diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f5caeb0..e736a1f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module('Pact | People', function(hooks) {
     // Record the state(s) the provider should be in prior to the interaction under test.
     // When verifying the generated pact document against the 'my-api' provider later,
     // its own 'a person exists' state will be invoked with the same parameters.
-    given('a person exists', { id: '123', name: 'Alice' });
+    const person = given('a person exists', { id: '123', name: 'Alice' });
 
     // Perform the interaction that this test is intended to record, in this case
     // fetching a particular person record by ID.
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ For instance, the `'a person exists'` provider state described above could be de
 import { providerState } from 'ember-cli-pact';
 
 providerState('a person exists', (server, { id, name }) => {
-  server.create('person', { id, name });
+  return server.create('person', { id, name });
 });
 ```
 
diff --git a/addon-test-support/-private/interaction.js b/addon-test-support/-private/interaction.js
index 5613563..6f8b3ed 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/-private/interaction.js
+++ b/addon-test-support/-private/interaction.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default class Interaction {
   }
 
   addProviderState(name, params) {
-    this.providerStates.push({ name, params });
+    return this.providerStates.push({ name, params });
   }
 
   recordRequest(request) {
diff --git a/addon-test-support/mock-provider/index.js b/addon-test-support/mock-provider/index.js
index 741b279..46054c4 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/mock-provider/index.js
+++ b/addon-test-support/mock-provider/index.js
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ export default class MockProvider {
    * @method addState
    * @param {string} name
    * @param {object} [params]
+   * @return {number}
    */
   addState(name, params) {
-    this.interaction.addProviderState(name, params);
+    return this.interaction.addProviderState(name, params);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/addon-test-support/mock-provider/mirage.js b/addon-test-support/mock-provider/mirage.js
index fcfdc6e..071ac97 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/mock-provider/mirage.js
+++ b/addon-test-support/mock-provider/mirage.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default class MirageProvider extends MockProvider {
 
     let state = this.lookupProviderState(name);
     assert('Mirage provider states require a callback function', typeof state.config === 'function');
-    state.config.call(null, this.server, params);
+    return state.config.call(null, this.server, params);
   }
 
   endInteraction() {
diff --git a/tests/helpers/pact-provider-states/beds.js b/tests/helpers/pact-provider-states/beds.js
index 4aafc04..46ca0ba 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/pact-provider-states/beds.js
+++ b/tests/helpers/pact-provider-states/beds.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { providerState } from 'ember-cli-pact';
 
 providerState('a bed exists', (server, { id, size }) => {
-  server.create('bed', { id, size });
+  return server.create('bed', { id, size });
 });
diff --git a/tests/pact/beds-mocha-test.js b/tests/pact/beds-mocha-test.js
index 8925b79..f30c800 100644
--- a/tests/pact/beds-mocha-test.js
+++ b/tests/pact/beds-mocha-test.js
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ describe('Pact | Beds', function() {
   setupPact();
 
   beforeEach(function() {
-    given('a bed exists', { id: '1', size: 'double' });
-    given('a bed exists', { id: '2', size: 'queen' });
+    this.bed1 = given('a bed exists', { id: '1', size: 'double' });
+    this.bed2 = given('a bed exists', { id: '2', size: 'queen' });
   });
 
   it('listing beds', async function() {
     let beds = await interaction(() => this.store().findAll('bed'));
+    assert.equal(this.bed1.id, 1);
+    assert.equal(this.bed2.id, 2);
 
     assert.deepEqual([...beds.mapBy('id')], ['1', '2']);
     assert.deepEqual([...beds.mapBy('size')], ['double', 'queen']);
diff --git a/tests/pact/beds-qunit-test.js b/tests/pact/beds-qunit-test.js
index 5491e35..d1ea5e1 100644
--- a/tests/pact/beds-qunit-test.js
+++ b/tests/pact/beds-qunit-test.js
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ module('Pact | Beds', function(hooks) {
   setupPact(hooks);
 
   hooks.beforeEach(function() {
-    given('a bed exists', { id: '1', size: 'double' });
-    given('a bed exists', { id: '2', size: 'queen' });
+    this.bed1 = given('a bed exists', { id: '1', size: 'double' });
+    this.bed2 = given('a bed exists', { id: '2', size: 'queen' });
   });
 
   test('listing beds', async function(assert) {
     let beds = await interaction(() => this.store().findAll('bed'));
+    assert.equal(this.bed1.id, 1);
+    assert.equal(this.bed2.id, 2);
 
     assert.deepEqual([...beds.mapBy('id')], ['1', '2']);
     assert.deepEqual([...beds.mapBy('size')], ['double', 'queen']);