diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
index 3aae3b5b89e9..de6a67700b6c 100644
--- a/.jshintrc
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@
   "sub": true,
   "maxlen": 140,
   "-W084": true,
-  "maxerr": 10
-}
+  "maxerr": 10,
+  "scripturl": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/config/jshint.js b/tasks/config/jshint.js
index 52b2b6accd32..89bf0d1279f5 100644
--- a/tasks/config/jshint.js
+++ b/tasks/config/jshint.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-module.exports = function(config) {
+module.exports = function (config) {
   return {
     // just lint the source dir
     source: {
       files: {
-        src: ['Gruntfile.js', '<%= root %>/src/**/*.js']
+        src: ['Gruntfile.js', '<%= src %>/**/*.js', '<%= unitTestDir %>/**/*.js', '<%= root %>/tasks/**/*.js']
       }
     },
     options: {
-      jshintrc: '<%= root %>/.jshintrc',
+      jshintrc: true,
       ignores: [
         'node_modules/*',
         'dist/*',
diff --git a/tasks/test.js b/tasks/test.js
index d90b35a46a41..cc19319f8f26 100644
--- a/tasks/test.js
+++ b/tasks/test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = function (grunt) {
   /* jshint scripturl:true */
   grunt.registerTask('test', [
+    'jshint',
     'connect:test',
     'jade:test',
     'mocha:unit'
diff --git a/test/unit/fixtures/field_mapping.js b/test/unit/fixtures/field_mapping.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..baed32937ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/fixtures/field_mapping.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+define(function (require) {
+  return {
+    test: {
+      mappings: {
+        testType: {
+          'foo.bar': {
+            full_name: 'foo.bar',
+            mapping: {
+              bar: {
+                type: 'string'
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  };
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/unit/index.html b/test/unit/index.html
index be97e7f366fa..00f9f43397c4 100644
--- a/test/unit/index.html
+++ b/test/unit/index.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
      } 
    }
 });
-require(["/specs/apps/dashboard/index.js","/specs/calculate_indices.js","/specs/courier.js","/specs/data_source.js","/specs/mapper.js"], function () {
+require(["/fixtures/field_mapping.js","/specs/calculate_indices.js","/specs/courier.js","/specs/data_source.js","/specs/mapper.js"], function () {
   window.mochaRunner = mocha.run().on('end', function () {
     window.mochaResults = this.stats;
   });
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/mapper.js b/test/unit/specs/mapper.js
index cabae5274cdc..108016a9654f 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/mapper.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/mapper.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ define(function (require) {
   var Courier = require('courier/courier');
   var DataSource = require('courier/data_source/data_source');
   var Mapper = require('courier/mapper');
+  var fieldMapping = require('../fixtures/field_mapping.js');
 
   var client = new elasticsearch.Client({
     host: 'localhost:9200',
@@ -26,17 +27,7 @@ define(function (require) {
       // Stub out a mini mapping response.
       sinon.stub(client.indices, 'getFieldMapping',function (params, callback) {
         if(params.index === 'valid') {
-          setTimeout(callback(undefined,{
-            test: {
-              mappings: {
-                testType: {
-                  'foo.bar': {
-                    full_name: 'foo.bar',
-                    mapping: {
-                      bar: {
-                        type: 'string'
-                      } } } } } } }
-          ),0);
+          setTimeout(callback(undefined, fieldMapping),0);
         } else {
           setTimeout(callback('Error: Not Found',undefined));
         }