diff --git a/spring-integration-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/outbound/RedisCollectionPopulatingMessageHandler.java b/spring-integration-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/outbound/RedisCollectionPopulatingMessageHandler.java
index 41f4d9aeba..5f17ae0c5a 100644
--- a/spring-integration-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/outbound/RedisCollectionPopulatingMessageHandler.java
+++ b/spring-integration-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/outbound/RedisCollectionPopulatingMessageHandler.java
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ public class RedisCollectionPopulatingMessageHandler extends AbstractMessageHand
 		if (message.getHeaders().containsKey(RedisHeaders.ZSET_INCREMENT_SCORE)){
 			return this.zsetIncrementScoreExpression.getValue(this.evaluationContext, message, Boolean.class);
 		}
-		return false;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
diff --git a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/outbound/RedisCollectionPopulatingMessageHandlerTests.java b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/outbound/RedisCollectionPopulatingMessageHandlerTests.java
index 6ce260c205..f1beda8eb9 100644
--- a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/outbound/RedisCollectionPopulatingMessageHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/outbound/RedisCollectionPopulatingMessageHandlerTests.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
 package org.springframework.integration.redis.outbound;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
@@ -32,6 +47,11 @@ import org.springframework.integration.redis.rules.RedisAvailableTests;
 import org.springframework.integration.redis.support.RedisHeaders;
 import org.springframework.integration.support.MessageBuilder;
 
+/**
+ * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
+ * @author Gunnar Hillert
+ *
+ */
 public class RedisCollectionPopulatingMessageHandlerTests extends RedisAvailableTests{
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -183,9 +203,9 @@ public class RedisCollectionPopulatingMessageHandlerTests extends RedisAvailable
 		handler.handleMessage(message);
 		assertEquals(3, redisZset.size());
 		pepboys = redisZset.rangeByScoreWithScores(1, 2);
-		// should not have incremented
+		// should have incremented by 1
 		for (TypedTuple<String> pepboy : pepboys) {
-			assertTrue(pepboy.getScore() == 1);
+			assertEquals(Double.valueOf(2), pepboy.getScore());
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/rules/RedisAvailableRule.java b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/rules/RedisAvailableRule.java
index 3e643106fa..8abd67ecd7 100644
--- a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/rules/RedisAvailableRule.java
+++ b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/rules/RedisAvailableRule.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.integration.redis.rules;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.junit.rules.MethodRule;
 import org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod;
 import org.junit.runners.model.Statement;
@@ -22,10 +24,15 @@ import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.jedis.JedisConnectionFactory;
 
 /**
  * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
+ * @author Gunnar Hillert
  *
  */
 public final class RedisAvailableRule implements MethodRule{
 
+	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(RedisAvailableRule.class);
+
+	public static final int REDIS_PORT = 7379;
+
 	public Statement apply(final Statement base, final FrameworkMethod method, Object target) {
 		return new Statement(){
 
@@ -34,19 +41,23 @@ public final class RedisAvailableRule implements MethodRule{
 				RedisAvailable redisAvailable = method.getAnnotation(RedisAvailable.class);
 				if (redisAvailable != null){
 					try {
+
 						JedisConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new JedisConnectionFactory();
-						connectionFactory.setPort(7379);
+						connectionFactory.setPort(REDIS_PORT);
 						connectionFactory.afterPropertiesSet();
 						connectionFactory.getConnection();
 					} catch (Exception e) {
-						System.out.println("Redis is not available. Skipping the test.");
+						if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
+							logger.warn(String.format("Redis is not available on " +
+									"port '%s'. Skipping the test.", REDIS_PORT));
+						}
 						return;
 					}
 				}
 				base.evaluate();
-			}		
+			}
 		};
-		
+
 	}
 
 }