diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9f977e2505..7edd7c20b0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 language: node_js
 node_js:
   - '0.10'
+services:
+  - mongodb
 before_script:
-  - 'npm install -g bower grunt-cli'
-  - 'bower install'
+  - 'npm install -g grunt-cli'
   - export DISPLAY=:99.0
   - sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start
+  - cp config.json.example config.json
diff --git a/karma-e2e.conf.js b/karma-e2e.conf.js
deleted file mode 100644
index fa01484a0a..0000000000
--- a/karma-e2e.conf.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-// Karma configuration
-// http://karma-runner.github.io/0.10/config/configuration-file.html
-
-module.exports = function(config) {
-  config.set({
-    // base path, that will be used to resolve files and exclude
-    basePath: '',
-
-    // testing framework to use (jasmine/mocha/qunit/...)
-    frameworks: ['ng-scenario'],
-
-    // list of files / patterns to load in the browser
-    files: [
-      'test/e2e/**/*.js'
-    ],
-
-    // list of files / patterns to exclude
-    exclude: [],
-
-    // web server port
-    port: 8080,
-
-    // level of logging
-    // possible values: LOG_DISABLE || LOG_ERROR || LOG_WARN || LOG_INFO || LOG_DEBUG
-    logLevel: config.LOG_INFO,
-
-
-    // enable / disable watching file and executing tests whenever any file changes
-    autoWatch: false,
-
-
-    // Start these browsers, currently available:
-    // - Chrome
-    // - ChromeCanary
-    // - Firefox
-    // - Opera
-    // - Safari (only Mac)
-    // - PhantomJS
-    // - IE (only Windows)
-    browsers: ['Chrome'],
-
-
-    // Continuous Integration mode
-    // if true, it capture browsers, run tests and exit
-    singleRun: false
-
-    // Uncomment the following lines if you are using grunt's server to run the tests
-    // proxies: {
-    //   '/': 'http://localhost:9000/'
-    // },
-    // URL root prevent conflicts with the site root
-    // urlRoot: '_karma_'
-  });
-};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e2ac50493..a81bbd57d2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
     "npm": "1.2.x"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "grunt karma:continuous",
+    "test": "./test/run_tests.sh",
     "start": "grunt run:dev",
     "postinstall": "./node_modules/bower/bin/bower install -f"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "karma-ng-scenario": "~0.1.0",
+    "protractor": "~0.14.0",
     "grunt-karma": "~0.6.2",
     "karma-script-launcher": "~0.1.0",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "~0.1.0",
diff --git a/protractor.conf.js b/protractor.conf.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32999a2233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protractor.conf.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// An example configuration file.
+exports.config = {
+  // The address of a running selenium server.
+  seleniumAddress: 'http://localhost:4444/wd/hub',
+
+  // Capabilities to be passed to the webdriver instance.
+  capabilities: {
+    'browserName': 'firefox'
+  },
+
+  // Spec patterns are relative to the current working directly when
+  // protractor is called.
+  specs: ['test/e2e/e2e.js'],
+
+  // A base URL for your application under test. Calls to protractor.get()
+  // with relative paths will be prepended with this.
+  baseUrl: 'http://localhost:3001',
+
+  // Options to be passed to Jasmine-node.
+  jasmineNodeOpts: {
+    showColors: true,
+    defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000
+  }
+};
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e.js b/test/e2e/e2e.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bbdbe8a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+'use strict';
+
+describe('front page', function() {
+  beforeEach(function(){
+    browser.ignoreSynchronization = true;
+    browser.get('/');
+    browser.sleep(1000);
+  });
+
+  // based on https://github.com/angular/protractor/issues/114#issuecomment-29046939
+  afterEach(function(){
+    var currentSpec = jasmine.getEnv().currentSpec;
+    var passed = currentSpec.results().passed();
+    if(!passed){
+      var filename = 'exception_' + currentSpec.description + '.png';
+      browser.takeScreenshot().then(function(png){
+        var fs = require('fs');
+        var buffer = new Buffer(png, 'base64');
+        var stream = fs.createWriteStream(filename);
+        stream.write(buffer);
+        stream.end();
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('shows the front page', function(){
+    var button = element(by.className('btn'));
+    expect(button.getText()).toEqual('Play');
+  });
+
+  it("don't login when using wrong credentials", function(){
+    var button = element(by.className('btn'));
+    button.click();
+    browser.sleep(1000);
+    element(by.model('loginUsername')).sendKeys('username');
+    element(by.model('loginPassword')).sendKeys('pass');
+    var login = element(by.css("#login-tab input[value='Login']"));
+    login.click();
+    var alertDialog = browser.switchTo().alert();
+    expect(alertDialog.getText()).toMatch(/Username 'username' not found/);
+    alertDialog.accept();
+  });
+
+  it('registers a new user', function(){
+    var button = element(by.className('btn'));
+    button.click();
+    browser.sleep(1000);
+    var registerTab = element(by.linkText('Register'));
+    registerTab.click();
+    element(by.model('registerVals.username')).sendKeys('user');
+    element(by.model('registerVals.email')).sendKeys('user@example.com');
+    element(by.model('registerVals.password')).sendKeys('pass');
+    element(by.model('registerVals.confirmPassword')).sendKeys('pass');
+    var register = element(by.css("#register-tab input[value='Register']"));
+    register.click();
+    browser.sleep(1000);
+    browser.getCurrentUrl().then(function(url){
+      expect(url).not.toMatch(/static\/front/);
+    });
+  });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/run_tests.sh b/test/run_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d9f588ea06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/run_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Configuration
+TEST_DB=habitrpg_test
+TEST_DB_URI="mongodb://localhost/$TEST_DB"
+TEST_SERVER_PORT=3001
+
+# Build assets
+grunt build:dev
+
+# Launch Node server and Selenium
+echo "Recreating test database"
+mongo "$TEST_DB" --eval "db.dropDatabase()"
+./node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager update
+./node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager start > /dev/null &
+NODE_DB_URI="$TEST_DB_URI" PORT=$TEST_SERVER_PORT node ./src/server.js > /dev/null &
+NODE_PID=$!
+trap "kill $NODE_PID && curl http://localhost:4444/selenium-server/driver/?cmd=shutDownSeleniumServer" EXIT
+
+sleep 3 # Wait for Selenium
+grunt karma:continuous && ./node_modules/protractor/bin/protractor protractor.conf.js