diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f5f5596..79c7d95 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ language: node_js
 node_js:
   - "0.10"
 notifications:
-  irc: "irc.esper.net#spongy"
+  irc: 
+    channels:
+      - "irc.esper.net#spongy"
+    skip_join: true
 services:
   - redis-server
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diff --git a/modules/cache.js b/modules/cache.js
index fd0f4fe..b350b8f 100644
--- a/modules/cache.js
+++ b/modules/cache.js
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ function connect_redis() {
 
 var exp = {};
 
+exp.get_redis = function() {
+  return redis;
+};
+
 // sets the timestamp for +uuid+ to now
 exp.update_timestamp = function(uuid) {
   console.log(uuid + " cache: updating timestamp");
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0bfb12..f041426 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node server.js",
-    "test": "node_modules/.bin/mocha -w"
+    "test": "node_modules/.bin/mocha"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "express": "~4.9.0",
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "jade": "~1.6.0",
     "lwip": "0.0.5",
     "request": "2.45.0",
-    "redis": "  0.12.1",
+    "redis": "0.12.1",
     "mocha": "2.0.1"
   }
 }
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diff --git a/test/bulk.sh b/test/bulk.sh
index a69f833..6b7feed 100755
--- a/test/bulk.sh
+++ b/test/bulk.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ for uuid in `cat "$dir/uuids.txt"`; do
   if [ "$(( ((RANDOM<<15)|RANDOM) % 2 ))" -eq "1" ]; then
     helm="&helm"
   fi
-  curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{url_effective} %{http_code} %{time_total}s\\n" "http://127.0.0.1:3000/avatars/$uuid?size=$size$helm" || exit 1
+  curl -sS -o /dev/null -w "%{url_effective} %{http_code} %{time_total}s\\n" "http://crafatar.com/avatars/$uuid?size=$size$helm" || exit 1
 done
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 960fdc1..7c226f1 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ var networking = require('../modules/networking');
 var helpers = require('../modules/helpers');
 var config = require('../modules/config');
 var skins = require('../modules/skins');
-var redis = require("redis").createClient();
+var cache = require("../modules/cache");
 
 var uuids = fs.readFileSync('test/uuids.txt').toString().split("\r\n");
 // Get a random UUID in order to prevent rate limiting
-var uuid = uuids[Math.floor(Math.random() * uuids.length)];
+var uuid = uuids[Math.floor((Math.random() * 200) + 1)];
 
 describe('Avatar Serving', function(){
   before(function() {
-    redis.flushall();
+    cache.get_redis().flushall();
   });
   describe('UUID', function(){
     it("should be an invalid uuid", function(done){
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('Avatar Serving', function(){
   });
   describe('Mojang Errors', function(){
     before(function() {
-      redis.flushall();
+      cache.get_redis().flushall();
     });
     it("should be rate limited", function(done) {
       helpers.get_avatar(uuid, false, 180, function(err, status, image) {
diff --git a/test/valid_uuids.txt b/test/valid_uuids.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a355de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/valid_uuids.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+00fae87bdb94428eb518184877ba04d7
+00ed2604df0a4d998b16ead25381aeab
+00f676c99dd74ce4a1bb010c6005a912
+00d9c689dd2e4b1d8ca8b11c7982e62a
+00c73b58032a4881a74564734efcd6e5
+0096895569fb44a7a19e18d9ecd913f0
+008c93d8976d48828f502bb237dbe9ef
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