diff --git a/boilerplate/spec/contracts/simple_storage.js b/boilerplate/spec/contracts/simple_storage.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f8a793144..000000000
--- a/boilerplate/spec/contracts/simple_storage.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-EmbarkSpec = require("embark-framework").specs();
-
-SimpleStorage = EmbarkSpec.SimpleStorage;
-
-SimpleStorage.set(100);
-
-a = SimpleStorage.get()
-console.log(a)
-
diff --git a/boilerplate/spec/contracts/simple_storage_spec.js b/boilerplate/spec/contracts/simple_storage_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..551d31e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boilerplate/spec/contracts/simple_storage_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+EmbarkSpec = require('embark-framework').Tests;
+
+describe("SimpleStorage", function() {
+  beforeAll(function() {
+    SimpleStorage = EmbarkSpec.request("SimpleStorage", [150]);
+  });
+
+  it("should set constructor value", function() {
+    expect(SimpleStorage.foo()).toEqual('150');
+  });
+
+  it("set storage value", function() {
+    SimpleStorage.set(100);
+    expect(SimpleStorage.get()).toEqual('100');
+  });
+
+})
diff --git a/boilerplate/spec/support/jasmine.json b/boilerplate/spec/support/jasmine.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5f29329d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boilerplate/spec/support/jasmine.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "spec_dir": "spec",
+  "spec_files": [
+    "**/*[sS]pec.js"
+  ],
+  "helpers": [
+    "helpers/**/*.js"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/boilerplate/spec/test.js b/boilerplate/spec/test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 42ad17738..000000000
--- a/boilerplate/spec/test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-var Tests = require('embark-framework').Tests;
-
-SimpleStorage = Tests.request("SimpleStorage", 150);
-
-SimpleStorage.set(100);
-
-a = SimpleStorage.get()
-console.log(a)
-
-a = SimpleStorage.foo()
-console.log(a)
-
diff --git a/lib/test.js b/lib/test.js
index ea2da333b..01eafd353 100644
--- a/lib/test.js
+++ b/lib/test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var grunt = require('grunt');
 
 py_exec = function(cmd) {
   console.log("python: " + cmd);
-  return sync(python, cmd)[1];
+  return sync(python, cmd)[1].trim();
 }
 
 py_exec("from ethertdd import EvmContract")