diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/comment_stream_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/comment_stream_view_spec.js
index 22b2db68d..e9b1750cf 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/comment_stream_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/comment_stream_view_spec.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe("app.views.CommentStream", function(){
       });
 
       it("adds the comment to the view", function() {
-        this.request.response({status: 200});
+        this.request.response({status: 200, responseText: '[]'});
         expect(this.view.$(".comment-content p").text()).toEqual("a new comment");
       });
 
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/header_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/header_view_spec.js
index 8535464ad..39778c436 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/header_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/header_view_spec.js
@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@ describe("app.views.Header", function() {
     describe("focus", function() {
       it("adds the class 'active' when the user focuses the text field", function() {
         input.trigger('focus');
-        expect(input).toHaveClass("active");
+        waitsFor(function() {
+          return input.is('.active');
+        });
+        runs(function() {
+          expect(input).toHaveClass("active");
+        });
       });
     });