tests failing on master

[bplunkert]

Excerpted from CircleCI (https://circleci.com/gh/CodeNow/api-server/2243)

[node_modules/mocha/lib/reporters/base.js:309]  1 failing

[node_modules/mocha/lib/reporters/base.js:204]  1) Channels GET /channels channel badges "before each" hook:
     Error: expected 200 "OK", got 500 "Internal Server Error"
      at Test.assert (/home/ubuntu/api-server/node_modules/supertest/lib/test.js:145:15)
      at /home/ubuntu/api-server/node_modules/supertest/lib/test.js:120:10
      at Test.Request.callback (/home/ubuntu/api-server/node_modules/supertest/node_modules/superagent/lib/node/index.js:654:30)
      at Test.<anonymous> (/home/ubuntu/api-server/node_modules/supertest/node_modules/superagent/lib/node/index.js:131:10)
      at Test.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
      at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/home/ubuntu/api-server/node_modules/supertest/node_modules/superagent/lib/node/index.js:802:12)
      at IncomingMessage.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:117:20)
      at _stream_readable.js:920:16
      at process._tickDomainCallback (node.js:459:13)