diff --git a/python 2/runner/runner_tests/test_sensei.py b/python 2/runner/runner_tests/test_sensei.py
index 97360da97..102024850 100644
--- a/python 2/runner/runner_tests/test_sensei.py	
+++ b/python 2/runner/runner_tests/test_sensei.py	
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 from libs.mock import *
 
+from runner.koan import *
 from runner.sensei import Sensei
 from runner.writeln_decorator import WritelnDecorator
 from runner.mockable_test_result import MockableTestResult
@@ -297,6 +298,19 @@ def test_that_scraping_the_assertion_error_with_list_error(self):
   ?     ^""",
             self.sensei.scrapeAssertionError(error_with_list))
 
+    def test_that_scraping_the_assertion_error_will_not_reveal_a_solution(self):
+		self.assertEqual("", self.sensei.scrapeAssertionError("""Traceback (most recent call last):
+		  File "mock.py", line 106, in test_fail
+		    self.assertTrue(False)
+		AssertionError: %s is not True
+		""" % __))
+
+		self.assertEqual("", self.sensei.scrapeAssertionError("""Traceback (most recent call last):
+		  File "mock.py", line 106, in test_fail
+		    self.assertTrue(False)
+		AssertionError: %s is not True
+		""" % ____))
+
     def test_that_scraping_a_non_existent_stack_dump_gives_you_nothing(self):
         self.assertEqual("", self.sensei.scrapeInterestingStackDump(None))
         
diff --git a/python 2/runner/sensei.py b/python 2/runner/sensei.py
index 15e2d1325..623eea7b7 100644
--- a/python 2/runner/sensei.py	
+++ b/python 2/runner/sensei.py	
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import re
 
 import helper
+from runner.koan import __, ____
 from mockable_test_result import MockableTestResult
 
 from libs.colorama import init, Fore, Style
@@ -109,6 +110,9 @@ def errorReport(self):
     def scrapeAssertionError(self, err):
         if not err: return ""
 
+        if __ in err or ____ in err: 
+			return ""
+
         error_text = ""
         count = 0
         for line in err.splitlines():