diff --git a/test/spec/core/connection.js b/test/spec/core/connection.js
index 805649159..77fe577c3 100644
--- a/test/spec/core/connection.js
+++ b/test/spec/core/connection.js
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe('iD.Connection', function () {
         it('emits a load event', function(done) {
             c.loadEntity('n1');
             c.on('load', function(error, result) {
-                expect(result.n1).to.be.an.instanceOf(iD.Node);
+                expect(result.data.n1).to.be.an.instanceOf(iD.Node);
                 done();
             });
 
diff --git a/test/spec/svg/vertices.js b/test/spec/svg/vertices.js
index ae6c71d98..20182756b 100644
--- a/test/spec/svg/vertices.js
+++ b/test/spec/svg/vertices.js
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ describe("iD.svg.Vertices", function () {
 
     it("adds the .shared class to vertices that are members of two or more ways", function () {
         var node = iD.Node({loc: [0, 0]}),
-            way1 = iD.Way({nodes: [node.id]}),
-            way2 = iD.Way({nodes: [node.id]}),
+            way1 = iD.Way({nodes: [node.id], tags: {highway: 'residential'}}),
+            way2 = iD.Way({nodes: [node.id], tags: {highway: 'residential'}}),
             graph = iD.Graph([node, way1, way2]);
 
         surface.call(iD.svg.Vertices(projection, context), graph, [node], 17);