diff --git a/src/middleware/index.js b/src/middleware/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dedf41..0000000
--- a/src/middleware/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import { ADD_ARTICLE } from "../constants/action-types"
-
-const forbiddenWords = ["spam", "money"]
-
-export function forbiddenWordsMiddleware({ dispatch }) {
-  return function(next) {
-    return function(action) {
-      if (action.type === ADD_ARTICLE) {
-        const foundWord = forbiddenWords.filter(word =>
-          action.payload.title.includes(word)
-        )
-
-        if (foundWord.length) {
-          return dispatch({ type: "FOUND_BAD_WORD" })
-        }
-      }
-      return next(action)
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/store/index.js b/src/store/index.js
index e9e09c1..5328d38 100644
--- a/src/store/index.js
+++ b/src/store/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { createStore, applyMiddleware, compose } from 'redux'
 import rootReducer from '../reducers/index'
-import { forbiddenWordsMiddleware } from '../middleware'
 import createSagaMiddleware from "redux-saga"
 import apiSaga from "../sagas/api-saga"
 
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ const storeEnhancers = window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION_COMPOSE__ || compose
 
 const store = createStore(
   rootReducer,
-  storeEnhancers(applyMiddleware(forbiddenWordsMiddleware, initialiseSagaMiddleware))
+  storeEnhancers(applyMiddleware(initialiseSagaMiddleware))
 )
 
 initialiseSagaMiddleware.run(apiSaga)
diff --git a/src/tests/components/List.test.js b/src/tests/components/List.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54d67d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/components/List.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
+import List from '../../components/List'
+
+it('renders without crashing', () => {
+  const div = document.createElement('div')
+  ReactDOM.render(<App />, div)
+  ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(div)
+})