diff --git a/app/tests/helpers/wait-to-appear.js b/app/tests/helpers/wait-to-appear.js
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+import Ember from 'ember';
+
+function isVisible(selector) {
+  return $(selector).length > 0;
+}
+
+function checkVisibility(selector, interval, resolve, visibility) {
+  if (isVisible(selector) === visibility) {
+    resolve($(selector));
+  } else {
+      console.log('waiting for visibility');
+    Ember.run.later(null, function() {
+      checkVisibility(selector, interval, resolve, visibility);
+    }, interval);
+  }
+}
+
+export default Ember.Test.registerAsyncHelper('waitToAppear', function(app, selector, interval = 200) {
+    return new Ember.RSVP.Promise(function(resolve) {
+      checkVisibility(selector, interval, resolve, true);
+    });
+});