diff --git a/lib/up.js b/lib/up.js
index 7f0a6d9..ee3172e 100644
--- a/lib/up.js
+++ b/lib/up.js
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ UpServer.prototype.__proto__ = Distributor.prototype;
 
 UpServer.prototype.terminate = function (fn) {
   this.terminated = true;
+  var terminates = [].concat(this.workers);
 
-  for (var i = 0, l = this.workers.length; i < l; i++) {
-    this.workers[i].shutdown();
+  for (var i = 0, l = terminates.length; i < l; i++) {
+    terminates[i].shutdown();
   }
 
   this.server.close(fn);
diff --git a/test/up.js b/test/up.js
index 77bec3f..636f5e4 100644
--- a/test/up.js
+++ b/test/up.js
@@ -8,64 +8,6 @@ var up = require('../lib/up')
 
 describe('up', function () {
 
-  it('should load the workers', function (done) {
-    var httpServer = http.Server().listen(6000, onListen)
-      , srv = up(httpServer, __dirname + '/server')
-
-    function onListen (err) {
-      if (err) return done(err);
-      request.get('http://localhost:6000', function (res) {
-        var pid = res.body.pid;
-        expect(pid).to.be.a('number');
-        done();
-      });
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('should round-robin the workers', function (done) {
-    var httpServer = http.Server().listen(6001, onListen)
-      , srv = up(httpServer, __dirname + '/server', { numWorkers: 2 })
-
-    function onListen (err) {
-      if (err) return done(err);
-
-      srv.on('spawn', function () {
-        // count workers
-        if (2 != srv.workers.length) return;
-
-        request.get('http://localhost:6001', function (res) {
-          var pid1 = res.body.pid;
-          expect(pid1).to.be.a('number');
-
-          request.get('http://localhost:6001', function (res) {
-            var pid2 = res.body.pid;
-            expect(pid2).to.be.a('number');
-            expect(pid2).to.not.equal(pid1);
-
-            request.get('http://localhost:6001', function (res) {
-              expect(res.body.pid).to.equal(pid1);
-
-              request.get('http://localhost:6001', function (res) {
-                expect(res.body.pid).to.equal(pid2);
-                done();
-              });
-            });
-          });
-        });
-      });
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('should expose ports and procs as public api', function (done) {
-    var httpServer = http.Server().listen()
-      , srv = up(httpServer, __dirname + '/server', { numWorkers: 2 })
-
-    srv.once('spawn', function () {
-      expect(srv.workers).to.have.length(1);
-      done();
-    });
-  });
-
   it('should reload workers', function (done) {
     var httpServer = http.Server().listen(6002, onListen)
       , srv = up(httpServer, __dirname + '/server', { numWorkers: 2 })