diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b20b9c4aa..05f6591dc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ before_install:
   - export TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR=$HOME/gopath/src/github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf
   - cd $HOME/gopath/src/github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf
 
-script: go get ./... && go get github.com/go-test/deep && go test -v github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/wtf_tests
+script: go get ./... && go get github.com/go-test/deep && go test -v github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/wtf_tests/...
diff --git a/_sample_configs/bargraph_config.yml b/_sample_configs/bargraph_config.yml
index f3a4d9c07..c70bc2aab 100644
--- a/_sample_configs/bargraph_config.yml
+++ b/_sample_configs/bargraph_config.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ wtf:
       graphIcon: "💀"
       graphStars: 25
       position:
-        top: 3
+        top: 2
         left: 0
-        height: 1
+        height: 2
         width: 2
       refreshInterval: 30
       updateInterval: 15
diff --git a/wtf/bargraph.go b/wtf/bargraph.go
index b7a6dae8e..7a1a5e9ea 100644
--- a/wtf/bargraph.go
+++ b/wtf/bargraph.go
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ func (widget *BarGraph) addView() {
 // time should be passed as a int64
 func (widget *BarGraph) BuildBars(data [][2]int64) {
 
+	widget.View.SetText(BuildStars(data, widget.maxStars, widget.starChar))
+
+}
+
+//BuildStars build the string to display
+func BuildStars(data [][2]int64, maxStars int, starChar string) string {
 	var buffer bytes.Buffer
 
 	//counter to inintialize min value
@@ -138,7 +144,7 @@ func (widget *BarGraph) BuildBars(data [][2]int64) {
 	}
 
 	// each number = how many stars?
-	var starRatio = float64(widget.maxStars) / float64((maxValue - minValue))
+	var starRatio = float64(maxStars) / float64((maxValue - minValue))
 
 	//build the stars
 	for i := range data {
@@ -151,7 +157,7 @@ func (widget *BarGraph) BuildBars(data [][2]int64) {
 			starCount = 1
 		}
 		//build the actual string
-		var stars = strings.Repeat(widget.starChar, starCount)
+		var stars = strings.Repeat(starChar, starCount)
 
 		//parse the time
 		var t = time.Unix(int64(data[i][1]/1000), 0)
@@ -160,8 +166,7 @@ func (widget *BarGraph) BuildBars(data [][2]int64) {
 		buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s -\t [red]%s[white] - (%d)\n", t.Format("Jan 02, 2006"), stars, val))
 	}
 
-	widget.View.SetText(buffer.String())
-
+	return buffer.String()
 }
 
 /* -------------------- Exported Functions -------------------- */
diff --git a/wtf_tests/bargraph/bargraph_test.go b/wtf_tests/bargraph/bargraph_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3135c9255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wtf_tests/bargraph/bargraph_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package bargraphtests
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/wtf"
+	. "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// MakeData - Create sample data
+func makeData() [][2]int64 {
+
+	//this could come from config
+	const lineCount = 2
+	var stats [lineCount][2]int64
+
+	stats[0][1] = 1530122942
+	stats[0][0] = 100
+
+	stats[1][1] = 1530132942
+	stats[1][0] = 210
+
+	return stats[:]
+
+}
+
+//TestOutput of the bargraph make string (BuildStars) function
+func TestOutput(t *testing.T) {
+
+	result := BuildStars(makeData(), 20, "*")
+
+	Equal(t, result, "Jan 18, 1970 -\t [red]*[white] - (100)\nJan 18, 1970 -\t [red]********************[white] - (210)\n")
+}