diff --git a/e2e/app.e2e-spec.ts b/e2e/app.e2e-spec.ts
index f5ac9094d004d0661b8ff7fa39f6a2241b97d2b8..6856a6f01b1b18a1fe50f25aa3d75c3339de9125 100644
--- a/e2e/app.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/app.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ describe('protractor App', () => {
     expect<any>(page.getPageTitleText()).toEqual('DSpace Angular :: Home');
   });
 
-  it('should display header "Welcome to DSpace"', () => {
+  it('should contain a news section', () => {
     page.navigateTo();
-    expect<any>(page.getFirstHeaderText()).toEqual('Welcome to DSpace');
+    expect<any>(page.getHomePageNewsText()).toBeDefined();
   });
 });
diff --git a/e2e/app.po.ts b/e2e/app.po.ts
index d8d2acf120ed7efd027ef16dc6900b1d34bc192d..54b5b55af33d39e39ee4ea8ff1f7395bf8333956 100644
--- a/e2e/app.po.ts
+++ b/e2e/app.po.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ export class ProtractorPage {
     return browser.getTitle();
   }
 
-  getFirstPText() {
-    return element(by.xpath('//p[1]')).getText();
-  }
-
-  getFirstHeaderText() {
-    return element(by.xpath('//h1[1]')).getText();
+  getHomePageNewsText() {
+    return element(by.xpath('//ds-home-news')).getText();
   }
 }