diff --git a/IPython/html/services/notebooks/tests/test_nbmanager.py b/IPython/html/services/notebooks/tests/test_nbmanager.py
index 1a42451..b6a240e 100644
--- a/IPython/html/services/notebooks/tests/test_nbmanager.py
+++ b/IPython/html/services/notebooks/tests/test_nbmanager.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class TestNotebookManager(TestCase):
         try:
             os.makedirs(os_path)
         except OSError:
-            print("Directory already exists.")
+            print("Directory already exists: %r" % os_path)
 
     def test_create_notebook_model(self):
         with TemporaryDirectory() as td:
diff --git a/IPython/html/tests/casperjs/test_cases/dashboard_nav.js b/IPython/html/tests/casperjs/test_cases/dashboard_nav.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9730b1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/html/tests/casperjs/test_cases/dashboard_nav.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+casper.wait_for_list = function () {
+    casper.waitForSelector('.list_item');
+    // casper.wait(500);
+}
+
+casper.get_list_items = function () {
+    return this.evaluate(function () {
+        return $.makeArray($('.item_link').map(function () {
+            return {
+                link: $(this).attr('href'),
+                label: $(this).find('.item_name').text()
+            }
+        }));
+    });
+}
+
+casper.test_items = function (test, baseUrl) {
+    casper.then(function () {
+        var items = casper.get_list_items();
+        casper.each(items, function (self, item) {
+            if (!item.label.match('.ipynb$')) {
+                var followed_url = baseUrl+item.link;
+                if (!followed_url.match('/\.\.$')) {
+                    casper.thenOpen(baseUrl+item.link, function () {
+                        casper.wait_for_list();
+                        test.assertEquals(this.getCurrentUrl(), followed_url, 'Testing dashboard link: '+followed_url);
+                        casper.test_items(test, baseUrl);
+                        this.back();
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+casper.test.begin('Testing dashboard navigation', function (test) {
+    var baseUrl = casper.get_notebook_server();
+    casper.start(baseUrl);
+    casper.echo(baseUrl);
+    casper.wait_for_list();
+    casper.test_items(test, baseUrl);
+    casper.run(function() {
+        test.done();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/IPython/html/tests/launchnotebook.py b/IPython/html/tests/launchnotebook.py
index 9f9e083..3666a0c 100644
--- a/IPython/html/tests/launchnotebook.py
+++ b/IPython/html/tests/launchnotebook.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """Base class for notebook tests."""
 
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 import sys
 import time
 import requests
diff --git a/IPython/testing/iptestcontroller.py b/IPython/testing/iptestcontroller.py
index 8ad3d7e..9e02c9a 100644
--- a/IPython/testing/iptestcontroller.py
+++ b/IPython/testing/iptestcontroller.py
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ class JSController(TestController):
         self.section = section
 
         self.ipydir = TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.nbdir = os.path.join(self.ipydir.name, 'notebooks')
+        print("Running notebook tests in directory: %r" % self.nbdir)
+        os.makedirs(os.path.join(self.nbdir, 'subdir1/subdir1a'))
+        os.makedirs(os.path.join(self.nbdir, 'subdir2/subdir2a'))
         # print(self.ipydir.name)
         self.dirs.append(self.ipydir)
         self.env['IPYTHONDIR'] = self.ipydir.name
@@ -191,7 +195,7 @@ class JSController(TestController):
     def _init_server(self):
         "Start the notebook server in a separate process"
         self.queue = q = Queue()
-        self.server = Process(target=run_webapp, args=(q, self.ipydir.name))
+        self.server = Process(target=run_webapp, args=(q, self.ipydir.name, self.nbdir))
         self.server.start()
         self.server_port = q.get()
 
@@ -202,17 +206,17 @@ class JSController(TestController):
 
 js_test_group_names = {'js'}
 
-def run_webapp(q, nbdir, loglevel=0):
+def run_webapp(q, ipydir, nbdir, loglevel=0):
     """start the IPython Notebook, and pass port back to the queue"""
     import os
     import IPython.html.notebookapp as nbapp
     import sys
     sys.stderr = open(os.devnull, 'w')
-    os.environ["IPYTHONDIR"] = nbdir
+    os.environ["IPYTHONDIR"] = ipydir
     server = nbapp.NotebookApp()
     args = ['--no-browser']
     args.append('--notebook-dir='+nbdir)
-    args.append('--profile-dir='+nbdir)
+    args.append('--profile-dir='+ipydir)
     args.append('--log-level='+str(loglevel))
     server.initialize(args)
     # communicate the port number to the parent process