diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index b2bad6ce9..bbbcf7625 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
   
   %body
     #container
-      - if user_signed_in?
-        = link_to "log out", destroy_user_session_path
-      - else
-        = link_to "login", new_user_session_path
+      / - if user_signed_in?
+      /   = link_to "log out", destroy_user_session_path
+      / - else
+      /   = link_to "login", new_user_session_path
 
       - flash.each do |name, msg|
         = content_tag :div, msg, :id => "flash_#{name}"
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index 40d222032..fab2538d4 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Diaspora::Application.configure do
   # test suite.  You never need to work with it otherwise.  Remember that
   # your test database is "scratch space" for the test suite and is wiped
   # and recreated between test runs.  Don't rely on the data there!
-  config.cache_classes = true
+  config.cache_classes = false
 
   # Log error messages when you accidentally call methods on nil.
   config.whiny_nils = true
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index d6e3f799e..80c679be6 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do |map|
+  resources :status_messages
+
   #routes for devise, not really sure you will need to mess with this in the future, lets put default,
   #non mutable stuff in anohter file
   devise_for :users, :path_names  => {:sign_up  => "signup", :sign_in  => "login", :sign_out  => "logout"}
diff --git a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
index 03690c972..1718c345a 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
  
 describe UsersController do
-  render_views
-  
+  #render_views
   #fixtures here?
+  
   it 'should, after logging in redirect to the dashboard page' do
-    puts "where is rafi"
+    pending
+    #go to /login
+    #fill in the form
+    #stub create action
+    #should get a redirect
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/misc_spec.rb b/spec/models/misc_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index abbf71e45..000000000
--- a/spec/models/misc_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
- 
-describe 'making sure the spec runner works' do
-
-  it 'should not delete the database mid-spec' do
-    User.count.should == 0
-    billy = User.create(:email => "billy@aol.com", :password => "foobar")
-    User.count.should == 1
-  end
-  
-  it 'should make sure the last user no longer exsists' do
-    User.count.should == 0
-  end
-  
-  describe 'testing a before do block' do
-    before do
-      @bill = User.create(:email => "billy@aol.com", :password => "foobar")
-      
-    end
-    
-    it 'should have cleaned before the before do block runs' do
-      User.count.should == 1
-    end
-    
-  end
-  
-end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 0f545327b..a77433c27 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
+#this is implementation is done by devise
 describe User do
 end