diff --git a/e2e/app.e2e-spec.ts b/e2e/app.e2e-spec.ts
index 748e4b7861..ee7b101f96 100644
--- a/e2e/app.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/app.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@ describe('protractor App', function() {
     page = new ProtractorPage();
   });
 
-  it('should display message saying app works', () => {
+  it('should display title "DSpace"', () => {
     page.navigateTo();
-    expect(page.getParagraphText()).toEqual('app works!');
+    expect(page.getPageTitleText()).toEqual('DSpace');
+  });
+
+  it('should display title "Hello, World!"', () => {
+    page.navigateTo();
+    expect(page.getFirstPText()).toEqual('Hello, World!');
   });
 });
diff --git a/e2e/app.po.ts b/e2e/app.po.ts
index b4ee755213..164c524620 100644
--- a/e2e/app.po.ts
+++ b/e2e/app.po.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ export class ProtractorPage {
     return browser.get('/');
   }
 
-  getParagraphText() {
-    return element(by.css('app-root h1')).getText();
+  getPageTitleText() {
+    return browser.getTitle();
   }
-}
+
+  getFirstPText() {
+    return element(by.xpath('//p[1]')).getText();
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6a6509fad0..2441f93a50 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@
     "debug:build:prod": "node-nightly --inspect --debug-brk node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js  --config webpack.prod.config.ts",
     "lint": "tslint \"src/**/*.ts\" || true",
     "global": "npm install -g angular-cli nodemon npm-check-updates rimraf ts-node typedoc typescript webpack webpack-bundle-size-analyzer marked node-gyp protractor",
-    "postglobal": "npm run webdriver:update -- --standalone",
-    "webdriver:start": "webdriver-manager start",
-    "webdriver:update": "webdriver-manager update"
+    "postglobal": "npm link protractor",
+    "protractor": "protractor",
+    "e2e": "npm run protractor",
+    "webdriver:start": "webdriver-manager start --seleniumPort 4444",
+    "webdriver:update": "webdriver-manager update --standalone"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@angular/common": "2.2.4",
@@ -128,6 +130,8 @@
     "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "1.4.1",
     "webpack-dev-middleware": "1.8.4",
     "webpack-dev-server": "2.1.0-beta.11",
-    "webpack-merge": "1.0.2"
+    "webpack-merge": "1.0.2",
+    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "~2.7.0",
+    "protractor-istanbul-plugin": "~2.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/protractor.conf.js b/protractor.conf.js
index 169743b34d..b128c26297 100644
--- a/protractor.conf.js
+++ b/protractor.conf.js
@@ -6,14 +6,67 @@ var SpecReporter = require('jasmine-spec-reporter');
 
 exports.config = {
   allScriptsTimeout: 11000,
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Uncomment to run tests using a remote Selenium server
+  //seleniumAddress: 'http://selenium.address:4444/wd/hub',
+  // Change to 'false' to run tests using a remote Selenium server
+  directConnect: true,
+  // Change if the website to test is not on the localhost
+  baseUrl: 'http://localhost:4200/',
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------
   specs: [
     './e2e/**/*.e2e-spec.ts'
   ],
-  capabilities: {
-    'browserName': 'chrome'
-  },
-  directConnect: true,
-  baseUrl: 'http://localhost:4200/',
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Browser and Capabilities: PhantomJS
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------
+  //   capabilities: {
+  //     'browserName': 'phantomjs',
+  //     'version': '',
+  //     'platform': 'ANY'
+  //   },
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Browser and Capabilities: Chrome
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------
+     capabilities: {
+       'browserName': 'chrome',
+       'version': '',
+       'platform': 'ANY'
+     },
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Browser and Capabilities: Firefox
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------
+  //   capabilities: {
+  //     'browserName': 'firefox',
+  //     'version': '',
+  //     'platform': 'ANY'
+  //   },
+
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Browser and Capabilities: MultiCapabilities
+  // -----------------------------------------------------------------
+  //multiCapabilities: [
+  //    {
+  //      'browserName': 'phantomjs',
+  //      'version': '',
+  //      'platform': 'ANY'
+  //    },
+  //    {
+  //      'browserName': 'chrome',
+  //      'version': '',
+  //      'platform': 'ANY'
+  //    }
+  //    {
+  //      'browserName': 'firefox',
+  //      'version': '',
+  //      'platform': 'ANY'
+  //    }
+  //],
+
+  plugins : [{
+    path: 'node_modules/protractor-istanbul-plugin'
+  }],
+  
   framework: 'jasmine',
   jasmineNodeOpts: {
     showColors: true,