diff --git a/spec/controllers/deploys_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/deploys_controller_spec.rb
index 9578ae3..72519c4 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/deploys_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/deploys_controller_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ describe DeploysController do
         'local_username' => 'john.doe',
         'scm_repository' => 'git@github.com/jdpace/errbit.git',
         'rails_env'      => 'production',
-        'scm_revision'   => '19d77837eef37902cf5df7e4445c85f392a8d0d5'
+        'scm_revision'   => '19d77837eef37902cf5df7e4445c85f392a8d0d5',
+        'message'        => 'johns first deploy'
       }
       @app = Factory(:app_with_watcher, :api_key => 'APIKEY')
     end
@@ -26,7 +27,9 @@ describe DeploysController do
           :username     => 'john.doe',
           :environment  => 'production',
           :repository   => 'git@github.com/jdpace/errbit.git',
-          :revision     => '19d77837eef37902cf5df7e4445c85f392a8d0d5'
+          :revision     => '19d77837eef37902cf5df7e4445c85f392a8d0d5',
+          :message      => 'johns first deploy'
+
         }).and_return(Factory(:deploy))
       post :create, :deploy => @params, :api_key => 'APIKEY'
     end
diff --git a/spec/models/deploy_spec.rb b/spec/models/deploy_spec.rb
index a82c14e..9ae5f7e 100644
--- a/spec/models/deploy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/deploy_spec.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ describe Deploy do
         @staging_errs.all?{|err| err.reload.resolved?}.should == false
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when the app has deploy notifications set to false' do
+      it 'should not send an email notification' do
+        Mailer.should_not_receive(:deploy_notification)
+        Factory(:deploy, :app => Factory(:app_with_watcher, :notify_on_deploys => false))
+      end
+    end
   end
   
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/err_spec.rb b/spec/models/err_spec.rb
index 4410200..7647b42 100644
--- a/spec/models/err_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/err_spec.rb
@@ -120,5 +120,14 @@ describe Err do
       end
     end
   end
-  
+
+  context 'being created' do
+    context 'when the app has err notifications set to false' do
+      it 'should not send an email notification' do
+        app = Factory(:app_with_watcher, :notify_on_deploys => false)
+        Mailer.should_not_receive(:err_notification)
+        Factory(:err, :app => app)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
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