diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d549119332..b19446e7d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,15 +21,14 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
     "babelify": "^7.2.0",
-    "mocha": "^2.5.3",
-    "should": "^9.0.2",
     "standard": "^7.0.1",
-    "standard-reporter": "^1.0.5"
+    "standard-reporter": "^1.0.5",
+    "tape": "^4.6.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start_node": "eth --rpccorsdomain \"*\" -j -v 0",
     "build": "mkdir -p build; browserify -t [ babelify --presets [ react ] ] src/index.js -o build/app.js",
-    "test": "standard && mocha"
+    "test": "standard && tape ./test/tests.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 1542d841f9..00b04e0274 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-/* global describe it*/
-var should = require('should')
-
+'use strict'
+var tape = require('tape')
 var init = require('../src/helpers/init')
-describe('index', function () {
-  describe('loadContext', function () {
-    it('web3', function () {
-      var context = init.loadContext()
-      should.exist(context.web3)
-    })
+tape('index', function (t) {
+  t.test('loadContext - web3', function (st) {
+    var context = init.loadContext()
+    st.notEqual(context.web3, undefined)
+    st.notEqual(context.web3, null)
+    st.end()
   })
 })
diff --git a/test/tests.js b/test/tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e08bb550f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+'use strict'
+require('./index.js')