diff --git a/app/tests/article.server.model.test.js b/app/tests/article.server.model.test.js
index e3dd60c889..9ced1d467a 100644
--- a/app/tests/article.server.model.test.js
+++ b/app/tests/article.server.model.test.js
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ describe('Article Model Unit Tests:', function() {
 	});
 
 	afterEach(function(done) {
-		Article.remove().exec();
-		User.remove().exec();
-		done();
+		Article.remove().exec(function() {
+			User.remove().exec(done);	
+		});
 	});
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/app/tests/article.server.routes.test.js b/app/tests/article.server.routes.test.js
index 34255f5e18..55716a1496 100644
--- a/app/tests/article.server.routes.test.js
+++ b/app/tests/article.server.routes.test.js
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ describe('Article CRUD tests', function() {
 	});
 
 	afterEach(function(done) {
-		User.remove().exec();
-		Article.remove().exec();
-		done();
+		User.remove().exec(function() {
+			Article.remove().exec(done);	
+		});
 	});
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/app/tests/user.server.model.test.js b/app/tests/user.server.model.test.js
index 7369d41464..e43848764d 100644
--- a/app/tests/user.server.model.test.js
+++ b/app/tests/user.server.model.test.js
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ describe('User Model Unit Tests:', function() {
 		});
 
 		it('should fail to save an existing user again', function(done) {
-			user.save();
-			return user2.save(function(err) {
-				should.exist(err);
-				done();
+			user.save(function() {
+				user2.save(function(err) {
+					should.exist(err);
+					done();
+				});	
 			});
 		});
 
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ describe('User Model Unit Tests:', function() {
 	});
 
 	after(function(done) {
-		User.remove().exec();
-		done();
+		User.remove().exec(done);
 	});
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});