diff --git a/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
index 6b0a7928abb8730788136c611d2377d711ca4e29..71725617b39dcb0b90a73162125702d48061bed5 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/aspects_controller_spec.rb
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ describe AspectsController do
     it "should return the name and id of the updated item" do
       params = {"name" => "Bruisers"}
       put('update', :id => @alices_aspect_1.id, "aspect" => params)
-
-      puts( response.inspect )
       response.body.should == { :id => @alices_aspect_1.id, :name => "Bruisers" }.to_json
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/conversations_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/conversations_controller_spec.rb
index a84958672096e0e36979f99321f78ee2c1923763..b791c1cfbe991fcee02c5617ff123b7b8cbadb46 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/conversations_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/conversations_controller_spec.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ describe ConversationsController do
     it 'succeeds with json' do
       get :index, :format => :json
       response.should be_success
-      response.body.should =~ @conversations.to_json
+      json = JSON.parse(response.body)
+      json.first['conversation'].should be_present
     end
     
     it 'retrieves all conversations for a user' do