 diff --git a/imports/api/tasks.tests.js b/imports/api/tasks.tests.js
 index 05287ba..1359e85 100644
 --- a/imports/api/tasks.tests.js
 +++ b/imports/api/tasks.tests.js
 @@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 /* eslint-env mocha */
 
 import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
 +import { Random } from 'meteor/random';
 +
 +import { Tasks } from './tasks.js';
 
 if (Meteor.isServer) {
   describe('Tasks', () => {
     describe('methods', () => {
 +      const userId = Random.id();
 +      let taskId;
 +
 +      beforeEach(() => {
 +        Tasks.remove({});
 +        taskId = Tasks.insert({
 +          text: 'test task',
 +          createdAt: new Date(),
 +          owner: userId,
 +          username: 'tmeasday',
 +        });
 +      });
 +
       it('can delete owned task', () => {
       });
     });
 diff --git a/imports/api/tasks.tests.js b/imports/api/tasks.tests.js
 index 1359e85..9b61c5a 100644
 --- a/imports/api/tasks.tests.js
 +++ b/imports/api/tasks.tests.js
 @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
 import { Random } from 'meteor/random';
 +import { assert } from 'meteor/practicalmeteor:chai';
 
 import { Tasks } from './tasks.js';
 
 @@ -22,6 +23,18 @@ if (Meteor.isServer) {
       });
 
       it('can delete owned task', () => {
 +        // Find the internal implementation of the task method so we can
 +        // test it in isolation
 +        const deleteTask = Meteor.server.method_handlers['tasks.remove'];
 +
 +        // Set up a fake method invocation that looks like what the method expects
 +        const invocation = { userId };
 +
 +        // Run the method with `this` set to the fake invocation
 +        deleteTask.apply(invocation, [taskId]);
 +
 +        // Verify that the method does what we expected
 +        assert.equal(Tasks.find().count(), 0);
       });
     });
   });