diff --git a/src/test/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/agora/server/webservice/ApiServiceSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/agora/server/webservice/ApiServiceSpec.scala
index 4e257ff5..e744b34b 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/agora/server/webservice/ApiServiceSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/agora/server/webservice/ApiServiceSpec.scala
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ class ApiServiceSpec extends FlatSpec with Matchers with Directives with Scalate
     Get(ApiUtil.Methods.withLeadingSlash + "/" + namespace1 + "/" + name1 + "/"
       + insertedEntity.id.get) ~> methodsService.queryByNamespaceNameIdRoute ~> check {
       val rawResponse = responseAs[String]
-      val response = grater[AgoraEntity].fromJSONArray(rawResponse)
-      response === insertedEntity
+      val response = grater[AgoraEntity].fromJSONArray(rawResponse).head
+      assert(response === insertedEntity)
     }
   }
 
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ class ApiServiceSpec extends FlatSpec with Matchers with Directives with Scalate
     agoraDao.insert(testEntity2)
     agoraDao.insert(testEntity3)
     agoraDao.insert(testEntity4)
-    Get(ApiUtil.Methods.withLeadingSlash + "?namespace=" + namespace1 + "&owner=" + owner1) ~> methodsService.queryRoute ~> check {
+    Get(ApiUtil.Methods.withLeadingSlash + "?namespace=" + namespace1 + "&name=" + name1) ~> methodsService.queryRoute ~> check {
       val rawResponse = responseAs[String]
       val response = grater[AgoraEntity].fromJSONArray(rawResponse)
-      response === Seq(testEntity1, testEntity2)
+      assert(response === Seq(testEntity1, testEntity4))
     }
   }
 
@@ -47,28 +47,28 @@ class ApiServiceSpec extends FlatSpec with Matchers with Directives with Scalate
     Post(ApiUtil.Methods.withLeadingSlash, marshal(testAddRequest)) ~> methodsService.postRoute ~> check {
       val rawResponse = responseAs[String]
       val response = grater[AgoraEntity].fromJSON(rawResponse)
-      response.namespace === namespace1
-      response.name === name1
-      response.synopsis === synopsis
-      response.documentation === documentation
-      response.owner === owner1
-      response.payload === payload
-      response.id === 1
-      response.createDate != null
+      assert(response.namespace.get === namespace1)
+      assert(response.name.get === name1)
+      assert(response.synopsis.get === synopsis)
+      assert(response.documentation.get === documentation)
+      assert(response.owner.get === owner1)
+      assert(response.payload.get === payload)
+      assert(response.id.get !== None)
+      assert(response.createDate.get != null)
     }
   }
 
   "Agora" should "return a 400 bad request when posting a malformed payload" in {
     Post(ApiUtil.Methods.withLeadingSlash, marshal(testBadAddRequest)) ~> methodsService.postRoute ~> check {
-      status === BadRequest
-      responseAs[String] != null
+      assert(status === BadRequest)
+      assert(responseAs[String] != null)
     }
   }
 
   "Agora" should "store 10kb of github markdown as method documentation and return it without alteration" in {
-    Post(ApiUtil.Methods.withLeadingSlash, marshal(testAddRequest)) ~> methodsService.postRoute ~> check {
+    Post(ApiUtil.Methods.withLeadingSlash, marshal(testAddRequestBigDoc)) ~> methodsService.postRoute ~> check {
       val rawResponse = responseAs[String]
-      grater[AgoraEntity].fromJSON(rawResponse).documentation === bigDocumentation
+      assert(grater[AgoraEntity].fromJSON(rawResponse).documentation.get === bigDocumentation)
     }
   }
 }