diff --git a/lib/devices/ios/ios-controller.js b/lib/devices/ios/ios-controller.js
index 25aa084e0..bd018ad4a 100644
--- a/lib/devices/ios/ios-controller.js
+++ b/lib/devices/ios/ios-controller.js
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ iOSController.getLocalizedStringForSelector = function (selector) {
   var newSelector = selector;
 
   var strings = this.localizableStrings;
-  if (strings && strings.length >= 1) {
-    var localizedSelector = strings[0][selector];
+  if (strings) {
+    var localizedSelector = strings[selector];
     if (localizedSelector) {
       newSelector = localizedSelector;
     } else {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/localization_tests/StubApp.app/en.lproj/InfoPlist.strings b/test/fixtures/localization_tests/StubApp.app/en.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3967e063f
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diff --git a/test/fixtures/localization_tests/StubApp.app/en.lproj/Localizable.strings b/test/fixtures/localization_tests/StubApp.app/en.lproj/Localizable.strings
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed5825b6a
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diff --git a/test/unit/ios-controller-specs.js b/test/unit/ios-controller-specs.js
index f091f213b..c48371cd6 100644
--- a/test/unit/ios-controller-specs.js
+++ b/test/unit/ios-controller-specs.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('ios-controller', function () {
     });
     describe('when there are localizableStrings', function () {
       beforeEach(function () {
-        var locString = [{'someSelector': 'localSelector'}];
+        var locString = {'someSelector': 'localSelector'};
         controller.localizableStrings = locString;
       });
       afterEach(function () {
diff --git a/test/unit/ios-device-specs.js b/test/unit/ios-device-specs.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f4d8d7d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/ios-device-specs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// Run with mocha by installing dev deps: npm install --dev
+// more docs on writing tests with mocha can be found here:
+// http://visionmedia.github.com/mocha/
+"use strict";
+
+require('chai');
+
+var path = require('path')
+  , _ = require('underscore')
+  , IOS = require('../../lib/devices/ios/ios.js');
+
+describe('IOS', function () {
+  var device;
+
+  beforeEach(function () {
+    device = new IOS();
+  });
+
+  describe('#proxy()', function () {
+    beforeEach(function () {
+      // we'd like to test ios.proxy; mock instruments
+      device.commandProxy = {};
+      device.commandProxy.sendCommand = function (cmd, cb) {
+        // let's pretend we've got some latency here.
+        var to = Math.round(Math.random() * 10);
+        setTimeout(function () { cb([cmd, to]); }, to);
+      };
+    });
+
+    return it('should execute one command at a time keeping the seq right', function (done) {
+      var intercept = []
+        , iterations = 100
+        , check = function (err, result) {
+          intercept.push(result);
+          if (intercept.length >= iterations) {
+            for (var x = 0; x < iterations; x++) {
+              intercept[x][0].should.equal('' + x);
+            }
+            done();
+          }
+        };
+
+      for (var i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
+        device.proxy("" + i, check);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('#parseLocalizableStrings()', function () {
+    var stubApp = path.resolve(__dirname, '../fixtures/localization_tests/StubApp.app');
+
+    beforeEach(function () {
+      _.extend(device.args, {
+        language : 'en'
+        , app : stubApp
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should return a dictionary', function (done) {
+      device.parseLocalizableStrings(function () {
+        device.localizableStrings.should.eql({ 'main.button.computeSum' : 'Compute Sum' });
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/unit/queue-specs.js b/test/unit/queue-specs.js
index 304d83a77..cd1231525 100644
--- a/test/unit/queue-specs.js
+++ b/test/unit/queue-specs.js
@@ -6,45 +6,14 @@
 var chai = require('chai')
   , should = chai.should()
   , getAppium = require('../../lib/appium.js')
-  , path = require('path')
   , mock = require('../helpers/mock.js')
-  , IOS = require('../../lib/devices/ios/ios.js');
+  , IOS = require('../../lib/devices/ios/ios.js')
+  , path = require('path');
 
 mock.noop(IOS.prototype, 'start');
 mock.noop(IOS.prototype, 'stop');
 mock.noop(IOS.prototype, 'configureApp');
 
-describe('IOS', function () {
-  // we'd like to test ios.proxy; mock instruments
-  var inst = new IOS({});
-  inst.commandProxy = {};
-  inst.commandProxy.sendCommand = function (cmd, cb) {
-    // let's pretend we've got some latency here.
-    var to = Math.round(Math.random() * 10);
-    setTimeout(function () { cb([cmd, to]); }, to);
-  };
-
-  describe('#proxy()', function () {
-    return it('should execute one command at a time keeping the seq right', function (done) {
-      var intercept = []
-        , iterations = 100
-        , check = function (err, result) {
-          intercept.push(result);
-          if (intercept.length >= iterations) {
-            for (var x = 0; x < iterations; x++) {
-              intercept[x][0].should.equal('' + x);
-            }
-            done();
-          }
-        };
-
-      for (var i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
-        inst.proxy("" + i, check);
-      }
-    });
-  });
-});
-
 describe('Appium', function () {
   var intercept = []
     , logPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../../appium.log")