diff --git a/test/patternlab_tests.js b/test/patternlab_tests.js
index b33144772..84eb81d2f 100644
--- a/test/patternlab_tests.js
+++ b/test/patternlab_tests.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 'use strict';
 
-exports['test nodeunit'] = {
-        'buildPatternData - should merge all JSON files in the data folder except listitems' : function(test){
-			var fs = require('fs-extra');
-            var plMain = require('../core/lib/patternlab');
-			var data_dir = './test/files/_data/';
+var tap = require('tap');
 
-			var dataResult = plMain.build_pattern_data(data_dir, fs);
-			test.equals(dataResult.data, "test");
-			test.equals(dataResult.foo, "bar");
-			test.equals(dataResult.test_list_item, undefined);
-			test.done();
-        }
-};
+tap.test('buildPatternData - should merge all JSON files in the data folder except listitems', function(test){
+  var fs = require('fs-extra');
+        var plMain = require('../core/lib/patternlab');
+  var data_dir = './test/files/_data/';
+
+  var dataResult = plMain.build_pattern_data(data_dir, fs);
+  test.equals(dataResult.data, "test");
+  test.equals(dataResult.foo, "bar");
+  test.equals(dataResult.test_list_item, undefined);
+  test.end();
+});