diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 2ce895c78..8544542de 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     gruntConfig['saucelabs-jasmine'] = {
         all: {
             options: {
-                urls: ['http://127.0.0.1:9999/_SpecRunner.html'],
+                urls: ['http://localhost:9999/_SpecRunner.html'],
                 tunnelTimeout: 5,
                 build: process.env.TRAVIS_JOB_ID,
                 concurrency: 3,
diff --git a/spec/buttons.spec.js b/spec/buttons.spec.js
index 5132f35e7..25aa208e5 100644
--- a/spec/buttons.spec.js
+++ b/spec/buttons.spec.js
@@ -431,6 +431,9 @@ describe('Buttons TestCase', function () {
             expect(button.classList.contains('medium-editor-button-active')).toBe(true);
 
             fireEvent(button, 'click');
+
+            this.el.innerHTML = stripAttrIfEmpty(this.el, 'style');
+
             // style="font-weight: bold" prevents IE9+10 from doing anything when 'bold' is triggered
             // but it should work in other browsers
             expect(!isOldIE() && button.classList.contains('medium-editor-button-active')).toBe(false);
@@ -507,6 +510,9 @@ describe('Buttons TestCase', function () {
             expect(button.classList.contains('medium-editor-button-active')).toBe(true);
 
             fireEvent(button, 'click');
+
+            this.el.innerHTML = stripAttrIfEmpty(this.el, 'style');
+
             // style="font-style: italic" prevents IE9+10 from doing anything when 'italic' is triggered
             // but it should work in other browsers
             expect(!isOldIE() && button.classList.contains('medium-editor-button-active')).toBe(false);
@@ -566,6 +572,9 @@ describe('Buttons TestCase', function () {
             expect(button.classList.contains('medium-editor-button-active')).toBe(true);
 
             fireEvent(button, 'click');
+
+            this.el.innerHTML = stripAttrIfEmpty(this.el, 'style');
+
             // style="text-decoration: underline" prevents IE9+10 from doing anything when 'underline' is triggered
             // but it should work in other browsers
             expect(!isOldIE() && button.classList.contains('medium-editor-button-active')).toBe(false);
@@ -625,6 +634,9 @@ describe('Buttons TestCase', function () {
             expect(button.classList.contains('medium-editor-button-active')).toBe(true);
 
             fireEvent(button, 'click');
+
+            this.el.innerHTML = stripAttrIfEmpty(this.el, 'style');
+
             // style="text-decoration: line-through" prevents IE9+10 from doing anything when 'strikethrough' is triggered
             // but it should work in other browsers
             expect(!isOldIE() && button.classList.contains('medium-editor-button-active')).toBe(false);
@@ -1056,3 +1068,14 @@ describe('Buttons TestCase', function () {
         });
     });
 });
+
+function stripAttrIfEmpty(element, attribute) {
+    // we want to strip empty attributes (especially styles,
+    // because the tests create style tags, inject style content,
+    // and then remove that style content.
+    //
+    // some browsers will remove empty attributes automatically.
+    //
+    // others (Chrome, seemingly) will not:
+    return element.innerHTML.replace(attribute + '=""', '');
+}
diff --git a/spec/content.spec.js b/spec/content.spec.js
index 04d8b27a9..56f584c09 100644
--- a/spec/content.spec.js
+++ b/spec/content.spec.js
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ describe('Content TestCase', function () {
                 fireEvent(target, 'keydown', {
                     keyCode: MediumEditor.util.keyCode.BACKSPACE
                 });
-                expect(this.el.innerHTML).toBe('<p>lorem ipsum</p><ul><li></li><li>lorem ipsum</li></ul>');
+                expect(this.el.innerHTML).toMatch(/^<p>lorem ipsum<\/p><ul><li>(<br>)?<\/li><li>lorem ipsum<\/li><\/ul>$/);
             });
         });