diff --git a/elements/bulbs-liveblog/bulbs-liveblog.js b/elements/bulbs-liveblog/bulbs-liveblog.js
index 34ca704b..2cd451e5 100644
--- a/elements/bulbs-liveblog/bulbs-liveblog.js
+++ b/elements/bulbs-liveblog/bulbs-liveblog.js
@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ class BulbsLiveblog extends BulbsHTMLElement {
   }
 
   removeNewEntriesButton () {
-    [].forEach.call(this.newEntriesButtons, (button) => button.remove());
+    setImmediate(() => {
+      [].forEach.call(this.newEntriesButtons, (button) => button.remove());
+    });
   }
 
   handleBlogFetchError (error) {
diff --git a/elements/bulbs-liveblog/bulbs-liveblog.test.js b/elements/bulbs-liveblog/bulbs-liveblog.test.js
index 07e27eb9..9fe6f3c0 100644
--- a/elements/bulbs-liveblog/bulbs-liveblog.test.js
+++ b/elements/bulbs-liveblog/bulbs-liveblog.test.js
@@ -409,10 +409,13 @@ describe('<bulbs-liveblog>', () => {
         setImmediate(() => done());
       });
 
-      it('removes the show new entries button', () => {
+      it('removes the show new entries button', (done) => {
         sandbox.spy(subject, 'removeNewEntriesButton');
         subject.showNewEntries([entry1]);
-        expect(subject.removeNewEntriesButton).to.have.been.called;
+        setImmediate(() => {
+          expect(subject.removeNewEntriesButton).to.have.been.called;
+          done();
+        });
       });
 
       it('places the entries in the entries container', () => {
@@ -522,13 +525,16 @@ describe('<bulbs-liveblog>', () => {
     });
 
     describe('removeNewEntriesButton', () => {
-      it('removes the show new entries button', () => {
+      it('removes the show new entries button', (done) => {
         let button = document.createElement('button');
         button.classList.add('liveblog-new-entries');
         subject.entriesContainer[0].appendChild(button);
         expect(subject.querySelector('button.liveblog-new-entries')).not.to.be.null;
         subject.removeNewEntriesButton();
-        expect(subject.querySelector('button.liveblog-new-entries')).to.be.null;
+        setImmediate(() => {
+          expect(subject.querySelector('button.liveblog-new-entries')).to.be.null;
+          done();
+        });
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/elements/bulbs-poll/bulbs-poll.test.js b/elements/bulbs-poll/bulbs-poll.test.js
index df02f681..80f37546 100644
--- a/elements/bulbs-poll/bulbs-poll.test.js
+++ b/elements/bulbs-poll/bulbs-poll.test.js
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 import BulbsPoll from './bulbs-poll';
 
 describe('<bulbs-poll> <BulbsPoll>', function () {
-  let subject;
-  let pollEndpoint;
+  describe('initialDispatch', () => {
+    let subject;
+    let pollEndpoint;
 
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    pollEndpoint = 'http://example.tld/api/polls/1';
-    subject = new BulbsPoll({ src: pollEndpoint });
-    sinon.spy(subject.store.actions, 'setSrc');
-    sinon.spy(subject.store.actions, 'fetchPollData');
-    sinon.spy(subject.store.actions, 'getCachedVoteData');
-  });
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      pollEndpoint = 'http://example.tld/api/polls/1';
+      subject = new BulbsPoll({ src: pollEndpoint });
+      subject.store = {
+        actions: {
+          setSrc () {},
+          fetchPollData () {},
+          getCachedVoteData () {},
+        },
+      };
+      sinon.spy(subject.store.actions, 'setSrc');
+      sinon.spy(subject.store.actions, 'fetchPollData');
+      sinon.spy(subject.store.actions, 'getCachedVoteData');
+    });
 
-  describe('initialDispatch', () => {
     it('invokes setSrc', function () {
       subject.initialDispatch();
       expect(subject.store.actions.setSrc).to.have.been.calledWith(pollEndpoint);