diff --git a/test/api/v3/unit/libs/email.test.js b/test/api/v3/unit/libs/email.test.js
index 731f24e347..5760fd2a99 100644
--- a/test/api/v3/unit/libs/email.test.js
+++ b/test/api/v3/unit/libs/email.test.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import request from 'request';
-import { 
-  send as sendEmail,
-  sendTxn as sendTxnEmail,
-  getUserInfo,
-} from '../../../../../website/src/libs/api-v3/email';
+import nconf from 'nconf';
+import nodemailer from 'nodemailer';
+import Q from 'q';
+import logger from '../../../../../website/src/libs/api-v3/logger';
 
 function getUser () {
   return {
@@ -32,8 +31,10 @@ function getUser () {
 };
 
 describe('emails', () => {
+  let pathToEmailLib = '../../../../../website/src/libs/api-v3/email';
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    delete require.cache[require.resolve(pathToEmailLib)];
     sandbox.stub(request, 'post');
   });
 
@@ -42,15 +43,48 @@ describe('emails', () => {
   });
 
   describe('sendEmail', () => {
+    it('can send an email using the default transport', () => {
+      let sendMailSpy = sandbox.stub().returns(Q.defer().promise);
 
+      sandbox.stub(nodemailer, 'createTransport').returns({
+        sendMail: sendMailSpy,
+      });
+
+      let attachEmail = require(pathToEmailLib);
+      attachEmail.send();
+      expect(sendMailSpy).to.be.calledOnce;
+    });
+
+    it('logs errors', (done) => {
+      let deferred = Q.defer();
+      let sendMailSpy = sandbox.stub().returns(deferred.promise);
+
+      sandbox.stub(nodemailer, 'createTransport').returns({
+        sendMail: sendMailSpy,
+      });
+      sandbox.stub(logger, 'error');
+
+      let attachEmail = require(pathToEmailLib);
+      attachEmail.send();
+      expect(sendMailSpy).to.be.calledOnce;
+      deferred.reject();
+      deferred.promise.catch((err) => {
+        expect(logger.error).to.be.calledOnce;
+        done();
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('getUserInfo', () => {
     it('returns an empty object if no field request', () => {
+      let attachEmail = require(pathToEmailLib);
+      let getUserInfo = attachEmail.getUserInfo;
       expect(getUserInfo({}, [])).to.be.empty;
     });
 
     it('returns correct user data', () => {
+      let attachEmail = require(pathToEmailLib);
+      let getUserInfo = attachEmail.getUserInfo;
       let user = getUser();
       let data = getUserInfo(user, ['name', 'email', '_id', 'canSend']);
 
@@ -61,6 +95,8 @@ describe('emails', () => {
     });
 
     it('returns correct user data [facebook users]', () => {
+      let attachEmail = require(pathToEmailLib);
+      let getUserInfo = attachEmail.getUserInfo;
       let user = getUser();
       delete user.profile['name'];
       delete user.auth['local'];
@@ -74,6 +110,8 @@ describe('emails', () => {
     });
 
     it('has fallbacks for missing data', () => {
+      let attachEmail = require(pathToEmailLib);
+      let getUserInfo = attachEmail.getUserInfo;
       let user = getUser();
       delete user.profile['name'];
       delete user.auth.local['email']
@@ -89,6 +127,6 @@ describe('emails', () => {
   });
 
   describe('sendTxnEmail', () => {
-
+    it
   });
 });