diff --git a/spec/helpers/status_messages_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/status_messages_helper_spec.rb
index c15a6e793..c0f7c1e38 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/status_messages_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/status_messages_helper_spec.rb
@@ -6,38 +6,37 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe StatusMessagesHelper do
   it "should not allow basic XSS/HTML" do
-    evil = "<script>alert('XSS is evil')</script>"
-    make_links(evil).should != evil
+    make_links("<script>alert('XSS is evil')</script>").should == "&lt;script&gt;alert('XSS is evil')&lt;/script&gt;"
   end
 
   it "should recognize basic http links (1/3)" do
     proto="http"
     url="bugs.joindiaspora.com/issues/332"
-    make_links(proto+"://"+url).should = "<a target=\"_blank\" href=\""+proto+"://"+url+"\">"+url+"</a>"
+    make_links(proto+"://"+url).should == "<a target=\"_blank\" href=\""+proto+"://"+url+"\">"+url+"</a>"
   end
 
   it "should recognize basic http links (2/3)" do
     proto="http"
     url="www.youtube.com/watch?v=b15yaPYNDRU"
-    make_links(proto+"://"+url).should = "<a target=\"_blank\" href=\""+proto+"://"+url+"\">"+url+"</a>"
+    make_links(proto+"://"+url).should == "<a target=\"_blank\" href=\""+proto+"://"+url+"\">"+url+"</a>"
   end
 
   it "should recognize basic http links (3/3)" do
     proto="http"
     url="127.0.0.1:3000/users/sign_in"
-    make_links(proto+"://"+url).should = "<a target=\"_blank\" href=\""+proto+"://"+url+"\">"+url+"</a>"
+    make_links(proto+"://"+url).should == "<a target=\"_blank\" href=\""+proto+"://"+url+"\">"+url+"</a>"
   end
   
   it "should recognize basic ftp links" do
     proto="ftp"
     url="ftp.uni-kl.de/CCC/26C3/mp4/26c3-3540-en-a_hackers_utopia.mp4"
     # I did not watch that one, but the title sounds nice :P
-    make_links(proto+"://"+url).should = "<a target=\"_blank\" href=\""+proto+"://"+url+"\">"+url+"</a>"
+    make_links(proto+"://"+url).should == "<a target=\"_blank\" href=\""+proto+"://"+url+"\">"+url+"</a>"
   end
 
   it "should recognize www links" do
     url="www.joindiaspora.com"
-    make_links(url).should = "<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://"+url+"\">"+url+"</a>"
+    make_links(url).should == "<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://"+url+"\">"+url+"</a>"
   end