diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8819729..dfcba15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+<a name="1.9.0"></a>
+# 1.9.0 (2016-07-10)
+
+### Features
+
+* **Unit Test**: Break out storage and use DI to inject it, attempting to address [#86](https://github.com/lathonez/clicker/issues/86) ([](https://github.com/lathonez/clicker/commit/))
+
 <a name="1.8.1"></a>
 # 1.8.1 (2016-07-04)
 
diff --git a/app/app.ts b/app/app.ts
index e738a90..1066a24 100644
--- a/app/app.ts
+++ b/app/app.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
-import { Component, Type, ViewChild }                         from '@angular/core';
-import { ionicBootstrap, MenuController, Nav, Platform }      from 'ionic-angular';
-import { StatusBar }                                          from 'ionic-native';
-import { ClickerList, Page2 }                                 from './pages';
+import { Component, provide, Type, ViewChild }           from '@angular/core';
+import { ionicBootstrap, MenuController, Nav, Platform } from 'ionic-angular';
+import { StatusBar }                                     from 'ionic-native';
+import { Clickers, Storage }                             from './services';
+import { ClickerList, Page2 }                            from './pages';
 
 @Component({
   templateUrl: 'build/app.html',
@@ -48,4 +49,4 @@ export class ClickerApp {
   };
 }
 
-ionicBootstrap(ClickerApp);
+ionicBootstrap(ClickerApp, [Clickers, provide('Storage', {useClass: Storage})]);
diff --git a/app/pages/clickerList/clickerList.spec.ts b/app/pages/clickerList/clickerList.spec.ts
index 80b7d69..3e1be1a 100644
--- a/app/pages/clickerList/clickerList.spec.ts
+++ b/app/pages/clickerList/clickerList.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ this.fixture = null;
 this.instance = null;
 
 let clickerListProviders: Array<any> = [
- provide(Clickers, {useClass: ClickersMock}),
+  provide(Clickers, {useClass: ClickersMock}),
 ];
 
 describe('ClickerList', () => {
diff --git a/app/pages/clickerList/clickerList.ts b/app/pages/clickerList/clickerList.ts
index e3b7559..6dcaeec 100644
--- a/app/pages/clickerList/clickerList.ts
+++ b/app/pages/clickerList/clickerList.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { ClickerButton, ClickerForm } from '../../components';
 
 @Component({
   templateUrl: 'build/pages/clickerList/clickerList.html',
-  providers: [Clickers],
   directives: [ClickerButton, ClickerForm],
 })
 
diff --git a/app/services/clickers.mock.ts b/app/services/clickers.mock.ts
index 6d6e304..7ca1665 100644
--- a/app/services/clickers.mock.ts
+++ b/app/services/clickers.mock.ts
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ export class ClickersMock {
   public newClicker(): boolean {
     return true;
   }
+
+  public getClickers(): Array<string> {
+    return [];
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/services/clickers.spec.ts b/app/services/clickers.spec.ts
index 08168c6..9b8f87d 100644
--- a/app/services/clickers.spec.ts
+++ b/app/services/clickers.spec.ts
@@ -1,138 +1,95 @@
-import { Clickers } from './clickers';
-import { Clicker } from '../models/clicker';
-
-const CLICKER_IDS: Array<string> = ['yy5d8klsj0', 'q20iexxg4a', 'wao2xajl8a'];
-let clickers: Clickers = null;
-
-function storageGetStub(key: string): Promise<{}> {
-  'use strict';
-
-  let rtn: string = null;
-
-  switch (key) {
-    case 'ids':
-      rtn = JSON.stringify(CLICKER_IDS);
-      break;
-    case CLICKER_IDS[0]:
-      rtn = '{"id":"' + CLICKER_IDS[0] + '","name":"test1","clicks":[{"time":1450410168819,"location":"TODO"}]}';
-      break;
-    case CLICKER_IDS[1]:
-      rtn = '{"id":"' + CLICKER_IDS[1] + '","name":"test2","clicks":[{"time":1450410168819,"location":"TODO"},{"time":1450410168945,"location":"TODO"}]}';
-      break;
-    case CLICKER_IDS[2]:
-      rtn = '{"id":"' + CLICKER_IDS[2] + '", "name":"test3", "clicks":[{ "time": 1450410168819, "location": "TODO" }, { "time": 1450410168945, "location": "TODO" }] } ';
-      break;
-    default:
-      rtn = 'SHOULD NOT BE HERE!';
-  }
-
-  return new Promise((resolve: Function) => {
-    resolve(rtn);
-  });
-}
-
-function storageSetStub(): Promise<{}> {
-  'use strict';
-
-  return new Promise((resolve: Function) => {
-    resolve(true);
-  });
-}
-
-function storageRemoveStub(): Promise<{}> {
-    'use strict';
-
-    return new Promise((resolve: Function) => {
-    resolve(true);
-  });
-}
-
-let mockSqlStorage: Object = {
-  get: storageGetStub,
-  set: storageSetStub,
-  remove: storageRemoveStub,
-};
+import { beforeEach, beforeEachProviders, describe, expect, it } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { provide }                                               from '@angular/core';
+import { asyncCallbackFactory, injectAsyncWrapper, providers }   from '../../test/diExports';
+import { Clickers }    from './clickers';
+import { Clicker }     from '../models/clicker';
+import { ClickerList } from '../pages/clickerList/clickerList';
+import { StorageMock } from './mocks';
+
+this.fixture = null;
+this.instance = null;
+this.clickers = null;
+
+let clickerListProviders: Array<any> = [
+  Clickers,
+  provide('Storage', { useClass: StorageMock }),
+];
+
+let beforeEachFn: Function = ((testSpec) => {
+  testSpec.clickers = testSpec.instance.clickerService;
+  spyOn(testSpec.clickers.storage, 'set').and.callThrough();
+});
 
 describe('Clickers', () => {
 
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    spyOn(Clickers, 'initStorage').and.returnValue(mockSqlStorage);
-    clickers = new Clickers();
-    spyOn(clickers['storage'], 'set');
-  });
+  beforeEachProviders(() => providers.concat(clickerListProviders));
+  beforeEach(injectAsyncWrapper(asyncCallbackFactory(ClickerList, this, false, beforeEachFn)));
 
-  it('initialises with empty clickers', () => {
-    expect(clickers.getClickers()).toEqual([]);
+  it('initialises', () => {
+    expect(this.clickers).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(this.instance).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(this.fixture).not.toBeNull();
   });
 
-  it('creates an instance of SqlStorage', () => {
-    expect((<any>Clickers).initStorage()).toEqual(mockSqlStorage);
-  });
-
-  it('has empty ids with no storage', (done: Function) => {
-    (<any>clickers).initIds()
-      .then(() => {
-        expect(clickers.getClickers()).toEqual([]);
-        done();
-      });
+  it('initialises with empty clickers', () => {
+    expect(new Clickers(null).getClickers()).toEqual([]);
   });
 
-  it('has empty clickers with no storage', (done: Function) => {
-    (<any>clickers).initClickers([])
+  it('initialises with clickers from mock storage', (done: Function) => {
+    this.clickers['initClickers']([])
       .then(() => {
-        expect(clickers.getClickers()).toEqual([]);
+        expect(this.clickers.getClickers().length).toEqual(StorageMock.CLICKER_IDS.length);
         done();
       });
   });
 
   it('can initialise a clicker from string', () => {
     let clickerString: string = '{"id":"0g2vt8qtlm","name":"harold","clicks":[{"time":1450410168819,"location":"TODO"},{"time":1450410168945,"location":"TODO"}]}';
-    let clicker: Clicker = (<any>clickers).initClicker(clickerString);
+    let clicker: Clicker = this.clickers.initClicker(clickerString);
     expect(clicker.getName()).toEqual('harold');
     expect(clicker.getCount()).toEqual(2);
   });
 
   it('returns undefined for a bad id', () => {
-    expect(clickers.getClicker('dave')).not.toBeDefined();
+    expect(this.clickers.getClicker('dave')).not.toBeDefined();
   });
 
   it('adds a new clicker with the correct name', () => {
-    let idAdded: string = clickers.newClicker('dave');
-    expect(clickers['storage'].set).toHaveBeenCalledWith(idAdded, jasmine.any(String));
-    expect(clickers.getClickers()[0].getName()).toEqual('dave');
+    let idAdded: string = this.clickers.newClicker('dave');
+    expect(this.clickers['storage'].set).toHaveBeenCalledWith(idAdded, jasmine.any(String));
+    expect(this.clickers.getClickers()[3].getName()).toEqual('dave');
   });
 
   it('removes a clicker by id', () => {
-    let idToRemove: string = clickers.newClicker('dave');
-    clickers.removeClicker(idToRemove);
-    expect(clickers['storage'].set).toHaveBeenCalledWith(idToRemove, jasmine.any(String));
-    expect(clickers.getClickers()).toEqual([]);
+    let idToRemove: string = this.clickers.newClicker('dave');
+    this.clickers.removeClicker(idToRemove);
+    expect(this.clickers['storage'].set).toHaveBeenCalledWith(idToRemove, jasmine.any(String));
   });
 
   it('does a click', () => {
-    let idToClick: string = clickers.newClicker('dave');
+    let idToClick: string = this.clickers.newClicker('dave');
     let clickedClicker: Clicker = null;
-    clickers.doClick(idToClick);
-    expect(clickers['storage'].set).toHaveBeenCalledWith(idToClick, jasmine.any(String));
-    clickedClicker = clickers.getClicker(idToClick);
+    this.clickers.doClick(idToClick);
+    expect(this.clickers['storage'].set).toHaveBeenCalledWith(idToClick, jasmine.any(String));
+    clickedClicker = this.clickers.getClicker(idToClick);
     expect(clickedClicker.getCount()).toEqual(1);
   });
 
   it('loads IDs from storage', (done: Function) => {
-    (<any>clickers).initIds()
+    this.clickers.initIds()
       .then((ids: Array<string>) => {
-        expect(ids).toEqual(CLICKER_IDS);
+        expect(ids).toEqual(StorageMock.CLICKER_IDS);
         done();
       });
   });
 
   it('loads clickers from storage', (done: Function) => {
-    (<any>clickers).initClickers(CLICKER_IDS)
+    this.clickers.initClickers(StorageMock.CLICKER_IDS)
       .then((resolvedClickers: Array<Clicker>) => {
         expect(resolvedClickers.length).toEqual(3);
-        expect(resolvedClickers[0].getId()).toEqual(CLICKER_IDS[0]);
-        expect(resolvedClickers[1].getId()).toEqual(CLICKER_IDS[1]);
-        expect(resolvedClickers[2].getId()).toEqual(CLICKER_IDS[2]);
+        expect(resolvedClickers[0].getId()).toEqual(StorageMock.CLICKER_IDS[0]);
+        expect(resolvedClickers[1].getId()).toEqual(StorageMock.CLICKER_IDS[1]);
+        expect(resolvedClickers[2].getId()).toEqual(StorageMock.CLICKER_IDS[2]);
         done();
       });
   });
diff --git a/app/services/clickers.ts b/app/services/clickers.ts
index 8308676..310cb79 100644
--- a/app/services/clickers.ts
+++ b/app/services/clickers.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 'use strict';
 
-import { Injectable }     from '@angular/core';
-import { SqlStorage }     from 'ionic-angular';
-import { Click, Clicker } from '../models';
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Storage }            from './';
+import { Click, Clicker }     from '../models';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class Clickers {
 
   private clickers: Array<Clicker>;
   private ids: Array<string>; // we need to keep a separate reference to ids so we can lookup when the app loads from scratch
-  private storage: SqlStorage;
+  private storage: Storage;
 
-  constructor() {
-    this.storage = Clickers.initStorage(); // typeof SqlStorage is not assignable to type StorageEngine seems to be an ionic issue
+  // don't know why Injection isn't working without @Inject:
+  // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34449486/angular-2-0-injected-http-service-is-undefined
+  constructor(@Inject('Storage') storage: Storage) {
+    this.storage = storage;
     this.ids = [];
     this.clickers = [];
     this.initIds()
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ export class Clickers {
             clickers.push(this.initClicker(clicker));
           });
       }
+      // TODO - this is a bug it will resolve before the loop has completed
       resolve(clickers);
     });
   }
@@ -66,10 +69,6 @@ export class Clickers {
     return newClicker;
   }
 
-  private static initStorage(): SqlStorage {
-    return new SqlStorage();
-  }
-
   public getClicker(id: string): Clicker {
     return this.clickers['find']((clicker: Clicker) => { return clicker.getId() === id; } );
   }
diff --git a/app/services/index.ts b/app/services/index.ts
index 38105e8..5c8b138 100644
--- a/app/services/index.ts
+++ b/app/services/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from './clickers';
+export * from './storage';
 export * from './utils';
diff --git a/app/services/mocks.ts b/app/services/mocks.ts
index 04e7683..851dcb2 100644
--- a/app/services/mocks.ts
+++ b/app/services/mocks.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export * from './clickers.mock';
+export * from './storage.mock';
diff --git a/app/services/storage.mock.ts b/app/services/storage.mock.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c34b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/storage.mock.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+'use strict';
+
+export class StorageMock {
+
+  public static CLICKER_IDS: Array<string> = ['yy5d8klsj0', 'q20iexxg4a', 'wao2xajl8a'];
+
+  public get(key: string): Promise<{}> {
+    let rtn: string = null;
+
+    switch (key) {
+      case 'ids':
+        rtn = JSON.stringify(StorageMock.CLICKER_IDS);
+        break;
+      case StorageMock.CLICKER_IDS[0]:
+        rtn = `{"id":"${StorageMock.CLICKER_IDS[0]}","name":"test1","clicks":[{"time":1450410168819,"location":"TODO"}]}`;
+        break;
+      case StorageMock.CLICKER_IDS[1]:
+        rtn = `{"id":"${StorageMock.CLICKER_IDS[1]}","name":"test2","clicks":[{"time":1450410168819,"location":"TODO"},{"time":1450410168945,"location":"TODO"}]}`;
+        break;
+      case StorageMock.CLICKER_IDS[2]:
+        rtn = `{"id":"${StorageMock.CLICKER_IDS[2]}","name":"test3", "clicks":[{ "time": 1450410168819, "location": "TODO" }, { "time": 1450410168945, "location": "TODO" }] }`;
+        break;
+      default:
+        rtn = 'SHOULD NOT BE HERE!';
+    }
+
+    return new Promise((resolve: Function) => {
+      resolve(rtn);
+    });
+  }
+
+  public set(key: string, value: string): Promise<{}> {
+    return new Promise((resolve: Function) => {
+      resolve({key: key, value: value});
+    });
+  }
+
+  public remove(key: string): Promise<{}> {
+    return new Promise((resolve: Function) => {
+      resolve({key: key});
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/services/storage.spec.ts b/app/services/storage.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e1c80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/storage.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { Storage }     from './';
+import { StorageMock } from './mocks';
+
+let storage: Storage = null;
+
+describe('Storage', () => {
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    spyOn(Storage, 'initStorage').and.returnValue(new StorageMock());
+    storage = new Storage();
+    spyOn(storage['storage'], 'get').and.callThrough();
+    spyOn(storage['storage'], 'set').and.callThrough();
+    spyOn(storage['storage'], 'remove').and.callThrough();
+  });
+
+  it('initialises', () => {
+    expect(storage).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('gets', () => {
+    storage.get('dave');
+    expect(storage['storage'].get).toHaveBeenCalledWith('dave');
+  });
+
+  it('sets', () => {
+    storage.set('dave', 'test');
+    expect(storage['storage'].set).toHaveBeenCalledWith('dave', 'test');
+  });
+
+  it('removes', () => {
+    storage.remove('dave');
+    expect(storage['storage'].remove).toHaveBeenCalledWith('dave');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/services/storage.ts b/app/services/storage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..104173b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/storage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+'use strict';
+
+import { SqlStorage }     from 'ionic-angular';
+
+export class Storage {
+
+  private storage: SqlStorage;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.storage = Storage.initStorage();
+  }
+
+  private static initStorage(): SqlStorage {
+    return new SqlStorage();
+  }
+
+  public get(key: string): Promise<{}> {
+    return this.storage.get(key);
+  }
+
+  public set(key: string, value: string): Promise<{}> {
+    return this.storage.set(key, value);
+  }
+
+  public remove(key: string): Promise<{}> {
+    return this.storage.remove(key);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/services/utils.spec.ts b/app/services/utils.spec.ts
index 7667a7b..796bdae 100644
--- a/app/services/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/app/services/utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-import { Utils } from './utils';
+import { Utils }                    from './';
 import { AbstractControl, Control } from '@angular/common';
-import {
-    describe,
-    expect,
-    it,
-}                        from '@angular/core/testing';
+
 describe('Utils', () => {
 
   it('resets a control', () => {