diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/run-tests.js b/app/assets/javascripts/run-tests.js
index 1463c3f60..5ca5cd355 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/run-tests.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/run-tests.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ window.serverConfig  = {picoCTF: false, production: false};
 window.StripeCheckout = {configure: function (){}};
 initialize = require('core/initialize');
 initialize.init();
+application.testing = true;
 console.debug = function() {}; // Karma conf doesn't seem to work? Debug messages are still emitted when they shouldn't be.
 TestView = require('views/TestView');
 TestView.runTests();