diff --git a/gcsfs/core.py b/gcsfs/core.py
index 3000e8f5..a7f023d1 100644
--- a/gcsfs/core.py
+++ b/gcsfs/core.py
@@ -500,13 +500,15 @@ async def _call(
         self, method, path, *args, json_out=False, info_out=False, **kwargs
     ):
         logger.debug(f"{method.upper()}: {path}, {args}, {kwargs}")
-        self.maybe_refresh()
-        path, jsonin, datain, headers, kwargs = self._get_args(path, *args, **kwargs)
 
         for retry in range(self.retries):
             try:
                 if retry > 0:
                     await asyncio.sleep(min(random.random() + 2 ** (retry - 1), 32))
+                self.maybe_refresh()
+                path, jsonin, datain, headers, kwargs = self._get_args(
+                    path, *args, **kwargs
+                )
                 async with self.session.request(
                     method=method,
                     url=path,
@@ -1152,14 +1154,12 @@ def find(self, path, withdirs=False, detail=False, prefix="", **kwargs):
         )
         if not out and key:
             try:
-                out = [
-                    sync(
-                        self.loop,
-                        self._get_object,
-                        path,
-                        callback_timeout=self.callback_timeout,
-                    )
-                ]
+                out = sync(
+                    self.loop,
+                    self._get_object,
+                    path,
+                    callback_timeout=self.callback_timeout,
+                )
             except FileNotFoundError:
                 out = []
         dirs = []
diff --git a/gcsfs/tests/conftest.py b/gcsfs/tests/conftest.py
index 3c366930..e748b7be 100644
--- a/gcsfs/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/gcsfs/tests/conftest.py
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 import vcr.stubs.aiohttp_stubs as aios
 
 
+import fsspec.config
+
+fsspec.config.conf.pop("gcs", None)
+
+
 @pytest.yield_fixture
 def token_restore():
     cache = GCSFileSystem.tokens