diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d535b5..3346d9c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
         "mocha": "~1.15",
         "chai": "~1.8",
         "karma": "~0.10",
+        "karma-chrome-launcher": "~0.1",
         "karma-firefox-launcher": "~0.1",
-        "karma-mocha": "~0.1"
+        "karma-mocha": "~0.1",
+        "karma-spec-reporter": "~0.0.6"
     }
 }

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d535b5..3346d9c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
         "mocha": "~1.15",
         "chai": "~1.8",
         "karma": "~0.10",
+        "karma-chrome-launcher": "~0.1",
         "karma-firefox-launcher": "~0.1",
-        "karma-mocha": "~0.1"
+        "karma-mocha": "~0.1",
+        "karma-spec-reporter": "~0.0.6"
     }
 }
diff --git a/tasks/karma.js b/tasks/karma.js
index c340485..e20aca5 100644
--- a/tasks/karma.js
+++ b/tasks/karma.js
@@ -1,27 +1,22 @@
-'use strict';
-
-var path   = require('path');
-var server = require('karma').server;
-
 module.exports = function (grunt) {
-    grunt.registerMultiTask('karma', 'run karma.', function() {
-        var done = this.async();
-        var options = this.options({
-            background: false
-        });
-        var data = this.data;
+    'use strict';
 
-        //merge options onto data, with data taking precedence
-        data = grunt.util._.merge(options, data);
-        data.configFile = path.resolve(data.configFile);
-        if (data.configFile) {
-            data.configFile = grunt.template.process(data.configFile);
+    var path   = require('path');
+    var server = require('karma').server;
+
+    grunt.registerMultiTask('karma', 'run karma.', function(target) {
+        //merge data onto options, with data taking precedence
+        var options = grunt.util._.merge(this.options(), this.data),
+            done = this.async();
+
+        if (options.configFile) {
+            options.configFile = grunt.template.process(options.configFile);
+            options.configFile = path.resolve(options.configFile);
         }
 
-        server.start(
-            data,
-            function(code) {
-                done(!code);
-            });
+        done = this.async();
+        server.start(options, function(code) {
+            done(!code);
+        });
     });
 };

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d535b5..3346d9c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
         "mocha": "~1.15",
         "chai": "~1.8",
         "karma": "~0.10",
+        "karma-chrome-launcher": "~0.1",
         "karma-firefox-launcher": "~0.1",
-        "karma-mocha": "~0.1"
+        "karma-mocha": "~0.1",
+        "karma-spec-reporter": "~0.0.6"
     }
 }
diff --git a/tasks/karma.js b/tasks/karma.js
index c340485..e20aca5 100644
--- a/tasks/karma.js
+++ b/tasks/karma.js
@@ -1,27 +1,22 @@
-'use strict';
-
-var path   = require('path');
-var server = require('karma').server;
-
 module.exports = function (grunt) {
-    grunt.registerMultiTask('karma', 'run karma.', function() {
-        var done = this.async();
-        var options = this.options({
-            background: false
-        });
-        var data = this.data;
+    'use strict';
 
-        //merge options onto data, with data taking precedence
-        data = grunt.util._.merge(options, data);
-        data.configFile = path.resolve(data.configFile);
-        if (data.configFile) {
-            data.configFile = grunt.template.process(data.configFile);
+    var path   = require('path');
+    var server = require('karma').server;
+
+    grunt.registerMultiTask('karma', 'run karma.', function(target) {
+        //merge data onto options, with data taking precedence
+        var options = grunt.util._.merge(this.options(), this.data),
+            done = this.async();
+
+        if (options.configFile) {
+            options.configFile = grunt.template.process(options.configFile);
+            options.configFile = path.resolve(options.configFile);
         }
 
-        server.start(
-            data,
-            function(code) {
-                done(!code);
-            });
+        done = this.async();
+        server.start(options, function(code) {
+            done(!code);
+        });
     });
 };
diff --git a/test/karma.conf.js b/test/karma.conf.js
index cf5f7c1..6c63217 100644
--- a/test/karma.conf.js
+++ b/test/karma.conf.js
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
         ],
 
         // list of files to exclude
-        exclude : [],
+        //exclude : [],
 
         // use dolts reporter, as travis terminal does not support escaping sequences
         // possible values: 'dots', 'progress', 'junit', 'teamcity'
         // CLI --reporters progress
-        reporters : ['progress'],
+        reporters : ['spec'],
 
         // web server port
         // CLI --port 9876
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         // level of logging
         // possible values: karma.LOG_DISABLE || karma.LOG_ERROR || karma.LOG_WARN || karma.LOG_INFO || karma.LOG_DEBUG
         // CLI --log-level debug
-        logLevel : config.LOG_DEBUG,
+        logLevel : config.LOG_INFO,
 
         // enable / disable watching file and executing tests whenever any file changes
         // CLI --auto-watch --no-auto-watch
@@ -69,14 +69,15 @@
         reportSlowerThan : 500,
 
         preprocessors : {
-            //    '**/client/js/*.js': 'coverage'
+        //    '**/client/js/*.js': 'coverage'
         },
 
         plugins : [
-            'karma-mocha',
-            // 'karma-chrome-launcher',
+            'karma-chrome-launcher',
             'karma-firefox-launcher',
+            'karma-mocha',
             // 'karma-phantomjs-launcher'
+            'karma-spec-reporter'
         ]
     });
 };