diff --git a/test/utils.spec.js b/test/utils.spec.js
index bd18ccc..116f0a6 100644
--- a/test/utils.spec.js
+++ b/test/utils.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* globals describe, it */
+/* globals describe, it, before */
 
 var utils = require( '../utils' );
 var assert = require('assert');
@@ -8,25 +8,69 @@ var path = require('path');
 
 var fetchAndCacheMetadata = utils.fetchAndCacheMetadata;
 var fetchAndCacheTarball = utils.fetchAndCacheTarball;
+var exec = utils.exec;
 
 /* TODO: write test */
 // var patchData = utils.patchData;
 
+var homeDir = process.env.HOME;
+var testCacheFile = homeDir + '/.npm/registry.npmjs.org/lodash/.cache.json';
+var testPackageFile = homeDir + '/.npm/lodash/4.2.1/package.tgz';
 
-describe( 'Utility functions ', function(){
 
-  it.skip( 'should fetchAndCacheMetadata', function( ){
-    var cacheFile = '/home/hari/.npm/registry.npmjs.org/lodash/.cache.json';
-    fetchAndCacheMetadata( 'lodash', cacheFile );
-    assert( fs.existsSync( cacheFile ) );
+
+describe( 'Utility function s', function(){
+
+
+  before( function(done){
+    var cmd = [
+      'if [[ -f $testCacheFile ]]; then rm $testCacheFile; fi',
+      'if [[ -f $testPackageFile ]]; then rm $testPackageFile; fi'
+    ].join( ';' );
+
+    return exec( cmd , {
+      testCacheFile: testCacheFile,
+      testPackageFile: testPackageFile
+    })
+    .then( done );
+  });
+
+
+  it( 'should fetchAndCacheMetadata', function( done ){
+
+    fetchAndCacheMetadata( 'lodash', testCacheFile )
+      .then( function(){
+        assert( fs.existsSync( testCacheFile ) );
+        done();
+      })
+      .catch( done );
   });
 
-  it( 'should fetchAndCacheTarball', function(){
-    var cacheFile = '/home/hari/.npm/lodash/4.2.1/package.tgz';
-    var packageJsonFile =  path.dirname( cacheFile ) + '/package/package.json';
 
-    fetchAndCacheTarball( 'lodash', '4.2.1', cacheFile );
-    assert( fs.existsSync( cacheFile ) );
-    assert( fs.existsSync( packageJsonFile ) );
+  it( 'should fetchAndCacheTarball', function( done ){
+    var packageJsonFile =  path.dirname( testPackageFile ) + '/package/package.json';
+
+    fetchAndCacheTarball( 'lodash', '4.2.1', testPackageFile )
+      .then( function(){
+        assert( fs.existsSync( testPackageFile ) );
+        assert( fs.existsSync( packageJsonFile ) );
+        done();
+      })
+      .catch( done );
   });
+
+
+  it( 'should fail if downloading fails', function( done ){
+    fetchAndCacheMetadata( '456613231')
+      .then( function(){
+        return done( new Error('This should not resolve' ) );
+      })
+      .catch( function(e){
+        assert.ok( e );
+        assert.ok ( !fs.existsSync( homeDir + '/.npm/registry.npmjs.org/456613231/.cache.json' ) );
+        done();
+      });
+  });
+
+
 });