diff --git a/static/hogfather.js b/static/hogfather.js
index 6b8e71f..e8503c8 100644
--- a/static/hogfather.js
+++ b/static/hogfather.js
@@ -24,3 +24,9 @@
  */
 var Hogfather = function(cosmo, name) {
 };
+
+
+/**
+ */
+Hogfather.prototype.shutdown = function() {
+};
diff --git a/static/test.html b/static/test.html
index db9b85f..32e3776 100644
--- a/static/test.html
+++ b/static/test.html
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   <div id="qunit-fixture"></div>
   <script src="https://code.jquery.com/qunit/qunit-git.js"></script>
   <script src="/cosmopolite/static/cosmopolite.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>
+  <script src="/cosmopolite/static/hogfather.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>
   <script src="test.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/static/test.js b/static/test.js
index ffa05d8..7ad3748 100644
--- a/static/test.js
+++ b/static/test.js
@@ -943,3 +943,18 @@ QUnit.asyncTest('sendMessage admin ACL', function(assert) {
     });
   });
 });
+
+
+QUnit.module('Hogfather');
+
+QUnit.test('Construct/shutdown', function(assert) {
+  assert.expect(4);
+  var cosmo = new Cosmopolite(null, randstring());
+  assert.ok(true, 'new Cosmopolite() succeeds');
+  var hogfather = new Hogfather(cosmo, randstring());
+  assert.ok(true, 'new Hogfather()) succeeds');
+  hogfather.shutdown();
+  assert.ok(true, 'Hogfather.shutdown() succeeds');
+  cosmo.shutdown();
+  assert.ok(true, 'Cosmopolite.shutdown() succeeds');
+});