diff --git a/tests/unit/components/builds-item-test.coffee b/tests/unit/components/builds-item-test.coffee
index d28a53f7..de0da2b2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/components/builds-item-test.coffee
+++ b/tests/unit/components/builds-item-test.coffee
@@ -6,12 +6,29 @@ moduleForComponent 'builds-item', {
 }
 
 test 'it renders', (assert) ->
-  assert.expect 2
 
-  # creates the component instance
-  component = @subject()
-  assert.equal component._state, 'preRender'
+  attributes = {
+    id: 10000,
+    state: 'passed'
+    number: 11,
+    branch: 'foobarbranch',
+    message: undefined,
+    pullRequest: false,
+    eventType: 'push',
+    commit: {
+      sha: "a5e8093098f9c0fb46856b753fb8943c7fbf26f3",
+      branch: 'foobarbranch',
+      authorName: 'Test Author',
+      authorEmail: 'author@example.com'
+    }
+    repo: {
+      slug: 'foo/bar'
+    }
+  }
+  component = @subject(build: attributes)
+  @append()
 
-  # renders the component to the page
-  @render()
-  assert.equal component._state, 'inDOM'
+  ok component.$().hasClass('passed'), 'component has right status class'
+  equal component.$('.tile-main h2 small').text(), 'foobarbranch', 'component renders branch if event is push'
+  equal component.$('.tile-author img').attr('src'), 'https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5c1e6d6e64e12aca17657581a48005d1?s=40&d=https%3A%2F%2Ftravis-ci.org%2Fimages%2Fui%2Fdefault-avatar.png', 'component renders right gravatar image'
+  equal component.$('.build-status + p a').attr('href'), 'https://github.com/foo/bar/commit/a5e8093098f9c0fb46856b753fb8943c7fbf26f3', 'component generates right commit link'