diff --git a/config/karma-sauce.conf.js b/config/karma-sauce.conf.js
index bf67d61701..b4dea1eace 100644
--- a/config/karma-sauce.conf.js
+++ b/config/karma-sauce.conf.js
@@ -1,61 +1,59 @@
+var _ = require('lodash');
+var shared = require('./karma.conf.js');
 
-module.exports = function(config) {
-  require('./karma.conf.js')(config);
-
-  config.set({
-    reporters: ['dots'],
-    sauceLabs: {
-      testName: 'Ionic unit tests',
-      username: process.env.SAUCE_USER,
-      accessKey: process.env.SAUCE_KEY,
-      startConnect: false,
-      tunnelIdentifier: process.env.TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER
+module.exports = _.assign(shared, {
+  reporters: ['dots'],
+  sauceLabs: {
+    testName: 'Ionic unit tests',
+    username: process.env.SAUCE_USER,
+    accessKey: process.env.SAUCE_KEY,
+    startConnect: false,
+    tunnelIdentifier: process.env.TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER
+  },
+  //Saucelabs mobile emulation (esp android emulator)
+  //can be really slow sometimes, we need to give it time to connectk
+  captureTimeout: 60 * 1000,
+  browserDisconnectTimeout: 60 * 1000,
+  browserNoActivityTimeout: 60 * 1000,
+  browserDisconnectTolerance: 2,
+  browsers: [
+    'sauce_ios',
+    // 'sauce_safari',
+    'sauce_android',
+    // 'sauce_chrome',
+    // 'sauce_firefox',
+    // 'sauce_ie9',
+    // 'sauce_ie10',
+    // 'sauce_ie11'
+  ],
+  customLaunchers: {
+    'sauce_ios': {
+      base: 'SauceLabs',
+      platform: 'OS X 10.9',
+      browserName: 'iphone',
+      version: '7.1'
     },
-    //Saucelabs mobile emulation (esp android emulator)
-    //can be really slow sometimes, we need to give it time to connectk
-    captureTimeout: 60 * 1000,
-    browserDisconnectTimeout: 60 * 1000,
-    browserNoActivityTimeout: 60 * 1000,
-    browserDisconnectTolerance: 2,
-    browsers: [
-      // 'sauce_ios',
-      // 'sauce_safari',
-      'sauce_android',
-      'sauce_chrome',
-      // 'sauce_firefox',
-      // 'sauce_ie9',
-      // 'sauce_ie10',
-      // 'sauce_ie11'
-    ],
-    customLaunchers: {
-      'sauce_ios': {
-        base: 'SauceLabs',
-        platform: 'OS X 10.9',
-        browserName: 'iphone',
-        version: '7'
-      },
-      'sauce_safari': {
-        base: 'SauceLabs',
-        browserName: 'safari',
-        platform: 'OS X 10.9',
-        version: '7'
-      },
-      'sauce_android': {
-        base: 'SauceLabs',
-        platform: 'Linux',
-        browserName: 'android',
-        version: '4.0'
-      },
-      'sauce_chrome': {
-        base: 'SauceLabs',
-        browserName: 'chrome'
-      },
-      'sauce_firefox': {
-        base: 'SauceLabs',
-        platform: 'Linux',
-        browserName: 'firefox',
-        version: '26'
-      }
+    'sauce_safari': {
+      base: 'SauceLabs',
+      browserName: 'safari',
+      platform: 'OS X 10.9',
+      version: '7'
     },
-  });
-};
+    'sauce_android': {
+      base: 'SauceLabs',
+      platform: 'Linux',
+      browserName: 'android',
+      version: '4.3'
+    },
+    'sauce_chrome': {
+      base: 'SauceLabs',
+      browserName: 'chrome'
+    },
+    'sauce_firefox': {
+      base: 'SauceLabs',
+      platform: 'Linux',
+      browserName: 'firefox',
+      version: '26'
+    }
+  }
+});
diff --git a/config/karma.conf.js b/config/karma.conf.js
index f1d9db898f..c225a6ae82 100644
--- a/config/karma.conf.js
+++ b/config/karma.conf.js
@@ -1,70 +1,42 @@
 var buildConfig = require('./build.config.js');
+var path = require('canonical-path');
 
-module.exports = function(config) {
-  config.set({
-
-    // base path, that will be used to resolve files and exclude
-    basePath: '../',
-
-
-    // frameworks to use
-    frameworks: ['jasmine'],
-
-
-    // list of files / patterns to load in the browser
-    files: [
-      // Include jQuery only for testing convience (lots of DOM checking for unit tests on directives)
-      'http://codeorigin.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js',
-      'config/lib/js/angular/angular.js',
-      'config/lib/js/angular/angular-animate.js',
-      'config/lib/js/angular/angular-sanitize.js',
-      'config/lib/js/angular/angular-mocks.js',
-      'config/lib/js/angular-ui/angular-ui-router.js',
-      'config/lib/testutil.js'
-    ]
+module.exports = {
+  files: [
+    // Include jQuery only for testing convience (lots of DOM checking for unit tests on directives)
+    'http://codeorigin.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js',
+    'config/lib/js/angular/angular.js',
+    'config/lib/js/angular/angular-animate.js',
+    'config/lib/js/angular/angular-sanitize.js',
+    'config/lib/js/angular/angular-mocks.js',
+    'config/lib/js/angular-ui/angular-ui-router.js',
+    'config/lib/testutil.js'
+  ]
     .concat(buildConfig.ionicFiles)
     .concat(buildConfig.angularIonicFiles)
-    .concat([
-      'test/unit/**/*.js'
-    ]),
+    .concat('test/unit/**/*.js'),
 
-    // list of files to exclude
-    exclude: [
-      'js/ext/angular/test/dom-trace.js'
-    ],
+  exclude: [
+    'js/ext/angular/test/dom-trace.js'
+  ],
 
-    // test results reporter to use
-    // possible values: 'dots', 'progress', 'junit', 'growl', 'coverage'
-    reporters: ['progress'],
+  frameworks: ['jasmine'],
+  reporters: ['progress'],
+  port: 9876,
+  colors: true,
+  // possible values: 'OFF', 'ERROR', 'WARN', 'INFO', 'DEBUG'
+  logLevel: 'INFO',
+  autoWatch: true,
+  captureTimeout: 60000,
+  singleRun: false,
 
-    // web server port
-    port: 9876,
-
-    // enable / disable colors in the output (reporters and logs)
-    colors: true,
-
-    // level of logging
-    // possible values: config.LOG_DISABLE || config.LOG_ERROR || config.LOG_WARN || config.LOG_INFO || config.LOG_DEBUG
-    logLevel: config.LOG_INFO,
-
-    // enable / disable watching file and executing tests whenever any file changes
-    autoWatch: true,
-
-    // If browser does not capture in given timeout [ms], kill it
-    captureTimeout: 60000,
-
-    // Continuous Integration mode
-    // if true, it capture browsers, run tests and exit
-    singleRun: false,
-
-    // Start these browsers, currently available:
-    // - Chrome
-    // - ChromeCanary
-    // - Firefox
-    // - Opera (has to be installed with `npm install karma-opera-launcher`)
-    // - Safari (only Mac; has to be installed with `npm install karma-safari-launcher`)
-    // - PhantomJS
-    // - IE (only Windows; has to be installed with `npm install karma-ie-launcher`)
-    browsers: ['Chrome']
-  });
+  // Start these browsers, currently available:
+  // - Chrome
+  // - ChromeCanary
+  // - Firefox
+  // - Opera (has to be installed with `npm install karma-opera-launcher`)
+  // - Safari (only Mac; has to be installed with `npm install karma-safari-launcher`)
+  // - PhantomJS
+  // - IE (only Windows; has to be installed with `npm install karma-ie-launcher`)
+  browsers: ['Chrome']
 };
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 420ec4fe6e..a8fc1a4401 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var gulp = require('gulp');
+var karma = require('karma').server;
 var pkg = require('./package.json');
 var semver = require('semver');
 var through = require('through');
@@ -376,10 +377,15 @@ gulp.task('cloudtest', ['protractor-sauce'], function(cb) {
 });
 
 gulp.task('karma', function(cb) {
-  return karma(cb, [__dirname + '/config/karma.conf.js', '--single-run=true']);
+  return karma.start(_.assign(require('./config/karma.conf.js'), {singleRun: true}), cb);
 });
 gulp.task('karma-watch', function(cb) {
-  return karma(cb, [__dirname + '/config/karma.conf.js']);
+  return karma.start(_.assign(require('./config/karma.conf.js'), {singleRun: false}), cb);
+});
+gulp.task('karma-sauce', ['sauce-connect'], function(cb) {
+  return karma.start(require('./config/karma-sauce.conf.js'), function() {
+    sauceDisconnect(cb);
+  });
 });
 
 var connectServer;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f94dd6dd80..1c04bb8d9f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "url": "git://github.com/driftyco/ionic.git"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "karma": "~0.11.13",
+    "karma": "^0.12.16",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "~0.1.2",
     "karma-jasmine": "~0.1.5",
     "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "~0.1.2",