diff --git a/substrate/bin/node/browser-testing/src/lib.rs b/substrate/bin/node/browser-testing/src/lib.rs
index 06038f90af784d673befbf17435a4954b3563860..65f1e4620ba9c8aa59164e8776f051d513f7489d 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/node/browser-testing/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/bin/node/browser-testing/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,14 +32,9 @@ use wasm_bindgen_futures::JsFuture;
 use wasm_bindgen::JsValue;
 use jsonrpc_core::types::{MethodCall, Success, Version, Params, Id};
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
-use futures_timer::Delay;
-use std::time::Duration;
-use futures::FutureExt;
 
 wasm_bindgen_test_configure!(run_in_browser);
 
-const CHAIN_SPEC: &str = include_str!("../../cli/res/flaming-fir.json");
-
 fn rpc_call(method: &str) -> String {
     serde_json::to_string(&MethodCall {
         jsonrpc: Some(Version::V2),
@@ -59,26 +54,16 @@ fn deserialize_rpc_result<T: DeserializeOwned>(js_value: JsValue) -> T {
 
 #[wasm_bindgen_test]
 async fn runs() {
-    let mut client = node_cli::start_client(CHAIN_SPEC.into(), "info".into())
+    let mut client = node_cli::start_client(None, "info".into())
             .await
             .unwrap();
 
-    let mut test_timeout = Delay::new(Duration::from_secs(45));
-    loop {
-        // Check that timeout hasn't expired.
-        assert!((&mut test_timeout).now_or_never().is_none(), "Test timed out.");
-
-        // Let the node do a bit of work.
-        Delay::new(Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
-
-        let state: sc_rpc_api::system::Health = deserialize_rpc_result(
-            JsFuture::from(client.rpc_send(&rpc_call("system_health")))
-                .await
-                .unwrap()
-        );
-    
-        if state.should_have_peers && state.peers > 0 && state.is_syncing {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
+    // Check that the node handles rpc calls.
+    // TODO: Re-add the code that checks if the node is syncing.
+    let chain_name: String = deserialize_rpc_result(
+        JsFuture::from(client.rpc_send(&rpc_call("system_chain")))
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+    );
+    assert_eq!(chain_name, "Development");
 }
diff --git a/substrate/bin/node/cli/src/browser.rs b/substrate/bin/node/cli/src/browser.rs
index 8c4d964d9584547f0da1d052e22ea93acbe11ea6..861d37c6058e1aff0640da97a6ad2fdce622abd2 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/node/cli/src/browser.rs
+++ b/substrate/bin/node/cli/src/browser.rs
@@ -25,17 +25,20 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 
 /// Starts the client.
 #[wasm_bindgen]
-pub async fn start_client(chain_spec: String, log_level: String) -> Result<Client, JsValue> {
+pub async fn start_client(chain_spec: Option<String>, log_level: String) -> Result<Client, JsValue> {
 	start_inner(chain_spec, log_level)
 		.await
 		.map_err(|err| JsValue::from_str(&err.to_string()))
 }
 
-async fn start_inner(chain_spec: String, log_level: String) -> Result<Client, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+async fn start_inner(chain_spec: Option<String>, log_level: String) -> Result<Client, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 	set_console_error_panic_hook();
 	init_console_log(log::Level::from_str(&log_level)?)?;
-	let chain_spec = ChainSpec::from_json_bytes(chain_spec.as_bytes().to_vec())
-		.map_err(|e| format!("{:?}", e))?;
+	let chain_spec = match chain_spec {
+		Some(chain_spec) => ChainSpec::from_json_bytes(chain_spec.as_bytes().to_vec())
+			.map_err(|e| format!("{:?}", e))?,
+		None => crate::chain_spec::development_config(),
+	};
 
 	let config = browser_configuration(chain_spec).await?;