diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a3c3cf07..ffed4f17 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     "react-dom": "^15.4.0",
     "react-gemini-scrollbar": "matrix-org/react-gemini-scrollbar#5e97aef",
     "sanitize-html": "^1.11.1",
+    "text-encoding-utf-8": "^1.0.1",
     "ua-parser-js": "^0.7.10",
     "url": "^0.11.0",
     "velocity-vector": "vector-im/velocity#059e3b2"
diff --git a/src/components/structures/HomePage.js b/src/components/structures/HomePage.js
index a9f2bbd0..e1e700f2 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/HomePage.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/HomePage.js
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
-import MatrixClientPeg from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/MatrixClientPeg';
-import sdk from 'matrix-react-sdk';
 import GeminiScrollbar from 'react-gemini-scrollbar';
 import request from 'browser-request';
 import { _t } from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/languageHandler';
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/DNDRoomTile.js b/src/components/views/rooms/DNDRoomTile.js
index 6abb5bd0..7857da9d 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/DNDRoomTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/DNDRoomTile.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import React from 'react';
 import {DragSource} from 'react-dnd';
 import {DropTarget} from 'react-dnd';
 
-import dis from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/dispatcher';
 import MatrixClientPeg from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/MatrixClientPeg';
 import sdk from 'matrix-react-sdk';
 import { _t } from 'matrix-react-sdk/lib/languageHandler';
diff --git a/test/app-tests/joining.js b/test/app-tests/joining.js
index 24a4ceed..e835ebb9 100644
--- a/test/app-tests/joining.js
+++ b/test/app-tests/joining.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ describe('joining a room', function () {
 
                 ReactTestUtils.Simulate.click(joinLink);
 
-                httpBackend.when('POST', '/join/'+encodeURIComponent(ROOM_ID))
+                httpBackend.when('POST', '/join/'+encodeURIComponent(ROOM_ALIAS))
                     .respond(200, {room_id: ROOM_ID});
             }).then(() => {
                 // wait for the join request to be made
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ describe('joining a room', function () {
                     roomView, "mx_Spinner");
 
                 // flush it through
-                return httpBackend.flush('/join/'+encodeURIComponent(ROOM_ID));
+                return httpBackend.flush('/join/'+encodeURIComponent(ROOM_ALIAS));
             }).then(() => {
                 httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingExpectation();