diff --git a/ui/app/components/line-chart.js b/ui/app/components/line-chart.js
index 683afc36f..3ef5b1908 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/line-chart.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/line-chart.js
@@ -149,11 +149,17 @@ export default Component.extend(WindowResizable, {
   }),
 
   xAxisHeight: computed(function() {
+    // Avoid divide by zero errors by always having a height
+    if (!this.element) return 1;
+
     const axis = this.element.querySelector('.x-axis');
     return axis && axis.getBBox().height;
   }),
 
   yAxisWidth: computed(function() {
+    // Avoid divide by zero errors by always having a width
+    if (!this.element) return 1;
+
     const axis = this.element.querySelector('.y-axis');
     return axis && axis.getBBox().width;
   }),
@@ -264,6 +270,9 @@ export default Component.extend(WindowResizable, {
   // The renderChart method should only ever be responsible for runtime calculations
   // and appending d3 created elements to the DOM (such as axes).
   renderChart() {
+    // There is nothing to do if the element hasn't been inserted yet
+    if (!this.element) return;
+
     // First, create the axes to get the dimensions of the resulting
     // svg elements
     this.mountD3Elements();
diff --git a/ui/tests/unit/components/line-chart-test.js b/ui/tests/unit/components/line-chart-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fda7021f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/tests/unit/components/line-chart-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+import { test, moduleForComponent } from 'ember-qunit';
+import d3Format from 'd3-format';
+
+moduleForComponent('line-chart', 'Unit | Component | line-chart');
+
+const data = [
+  { foo: 1, bar: 100 },
+  { foo: 2, bar: 200 },
+  { foo: 3, bar: 300 },
+  { foo: 8, bar: 400 },
+  { foo: 4, bar: 500 },
+];
+
+test('x scale domain is the min and max values in data based on the xProp value', function(assert) {
+  const chart = this.subject();
+
+  chart.setProperties({
+    xProp: 'foo',
+    data,
+  });
+
+  let [xDomainLow, xDomainHigh] = chart.get('xScale').domain();
+  assert.equal(
+    xDomainLow,
+    Math.min(...data.mapBy('foo')),
+    'Domain lower bound is the lowest foo value'
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    xDomainHigh,
+    Math.max(...data.mapBy('foo')),
+    'Domain upper bound is the highest foo value'
+  );
+
+  chart.set('data', [...data, { foo: 12, bar: 600 }]);
+
+  [, xDomainHigh] = chart.get('xScale').domain();
+  assert.equal(xDomainHigh, 12, 'When the data changes, the xScale is recalculated');
+});
+
+test('y scale domain uses the max value in the data based off of yProp, but is always zero-based', function(assert) {
+  const chart = this.subject();
+
+  chart.setProperties({
+    yProp: 'bar',
+    data,
+  });
+
+  let [yDomainLow, yDomainHigh] = chart.get('yScale').domain();
+  assert.equal(yDomainLow, 0, 'Domain lower bound is always 0');
+  assert.equal(
+    yDomainHigh,
+    Math.max(...data.mapBy('bar')),
+    'Domain upper bound is the highest bar value'
+  );
+
+  chart.set('data', [...data, { foo: 12, bar: 600 }]);
+
+  [, yDomainHigh] = chart.get('yScale').domain();
+  assert.equal(yDomainHigh, 600, 'When the data changes, the yScale is recalculated');
+});
+
+test('the number of yTicks is always odd (to always have a mid-line) and is based off the chart height', function(assert) {
+  const chart = this.subject();
+
+  chart.setProperties({
+    yProp: 'bar',
+    xAxisOffset: 100,
+    data,
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(chart.get('yTicks').length, 3);
+
+  chart.set('xAxisOffset', 240);
+  assert.equal(chart.get('yTicks').length, 5);
+
+  chart.set('xAxisOffset', 241);
+  assert.equal(chart.get('yTicks').length, 7);
+});
+
+test('the values for yTicks are rounded to whole numbers', function(assert) {
+  const chart = this.subject();
+
+  chart.setProperties({
+    yProp: 'bar',
+    xAxisOffset: 100,
+    data,
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(chart.get('yTicks'), [0, 250, 500]);
+
+  chart.set('xAxisOffset', 240);
+  assert.deepEqual(chart.get('yTicks'), [0, 125, 250, 375, 500]);
+
+  chart.set('xAxisOffset', 241);
+  assert.deepEqual(chart.get('yTicks'), [0, 83, 167, 250, 333, 417, 500]);
+});
+
+test('the values for yTicks are fractions when the domain is between 0 and 1', function(assert) {
+  const chart = this.subject();
+
+  chart.setProperties({
+    yProp: 'bar',
+    xAxisOffset: 100,
+    data: [
+      { foo: 1, bar: 0.1 },
+      { foo: 2, bar: 0.2 },
+      { foo: 3, bar: 0.3 },
+      { foo: 8, bar: 0.4 },
+      { foo: 4, bar: 0.5 },
+    ],
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(chart.get('yTicks'), [0, 0.25, 0.5]);
+});
+
+test('activeDatumLabel is the xProp value of the activeDatum formatted with xFormat', function(assert) {
+  const chart = this.subject();
+
+  chart.setProperties({
+    xProp: 'foo',
+    yProp: 'bar',
+    data,
+    activeDatum: data[1],
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(
+    chart.get('activeDatumLabel'),
+    d3Format.format(',')(data[1].foo),
+    'activeDatumLabel correctly formats the correct prop of the correct datum'
+  );
+});
+
+test('activeDatumValue is the yProp value of the activeDatum formatted with yFormat', function(assert) {
+  const chart = this.subject();
+
+  chart.setProperties({
+    xProp: 'foo',
+    yProp: 'bar',
+    data,
+    activeDatum: data[1],
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(
+    chart.get('activeDatumValue'),
+    d3Format.format(',.2~r')(data[1].bar),
+    'activeDatumValue correctly formats the correct prop of the correct datum'
+  );
+});