diff --git a/swift/account/reaper.py b/swift/account/reaper.py
index 4b7c7adad9..86d6c83f51 100644
--- a/swift/account/reaper.py
+++ b/swift/account/reaper.py
@@ -270,7 +270,11 @@ class AccountReaper(Daemon):
                     break
                 try:
                     for (container, _junk, _junk, _junk, _junk) in containers:
-                        this_shard = int(md5(container).hexdigest(), 16) % \
+                        if six.PY3:
+                            container_ = container.encode('utf-8')
+                        else:
+                            container_ = container
+                        this_shard = int(md5(container_).hexdigest(), 16) % \
                             len(nodes)
                         if container_shard not in (this_shard, None):
                             continue
@@ -393,10 +397,11 @@ class AccountReaper(Daemon):
                     self.logger.error('ERROR: invalid storage policy index: %r'
                                       % policy_index)
                 for obj in objects:
-                    if isinstance(obj['name'], six.text_type):
-                        obj['name'] = obj['name'].encode('utf8')
+                    obj_name = obj['name']
+                    if isinstance(obj_name, six.text_type):
+                        obj_name = obj_name.encode('utf8')
                     pool.spawn(self.reap_object, account, container, part,
-                               nodes, obj['name'], policy_index)
+                               nodes, obj_name, policy_index)
                 pool.waitall()
             except (Exception, Timeout):
                 self.logger.exception(_('Exception with objects for container '
diff --git a/test/unit/account/test_reaper.py b/test/unit/account/test_reaper.py
index ea4b5427f1..8d490e5447 100644
--- a/test/unit/account/test_reaper.py
+++ b/test/unit/account/test_reaper.py
@@ -841,12 +841,10 @@ class TestReaper(unittest.TestCase):
         r = init_reaper()
         with patch('swift.account.reaper.sleep', fake_sleep):
             with patch('swift.account.reaper.random.random', fake_random):
-                try:
+                with self.assertRaises(Exception) as raised:
                     r.run_forever()
-                except Exception as err:
-                    pass
         self.assertEqual(self.val, 1)
-        self.assertEqual(str(err), 'exit')
+        self.assertEqual(str(raised.exception), 'exit')
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8f70c95d59..87824cf47d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
 [testenv:py35]
 commands =
   nosetests {posargs:\
+      test/unit/account/test_auditor.py \
       test/unit/account/test_backend.py \
+      test/unit/account/test_reaper.py \
       test/unit/account/test_utils.py \
       test/unit/cli/test_dispersion_report.py \
       test/unit/cli/test_form_signature.py \