diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/TimeLog.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/TimeLog.hs
index b1ff3954f..0cbbfa383 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/TimeLog.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/TimeLog.hs
@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ entryFromTimeLogInOut i o
       hrs      = elapsedSeconds (toutc otime) (toutc itime) / 3600 where toutc = localTimeToUTC utc
       amount   = Mixed [hours hrs]
       ps       = [Posting{pstatus=False,paccount=acctname,pamount=amount,
-                          pcomment="",ptype=RegularPosting,ptransaction=Just t}
-                 --,Posting "assets:time" (-amount) "" RegularPosting
-                 ]
+                          pcomment="",ptype=VirtualPosting,ptransaction=Just t}]
 
 tests_TimeLog = TestList [
 
diff --git a/tests/timelog-stack-overflow.test b/tests/timelog-stack-overflow.test
index e30892bfd..4b9cd49ca 100644
--- a/tests/timelog-stack-overflow.test
+++ b/tests/timelog-stack-overflow.test
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ i 2010/1/1 09:00:00 a:b
 o 2010/1/1 09:03:00
 >>>=0
 # incidentally this didn't trigger it.. go figure
-bin/hledger -f - balance
-<<<
-i 2010/1/1 09:00:00 a:b
-o 2010/1/1 09:02:00
->>>=0
+#bin/hledger -f - balance
+#<<<
+#i 2010/1/1 09:00:00 a:b
+#o 2010/1/1 09:02:00
+#>>>=0
diff --git a/tests/timelog.test b/tests/timelog.test
index 9badea48d..218286fcd 100644
--- a/tests/timelog.test
+++ b/tests/timelog.test
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+# a timelog session is parsed as a similarly-named transaction with one virtual posting
 bin/hledger -f - print
 <<<
-i 2009/1/1 08:00:00 x
+i 2009/1/1 08:00:00 something
 o 2009/1/1 09:00:00
 
 >>>
 2009/01/01 * 08:00-09:00
-    x          1.0h
+    (something)          1.0h
 
 >>>2