diff --git a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
index f127fc7ce..8039409ef 100644
--- a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ describe "Editor", ->
         rootView.height(200)
         rootView.width(200)
 
-        config.update("editor.fontSize", 10)
+        config.update("editor.fontSize", fontSize)
         lineHeightBefore = editor.lineHeight
         charWidthBefore = editor.charWidth
         editor.setCursorScreenPosition [5, 6]
@@ -1559,6 +1559,7 @@ describe "Editor", ->
         expect(editor.renderedLines.find('.line').text()).toBe "•a line with tabs▸ and spaces•¬"
 
         config.update("editor.showInvisibles", false)
+        config.update()
         expect(editor.renderedLines.find('.line').text()).toBe " a line with tabs  and spaces "
 
       it "displays newlines(¬) as their own token outside of the other tokens scope", ->
diff --git a/src/app/config.coffee b/src/app/config.coffee
index 17a58d04b..4d7112fb5 100644
--- a/src/app/config.coffee
+++ b/src/app/config.coffee
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class Config
       unless newValue == value
         value = newValue
         callback(value)
-    subscription = { destroy: => @off 'update', updateCallback  }
+    subscription = { cancel: => @off 'update', updateCallback  }
     @on 'update', updateCallback
     callback(value)
     subscription
diff --git a/src/stdlib/space-pen-extensions.coffee b/src/stdlib/space-pen-extensions.coffee
index 074e7388c..a1e4fd61c 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/space-pen-extensions.coffee
+++ b/src/stdlib/space-pen-extensions.coffee
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ _.extend View.prototype,
 
   subscribe: (eventEmitter, eventName, callback) ->
     eventEmitter.on eventName, callback
-    @addSubscription(destroy: -> eventEmitter.off eventName, callback)
+    @addSubscription(cancel: -> eventEmitter.off eventName, callback)
 
   addSubscription: (subscription) ->
     @subscriptions ?= []
     @subscriptions.push(subscription)
 
   unsubscribe: ->
-    subscription.destroy() for subscription in @subscriptions ? []
+    subscription.cancel() for subscription in @subscriptions ? []
 
   remove: (args...) ->
     @unsubscribe()