diff --git a/karma.conf.js b/karma.conf.js
index d2bc92558b..6620ca65b2 100644
--- a/karma.conf.js
+++ b/karma.conf.js
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
                     // alias any requires to the react module to the one in our path, otherwise
                     // we tend to get the react source included twice when using npm link.
                     react: path.resolve('./node_modules/react'),
+
+                    // same goes for js-sdk
+                    "matrix-js-sdk": path.resolve('./node_modules/matrix-js-sdk'),
                     
                     sinon: 'sinon/pkg/sinon.js',
                 },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 51bacdced9..15620b588c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "start:prod": "parallelshell \"npm run start:js:prod\" \"npm run start:skins:css\" \"http-server -c 1 vector\"",
     "clean": "rimraf lib vector/bundle.css vector/bundle.js vector/bundle.js.map vector/webpack.css*",
     "prepublish": "npm run build:css && npm run build:compile",
-    "test": "karma start --single-run=true --browsers PhantomJS",
+    "test": "karma start --single-run=true --browsers PhantomJS --colors=false",
     "test:multi": "karma start"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/test/app-tests/joining.js b/test/app-tests/joining.js
index 0f6cf91b88..1b47889a14 100644
--- a/test/app-tests/joining.js
+++ b/test/app-tests/joining.js
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ describe('joining a room', function () {
                 parentDiv.remove();
                 parentDiv = null;
             }
-            httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingRequests();
         });
         
         it('should not get stuck at a spinner', function(done) {
@@ -74,9 +73,6 @@ describe('joining a room', function () {
             
             httpBackend.when('PUT', '/presence/'+encodeURIComponent(USER_ID)+'/status')
                 .respond(200, {});
-            if (test_utils.browserSupportsWebRTC()) {
-                httpBackend.when('GET', '/voip/turnServer').respond(200, {});
-            }
             httpBackend.when('GET', '/pushrules').respond(200, {});
             httpBackend.when('POST', '/filter').respond(200, { filter_id: 'fid' });
             httpBackend.when('GET', '/sync').respond(200, {});
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 32b7e3e13c..dfe127d6f0 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ module.exports = {
             // we tend to get the react source included twice when using npm link.
             react: path.resolve('./node_modules/react'),
 
+            // same goes for js-sdk
+            "matrix-js-sdk": path.resolve('./node_modules/matrix-js-sdk'),
+
             // matrix-js-sdk will use olm if it is available,
             // but does not explicitly depend on it. Pull it
             // in from node_modules if it's there.