diff --git a/plum/tests/service_collection_test.py b/plum/tests/service_collection_test.py
index 080ee2cff..0125511ed 100644
--- a/plum/tests/service_collection_test.py
+++ b/plum/tests/service_collection_test.py
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@ class ServiceCollectionTest(ServiceTestCase):
             }
         ])
         self.assertEqual(len(collection), 2)
-        web = [s for s in collection if s.name == 'web'][0]
-        self.assertEqual(web.name, 'web')
-        self.assertEqual(web.image, 'ubuntu')
-        db = [s for s in collection if s.name == 'db'][0]
-        self.assertEqual(db.name, 'db')
-        self.assertEqual(db.image, 'ubuntu')
+        self.assertEqual(collection.get('web').name, 'web')
+        self.assertEqual(collection.get('web').image, 'ubuntu')
+        self.assertEqual(collection.get('db').name, 'db')
+        self.assertEqual(collection.get('db').image, 'ubuntu')
 
     def test_from_dict_sorts_in_dependency_order(self):
         collection = ServiceCollection.from_dicts(None, [
@@ -35,10 +33,15 @@ class ServiceCollectionTest(ServiceTestCase):
                 'image': 'ubuntu'
             }
         ])
-        
+
         self.assertEqual(collection[0].name, 'db')
         self.assertEqual(collection[1].name, 'web')
 
+    def test_get(self):
+        web = self.create_service('web')
+        collection = ServiceCollection([web])
+        self.assertEqual(collection.get('web'), web)
+
     def test_start_stop(self):
         collection = ServiceCollection([
             self.create_service('web'),