diff --git a/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js b/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js
index 4587b174b..00deba5ef 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {getInit, base, handleResp} from '../../coral-framework/helpers/response';
+import {getInit, base, handleResp} from '../helpers/response';
 import {fromJS} from 'immutable';
 /* Item Actions */
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export const appendItemArray = (id, property, value, add_to_front, item_type) =>
 */
 export function getStream (assetUrl) {
   return (dispatch) => {
-    return fetch(`${base}/stream?asset_url=${encodeURIComponent(assetUrl)}`)
+    return fetch(`${base}/stream?asset_url=${encodeURIComponent(assetUrl)}`, getInit('GET'))
       .then(handleResp)
       .then((json) => {
 
diff --git a/mongoose.js b/mongoose.js
index 712b2fcb0..0121a203d 100644
--- a/mongoose.js
+++ b/mongoose.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 const mongoose = require('mongoose');
 const debug = require('debug')('talk:db');
 const enabled = require('debug').enabled;
-const url = process.env.TALK_MONGO_URL || 'mongodb://localhost';
+let url = process.env.TALK_MONGO_URL || 'mongodb://localhost';
+
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
+  url = 'mongodb://localhost/coral-test';
+}
 
 // Use native promises
 mongoose.Promise = global.Promise;