diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 52428f17..4d02a77f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 #   git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global
 
 #assety stuff
-realtime/node_modules
 public/assets
 public/metamaps_mobile
 vendor/
+node_modules
 
 #secrets and config
 .env
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 58bf9d25..30a831b6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
 sudo: false
 language: ruby
+cache:
+  bundler: true
+  directories:
+  - app/assets/javascripts/node_modules
 rvm:
   - 2.1.3
 before_script:
+  - echo "Rspec setup"
   - export RAILS_ENV=test
   - cp .example-env .env
   - bundle exec rake db:create
   - bundle exec rake db:schema:load
+  - echo "node setup"
+  - . $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh
+  - nvm install stable
+  - nvm use stable
+  - (cd app/assets/javascripts && npm install)
+script:
+  - bundle exec rspec && (cd app/assets/javascripts && npm test)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/README-testing-js.md b/app/assets/javascripts/README-testing-js.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d83a29e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/README-testing-js.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Change directories to where this file is, and then run 
+
+    npm install
+
+to set up your testing environment. Then use
+
+    npm test
+
+to see the results of testing the current javascript files.
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/package.json b/app/assets/javascripts/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a322d7ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "name": "metamaps-frontend",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Metamaps frontend - currently just tests",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "mocha test || echo 'Run `npm install` to setup testing'"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/metamaps/metamaps.git"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "AGPL-3.0",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/metamaps/metamaps/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/metamaps/metamaps#readme",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "chai": "^3.5.0",
+    "mocha": "^2.4.5"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Import.js b/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Import.js
index e82a05c5..159298b8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Import.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Import.js
@@ -320,3 +320,5 @@ Metamaps.Import = {
     Metamaps.Synapse.renderSynapse(mapping, synapse, node1, node2, true)
   }
 }
+
+module.exports = Metamaps.Import
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/test/Metamaps.Import.spec.js b/app/assets/javascripts/test/Metamaps.Import.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8993e42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/test/Metamaps.Import.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+var chai = require('chai')
+var expect = chai.expect
+
+Metamaps = {}
+Metamaps.Import = require('../src/Metamaps.Import')
+
+describe('Metamaps.Import.js', function() {
+  it('has a topic whitelist', function() {
+    expect(Metamaps.Import.topicWhitelist).to.deep.equal(
+      ['id', 'name', 'metacode', 'x', 'y', 'description', 'link', 'permission']
+    )
+  })
+})
diff --git a/bin/jenkins-test.sh b/bin/jenkins-test.sh
index 0afd3f66..f70a1e50 100755
--- a/bin/jenkins-test.sh
+++ b/bin/jenkins-test.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # jenkins machine prerequisites
 # sudo aptitude -q -y install libpq-dev
 # install rvm with user gemsets
+# install node and npm
 
 source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
 rvm use $(cat .ruby-version) || \
@@ -19,10 +20,15 @@ export RAILS_ENV=test
 cp .example-env .env
 sed -i -e "s/DB_USERNAME='.*'/DB_USERNAME='jenkins'/" .env
 
-#test
+# rspec tests
 bundle install
 rake db:drop
 rake db:create
 rake db:schema:load
 rake db:migrate
 COVERAGE=on bundle exec rspec
+
+# javascript tests
+cd app/assets/javascripts
+npm install
+npm test
diff --git a/doc/RspecTesting.md b/doc/RspecTesting.md
index 82cf74f7..d17dc0dd 100644
--- a/doc/RspecTesting.md
+++ b/doc/RspecTesting.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## Testing Javascript
+
+Javascript tests are under construction, but you can read more in the README in `app/assets/javascripts`.
+
 ## Testing with RSpec
 
 RSpec is a ruby gem that allows you to test your code base. This is great -