diff --git a/app/tests/controllers/ChartControllerTest.php b/app/tests/controllers/ChartControllerTest.php
index ca59ba39dc..186d298dda 100644
--- a/app/tests/controllers/ChartControllerTest.php
+++ b/app/tests/controllers/ChartControllerTest.php
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ class ChartControllerTest extends TestCase
         $start = new \Carbon\Carbon;
         $end = new \Carbon\Carbon;
 
+        // mock preferences & pref:
+        $pref = $this->mock('Preference');
+        $pref->shouldReceive('getAttribute', 'data')->andReturn([]);
 
 
         // mock toolkit
@@ -96,8 +99,8 @@ class ChartControllerTest extends TestCase
         $toolkit->shouldReceive('getDateRange')->andReturn([$start, $end]);
 //
 //        // mock preference?
-//        $preferences = $this->mock('Firefly\Helper\Preferences\PreferencesHelperInterface');
-//        $preferences->shouldReceive('get')->with('viewRange', '1M')->once()->andReturn($pref);
+        $preferences = $this->mock('Firefly\Helper\Preferences\PreferencesHelperInterface');
+        $preferences->shouldReceive('get')->with('viewRange', '1M')->once()->andReturn($pref);
 //
 //
 //        // mock toolkit:
@@ -111,7 +114,6 @@ class ChartControllerTest extends TestCase
 ////
 
 
-
         // call
         $this->call('GET', '/chart/home/categories');