diff --git a/app/models/Achievement.coffee b/app/models/Achievement.coffee
index b4f0ed99b..094f46ea5 100644
--- a/app/models/Achievement.coffee
+++ b/app/models/Achievement.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CocoModel = require './CocoModel'
-util = require '../lib/utils'
+utils = require '../lib/utils'
 
 module.exports = class Achievement extends CocoModel
   @className: 'Achievement'
diff --git a/app/models/CocoModel.coffee b/app/models/CocoModel.coffee
index 245eccd79..27a1af2a7 100644
--- a/app/models/CocoModel.coffee
+++ b/app/models/CocoModel.coffee
@@ -293,10 +293,12 @@ class CocoModel extends Backbone.Model
 
   @pollAchievements: ->
     achievements = new NewAchievementCollection
-    console.log 'ohai'
     achievements.fetch(
       success: (collection) ->
         me.fetch (success: -> Backbone.Mediator.publish('achievements:new', collection)) unless _.isEmpty(collection.models)
+      error: (collection, res, options) ->
+        console.error 'Miserably failed to fetch unnotified achievements'
+        console.log res
     )
 
 
diff --git a/app/models/EarnedAchievement.coffee b/app/models/EarnedAchievement.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28588db81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/EarnedAchievement.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CocoModel = require './CocoModel'
+util = require '../lib/utils'
+
+module.exports = class EarnedAchievement extends CocoModel
+  @className: 'EarnedAchievement'
+  @schema: require 'schemas/models/earned_achievement'
+  urlRoot: '/db/earnedachievement'
diff --git a/app/views/kinds/RootView.coffee b/app/views/kinds/RootView.coffee
index 899c0aaa7..503656156 100644
--- a/app/views/kinds/RootView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/kinds/RootView.coffee
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module.exports = class RootView extends CocoView
     'achievements:new': 'handleNewAchievements'
 
 
-  showNewAchievement: (achievement, earnedAchievement) ->
+  @showNewAchievement: (achievement, earnedAchievement) ->
     currentLevel = me.level()
     nextLevel = currentLevel + 1
     currentLevelExp = User.expForLevel(currentLevel)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ module.exports = class RootView extends CocoView
       achievement = new Achievement(_id: earnedAchievement.get('achievement'))
       console.log achievement
       achievement.fetch(
-        success: (achievement) => @showNewAchievement(achievement, earnedAchievement)
+        success: (achievement) => RootView.showNewAchievement(achievement, earnedAchievement)
       )
     )
 
diff --git a/test/app/models/CocoModel.spec.coffee b/test/app/models/CocoModel.spec.coffee
index 676336897..b671bedf7 100644
--- a/test/app/models/CocoModel.spec.coffee
+++ b/test/app/models/CocoModel.spec.coffee
@@ -84,21 +84,37 @@ describe 'CocoModel', ->
       expect(request).toBeUndefined()
 
   describe 'Achievement polling', ->
+    NewAchievementCollection = require 'collections/NewAchievementCollection'
+    EarnedAchievement = require 'models/EarnedAchievement'
 
     it 'achievements are polled upon saving a model', (done) ->
       #spyOn(CocoModel, 'pollAchievements')
+      Backbone.Mediator.subscribe 'achievements:new', (collection) ->
+        Backbone.Mediator.unsubscribe 'achievements:new'
+        expect(collection.constructor.name).toBe('NewAchievementCollection')
+        done()
 
       b = new BlandClass({})
       res = b.save()
       request = jasmine.Ajax.requests.mostRecent()
       request.response({status: 200, responseText: {}})
-      jasmine.Ajax.requests.reset()
 
-      #expect(CocoModel.pollAchievements).toHaveBeenCalled()
-      console.log jasmine.Ajax.requests.mostRecent()
+      _.delay (->
+        collection = []
+        model =
+          _id: "5390f7637b4d6f2a074a7bb4"
+          achievement: "537ce4855c91b8d1dda7fda8"
+        collection.push model
 
-      request = jasmine.Ajax.requests.mostRecent()
-      #expect(request.url).toBe("")
-
-      done()
+        request = jasmine.Ajax.requests.mostRecent()
+        achievementURLMatch = (/.*achievements\?notified=false$/).exec request.url
+        expect(achievementURLMatch).not.toBeNull()
+        request.response {status: 200, responseText: JSON.stringify collection}
 
+        _.delay (->
+          request = jasmine.Ajax.requests.mostRecent()
+          userURLMatch = (/^\/db\/user\/[a-zA-Z0-9]*$/).exec request.url
+          expect(userURLMatch).not.toBeNull()
+          request.response {status:200, responseText: JSON.stringify me}
+        ), 1000
+      ), 1000
diff --git a/test/demo/views/achievement/achievement_get.demo.coffee b/test/demo/views/achievement/achievement_get.demo.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff5e9927b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/demo/views/achievement/achievement_get.demo.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CocoModel = require 'models/CocoModel'
+RootView = require 'views/kinds/RootView'
+
+module.exports = ->
+  console.log jasmine.Ajax.requests.mostRecent()
+  -> console.log 'herp'