diff --git a/Hangover UI Sandbox/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard b/Hangover UI Sandbox/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
index b665fad..7b9d6c6 100644
--- a/Hangover UI Sandbox/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard	
+++ b/Hangover UI Sandbox/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard	
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@
                                     <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
                                     <subviews>
                                         <tableView verticalHuggingPriority="750" allowsExpansionToolTips="YES" columnAutoresizingStyle="lastColumnOnly" selectionHighlightStyle="none" columnReordering="NO" columnResizing="NO" multipleSelection="NO" emptySelection="NO" autosaveColumns="NO" typeSelect="NO" rowSizeStyle="automatic" viewBased="YES" id="595-DV-qj4">
-                                            <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="578" height="270"/>
+                                            <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="576" height="0.0"/>
                                             <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
                                             <size key="intercellSpacing" width="3" height="2"/>
                                             <color key="backgroundColor" name="controlBackgroundColor" catalog="System" colorSpace="catalog"/>
diff --git a/Hangover UI Sandbox/SandboxViewController.swift b/Hangover UI Sandbox/SandboxViewController.swift
index 701a903..61facdc 100644
--- a/Hangover UI Sandbox/SandboxViewController.swift	
+++ b/Hangover UI Sandbox/SandboxViewController.swift	
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ class SandboxViewController: NSViewController, NSTableViewDataSource, NSTableVie
     @IBOutlet weak var conversationTableView: NSTableView!
 
     let messages = [
-//        ("Oh hey, person number 1.", ChatMessageView.Orientation.Left),
-//        ("Hey person number 2, what's up?", ChatMessageView.Orientation.Right),
-//        ("Not all that much, just testing out this chat client.", ChatMessageView.Orientation.Left),
+        ("Oh hey, person number 1.", ChatMessageView.Orientation.Left),
+        ("Hey person number 2, what's up?", ChatMessageView.Orientation.Right),
+        ("Not all that much, just testing out this chat client.", ChatMessageView.Orientation.Left),
         ("Coooooooooool beans. Will this longer message wrap onto multiple lines and possibly cause any issues?", ChatMessageView.Orientation.Right),
+        ("Here's an emoji: 😄.", ChatMessageView.Orientation.Left),
     ]
 
     override func viewDidAppear() {
diff --git a/Hangover/NSView.swift b/Hangover/NSView.swift
index 3c79cbf..4de219c 100644
--- a/Hangover/NSView.swift
+++ b/Hangover/NSView.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ extension NSView {
         let nibName = T.className().componentsSeparatedByString(".").last
         if NSBundle.mainBundle().loadNibNamed(nibName!, owner: owner, topLevelObjects: &objects) {
             if let objects = objects {
-                return objects.filter { $0 is T }.map { $0 as! T }.filter { $0.identifier == identifier }.first
+                let candidate = objects.filter { $0 is T }.map { $0 as! T }.filter { $0.identifier == identifier }.first
+                assert(candidate != nil, "Could not find view with identifier \(identifier) in \(nibName).xib.")
+                return candidate
             }
         }
         assert(false, "Could not find view with identifier \(identifier) in \(nibName).xib.")