Testing/mitkImageVtkMapper2DLevelWindowTest.cpp
index ee7a275500..fd62b2a8f1 100644
--- a/Core/Code/Testing/mitkImageVtkMapper2DLevelWindowTest.cpp
+++ b/Core/Code/Testing/mitkImageVtkMapper2DLevelWindowTest.cpp
@@ -1,78 +1,80 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, 
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without 
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR 
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 //MITK
 #include "mitkTestingMacros.h"
 #include "mitkRenderingTestHelper.h"
 #include <mitkLevelWindowProperty.h>
 #include <mitkLevelWindowPreset.h>
 
 //VTK
 #include <vtkRegressionTestImage.h>
 
 int mitkImageVtkMapper2DLevelWindowTest(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     // load all arguments into a datastorage, take last argument as reference rendering
     // setup a renderwindow of fixed size X*Y
     // render the datastorage
     // compare rendering to reference image
     MITK_TEST_BEGIN("mitkImageVtkMapper2DTest")
 
     // enough parameters?
     if ( argc < 2 )
     {
         MITK_TEST_OUTPUT( << "Usage: " << std::string(*argv) << " [file1 file2 ...] outputfile" )
                 MITK_TEST_OUTPUT( << "Will render a central transversal slice of all given files into outputfile" )
                 exit( EXIT_SUCCESS );
     }
 
     mitkRenderingTestHelper renderingHelper(640, 480, argc, argv);
     //chose a level window: here we randomly chosen the blood preset.
     mitk::LevelWindowPreset* levelWindowPreset = mitk::LevelWindowPreset::New();
     bool loadedPreset = levelWindowPreset->LoadPreset();
     MITK_TEST_CONDITION_REQUIRED(loadedPreset == true, "Testing if level window preset could be loaded");
     double level = levelWindowPreset->getLevel("Blood");
     double window = levelWindowPreset->getWindow("Blood");
     //apply level window to all images
     renderingHelper.SetProperty("levelwindow", mitk::LevelWindowProperty::New(mitk::LevelWindow(level, window)) );
+    //for now this test renders Sagittal
+    renderingHelper.SetViewDirection(mitk::SliceNavigationController::Sagittal);
     renderingHelper.Render();
 
     //use this to generate a reference screenshot or save the file:
     bool generateReferenceScreenshot = false;
     if(generateReferenceScreenshot)
     {
         renderingHelper.SaveAsPNG("/home/kilgus/Pictures/RenderingTestData/output.png");
     }
 
     //### Usage of vtkRegressionTestImage:
     //vtkRegressionTestImage( vtkRenderWindow )
     //Set a vtkRenderWindow containing the desired scene.
     //vtkRegressionTestImage automatically searches in argc and argv[]
     //for a path a valid image with -V. If the test failed with the
     //first image (foo.png) check if there are images of the form
     //foo_N.png (where N=1,2,3...) and compare against them.
     int retVal = vtkRegressionTestImage( renderingHelper.GetVtkRenderWindow() );
 
     //retVal meanings: (see VTK/Rendering/vtkTesting.h)
     //0 = test failed
     //1 = test passed
     //2 = test not run
     //3 = something with vtkInteraction
     MITK_TEST_CONDITION( retVal == 1, "VTK test result positive" );
 
     MITK_TEST_END();
 }