diff --git a/js/remote.js b/js/remote.js
index d1fa4430cc..c98129d102 100644
--- a/js/remote.js
+++ b/js/remote.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Remote.method('connect_helper', function() {
 			self.done(ws.readyState);
 		};
 
-	// XXX Why doesn't onmessage work?
+	// Node's ws module doesn't pass arguments to onmessage.
 	ws.on('message', function(json, flags) {
 		var	message	= JSON.parse(json);
 		// console.log("message: %s", json);
@@ -167,12 +167,16 @@ Remote.method('request', function(command, done) {
 	ws.send(JSON.stringify(command));
 });
 
-// Get the current ledger entry (may be live or not).
+Remote.method('ledger_closed', function(done) {
+	this.request({ 'command' : 'ledger_closed' }, done);
+});
+
+// Get the current proposed ledger entry.  May be closed (and revised) at any time (even before returning).
+// Only for use by unit tests.
 Remote.method('ledger_current', function(done) {
 	this.request({ 'command' : 'ledger_current' }, done);
 });
 
-
 // Submit a json transaction.
 // done(value)
 // <-> value: { 'status', status, 'result' : result, ... }
diff --git a/test/standalone-test.js b/test/standalone-test.js
index 2a725dffac..92289ffcfc 100644
--- a/test/standalone-test.js
+++ b/test/standalone-test.js
@@ -92,15 +92,75 @@ buster.testCase("Websocket commands", {
 				});
 		},
 
-	"ledger_current" :
+	'ledger_closed' :
+		function(done) {
+			alpha.ledger_closed(function (r) {
+					console.log(r);
+
+					buster.assert(r.ledger === 1);
+					done();
+				});
+		},
+
+	'ledger_current' :
 		function(done) {
 			alpha.ledger_current(function (r) {
 					console.log(r);
 
-					buster.assert(r.ledger === 2);
+					buster.assert.equals(r.ledger_index, 2);
 					done();
 				});
-		}
+		},
+
+	'ledger_closed' :
+		function(done) {
+			alpha.ledger_closed(function (r) {
+					console.log("result: %s", JSON.stringify(r));
+
+					buster.assert.equals(r.ledger_index, 1);
+					done();
+				});
+		},
 });
 
+buster.testCase("// Work in progress", {
+	'setUp' :
+		function(done) {
+			server.start("alpha",
+				function(e) {
+					buster.refute(e);
+
+					alpha	= remote.remoteConfig(config, "alpha");
+
+					alpha.connect(function(stat) {
+							buster.assert(1 == stat);	// OPEN
+
+							done();
+						}, serverDelay);
+			});
+		},
+
+	'tearDown' :
+		function(done) {
+			alpha.disconnect(function(stat) {
+					buster.assert(3 == stat);			// CLOSED
+
+					server.stop("alpha", function(e) {
+						buster.refute(e);
+
+						done();
+					});
+				});
+		},
+
+	'ledger_closed' :
+		function(done) {
+			alpha.ledger_closed(function (r) {
+					console.log("result: %s", JSON.stringify(r));
+
+					buster.assert.equals(r.ledger_index, 1);
+					done();
+				});
+		},
+});
 // vim:ts=4