diff --git a/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.js b/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.js
index 414ea6b6ebc..1743c52d08a 100644
--- a/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.js
+++ b/common/app/routes/challenges/utils.js
@@ -35,10 +35,15 @@ export function getFileKey({ challengeType }) {
 
 export function createTests({ tests = [] }) {
   return tests
-    .map(test => ({
-      text: ('' + test).split('message: ').pop().replace(/\'\);/g, ''),
-      testString: test
-    }));
+    .map(test => {
+      if (typeof tests === 'string') {
+        return {
+          text: ('' + test).split('message: ').pop().replace(/\'\);/g, ''),
+          testString: test
+        };
+      }
+      return test;
+    });
 }
 
 export function loggerToStr(args) {
diff --git a/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/html5-and-css.json b/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/html5-and-css.json
index 6aae2a2238a..bbb5b9f7c02 100644
--- a/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/html5-and-css.json
+++ b/seed/challenges/01-front-end-development-certification/html5-and-css.json
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@
         "<h1>Hello</h1>"
       ],
       "tests": [
-        "assert.isTrue((/hello(\\s)+world/gi).test($('h1').text()), 'message: Your <code>h1</code> element should have the text \"Hello World\".');"
+        {
+          "text": "Your <code>h1</code> element should have the text \"Hello World\".');",
+          "testString": "assert.isTrue((/hello(\\s)+world/gi).test($('h1').text()), 'Your <code>h1</code> element should have the text \"Hello World\".');"
+        }
       ],
       "type": "waypoint",
       "challengeType": 0,