diff --git a/lib/scaffold/start.js b/lib/scaffold/start.js
index b827aedc..4ae6ea6d 100644
--- a/lib/scaffold/start.js
+++ b/lib/scaffold/start.js
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ function start(options) {
   // expand to the full path
   fullConfig.datadir = path.resolve(configPath, config.datadir);
 
+  // delete until modules move to the node
+  delete fullConfig.modules;
+
   // load the modules
   fullConfig.db = {
     modules: modules
@@ -208,6 +211,8 @@ function start(options) {
   //catches ctrl+c event
   process.on('SIGINT', exitHandler.bind(null, {sigint:true}));
 
+  return node;
+
 }
 
 module.exports = start;
diff --git a/test/scaffold/start.integration.js b/test/scaffold/start.integration.js
index 8b7ec2bf..07daa336 100644
--- a/test/scaffold/start.integration.js
+++ b/test/scaffold/start.integration.js
@@ -2,27 +2,38 @@
 
 var should = require('chai').should();
 var sinon = require('sinon');
+var proxyquire = require('proxyquire');
+var AddressModule = require('../../lib/modules/address');
 
 describe('#start', function() {
 
-  before(function() {
-    // setup testing directories
-  });
-
-  after(function() {
-    // cleanup testing directories
-  });
-  
   describe('will dynamically create a node from a configuration', function() {
 
-    it('require each bitcore-node module', function() {
+    it('require each bitcore-node module', function(done) {
+      var node;
+      var TestNode = function(options) {
+        options.db.modules.should.deep.equal([AddressModule]);
+      };
+      TestNode.prototype.on = sinon.stub();
+      TestNode.prototype.chain = {
+        on: sinon.stub()
+      };
 
+      var starttest = proxyquire('../../lib/scaffold/start', {
+        '../node': TestNode
+      });
+
+      node = starttest({
+        path: __dirname,
+        config: {
+          modules: [
+            'address'
+          ],
+          datadir: './data'
+        }
+      });
+      node.should.be.instanceof(TestNode);
+      done();
     });
-
-    it('create an instance of node with modules enabled', function() {
-
-    });
-
   });
-
 });