diff --git a/src/vcs_providers/github.js b/src/vcs_providers/github.js
index ae68ed48..3a083b46 100644
--- a/src/vcs_providers/github.js
+++ b/src/vcs_providers/github.js
@@ -538,8 +538,18 @@ class GitHub extends Git {
     // Now with our utility functions here defined, lets call them and build
     // our featureObject
     let tags = await this.tags(userObj, ownerRepo);
-    console.log("tags value");
-    console.log(tags);
+
+    if (!tags.ok) {
+      // We failed to get the tags data for featureDetection.
+      // This would be rather difficult to occur in real life, but this safety check
+      // becomes necessary in testing, as the mocked endpoints won't stay alive
+      // after the HTTP request returns.
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        content: tags
+      };
+    }
+
     // Sort the tags into descending order
     tags.content.sort((a, b) => { return semver.rcompare(a.name, b.name)} );
 
diff --git a/tests/full/publish-version.test.js b/tests/full/publish-version.test.js
index 1fc6fb6a..dd1428e6 100644
--- a/tests/full/publish-version.test.js
+++ b/tests/full/publish-version.test.js
@@ -102,9 +102,7 @@ describe("publish package versions", () => {
 
   });
 
-  afterAll(async () => {
-    await new Promise(process.nextTick);
-    
+  afterAll(async () => {    
     // Lets delete our test package versions
     await database.removePackageByName("d-pulsar-package", true);
 
diff --git a/tests/full/publish.test.js b/tests/full/publish.test.js
index 8309a34c..134e7c32 100644
--- a/tests/full/publish.test.js
+++ b/tests/full/publish.test.js
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ describe("publish packages", () => {
   });
 
   afterAll(() => {
-    await new Promise(process.nextTick);
-    
     nock.cleanAll();
     nock.enableNetConnect();
   });