diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScore.js b/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScore.js
index 69821293..bf454381 100644
--- a/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScore.js
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScore.js
@@ -5,17 +5,12 @@ module.exports.tests = {};
 module.exports.tests.confidenceScore = function(test, common) {
 
   test('empty res and req should not throw exception', function(t) {
-    try {
+    function testIt() {
       confidenceScore({}, {}, function() {});
-      t.pass('no exception');
-    }
-    catch (e) {
-      t.fail('an exception should not have been thrown');
-    }
-    finally {
-      t.end();
     }
 
+    t.doesNotThrow(testIt, 'an exception should not have been thrown');
+    t.end();
   });
 
   test('res.results without parsed_text should not throw exception', function(t) {
@@ -27,18 +22,12 @@ module.exports.tests.confidenceScore = function(test, common) {
       meta: [10]
     };
 
-    try {
+    function testIt() {
       confidenceScore(req, res, function() {});
-      t.pass('no exception');
-    }
-    catch (e) {
-      t.fail('an exception should not have been thrown');
-      console.log(e.stack);
-    }
-    finally {
-      t.end();
     }
 
+    t.doesNotThrow(testIt, 'an exception should not have been thrown');
+    t.end();
   });
 
   test('hit without address should not error', function(t) {
@@ -61,17 +50,12 @@ module.exports.tests.confidenceScore = function(test, common) {
       }
     };
 
-    try {
+    function testIt() {
       confidenceScore(req, res, function() {});
-      t.pass('no exception');
-    }
-    catch (e) {
-      t.fail('an exception should not have been thrown with no address');
-      console.log(e.stack);
-    }
-    finally {
-      t.end();
     }
+
+    t.doesNotThrow(testIt, 'an exception should not have been thrown with no address');
+    t.end();
   });
 
 
diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScoreReverse.js b/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScoreReverse.js
index 450fd0db..81d92a7c 100644
--- a/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScoreReverse.js
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScoreReverse.js
@@ -6,16 +6,12 @@ module.exports.tests.confidenceScoreReverse = function(test, common) {
   test('res without results should not throw exception', function(t) {
     var res = {};
 
-    try {
+    function testIt() {
       confidenceScoreReverse(null, res, function() {});
     }
-    catch (e) {
-      t.fail('an exception should not have been thrown');
-    }
-    finally {
-      t.end();
-    }
 
+    t.doesNotThrow(testIt, 'an exception should not have been thrown');
+    t.end();
   });
 
   test('res.results without data should not throw exception', function(t) {
@@ -23,16 +19,12 @@ module.exports.tests.confidenceScoreReverse = function(test, common) {
       results: {}
     };
 
-    try {
+    function testIt() {
       confidenceScoreReverse(null, res, function() {});
     }
-    catch (e) {
-      t.fail('an exception should not have been thrown');
-    }
-    finally {
-      t.end();
-    }
 
+    t.doesNotThrow(testIt, 'an exception should not have been thrown');
+    t.end();
   });
 
   test('0m <= distance < 1m should be given score 1.0', function(t) {