diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c893a899..ca24e34f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ group :test, :development do
   gem 'faker'
 
   gem "sunspot-rails-tester"
-  gem 'spork'
   gem 'database_cleaner'  #Strategies for cleaning databases. Can be used to ensure a clean state for testing.
   gem "rspec", "~> 2.0"
   gem "rspec-rails", "~> 2.0"
diff --git a/spec/requests/desktop/co_authors_pages.spec.rb b/spec/requests/desktop/co_authors_pages.spec.rb
index 3ac49c41..f68d40a9 100644
--- a/spec/requests/desktop/co_authors_pages.spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/desktop/co_authors_pages.spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe "Co-Author pages" do
 
   describe "Co-Author list" do
     before { visit desktop_co_authors }
-
+    it { should have_selector('a',    text: 'New Co-Author') }
   end
 
 end