diff --git a/src/copy.spec.ts b/src/copy.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6bbae0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/copy.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import * as copy from './copy';
+
+import * as config from './util/config';
+
+describe('copy task', () => {
+  describe('copyConfigToWatchConfig', () => {
+    it('should do something', () => {
+      // arrange
+      const context = { };
+      const configFile = 'configFile';
+      const sampleConfig: copy.CopyConfig = {
+        copyAssets: {
+          src: ['{{SRC}}/assets/**/*'],
+          dest: '{{WWW}}/assets'
+        },
+        copyIndexContent: {
+          src: ['{{SRC}}/index.html', '{{SRC}}/manifest.json', '{{SRC}}/service-worker.js'],
+          dest: '{{WWW}}'
+        },
+        copyFonts: {
+          src: ['{{ROOT}}/node_modules/ionicons/dist/fonts/**/*', '{{ROOT}}/node_modules/ionic-angular/fonts/**/*'],
+          dest: '{{WWW}}/assets/fonts'
+        },
+        copyPolyfills: {
+          src: ['{{ROOT}}/node_modules/ionic-angular/polyfills/polyfills.js'],
+          dest: '{{BUILD}}'
+        },
+        someOtherOption: {
+          src: ['{{ROOT}}/whatever'],
+          dest: '{{BUILD}}'
+        }
+      };
+      let combinedSource: string[] = [];
+      Object.keys(sampleConfig).forEach(entry => combinedSource = combinedSource.concat(sampleConfig[entry].src));
+
+      spyOn(config, config.generateContext.name).and.returnValue(context);
+      spyOn(config, config.getUserConfigFile.name).and.returnValue(configFile);
+      spyOn(config, config.fillConfigDefaults.name).and.returnValue(sampleConfig);
+
+      // act
+      const result = copy.copyConfigToWatchConfig(null);
+
+      // assert
+      expect(config.generateContext).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null);
+      expect(config.getUserConfigFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(context, copy.taskInfo, '');
+      expect(config.fillConfigDefaults).toHaveBeenCalledWith(configFile, copy.taskInfo.defaultConfigFile);
+      (result.paths as string[]).forEach(glob => {
+        expect(combinedSource.indexOf(glob)).not.toEqual(-1);
+      });
+      expect(result.callback).toBeDefined();
+      expect(result.options).toBeDefined();
+    });
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/src/copy.ts b/src/copy.ts
index fc2841e4..f5d51060 100644
--- a/src/copy.ts
+++ b/src/copy.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { mkdirpSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { dirname as pathDirname, join as pathJoin, relative as pathRelative, resolve as pathResolve } from 'path';
 import { Logger } from './logger/logger';
-import { fillConfigDefaults, getUserConfigFile, replacePathVars } from './util/config';
+import { fillConfigDefaults, generateContext, getUserConfigFile, replacePathVars } from './util/config';
 import { emit, EventType } from './util/events';
 import { generateGlobTasks, globAll, GlobObject, GlobResult } from './util/glob-util';
 import { copyFileAsync, rimRafAsync, unlinkAsync } from './util/helpers';
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ function cleanConfigContent(dictionaryKeys: string[], copyConfig: CopyConfig, co
 }
 
 export function copyConfigToWatchConfig(context: BuildContext): Watcher {
+  if (!context) {
+    context = generateContext(context);
+  }
   const configFile = getUserConfigFile(context, taskInfo, '');
   const copyConfig: CopyConfig = fillConfigDefaults(configFile, taskInfo.defaultConfigFile);
   let results: GlobObject[] = [];
@@ -274,7 +277,7 @@ interface CopySrcToDestResult {
   errorMessage: string;
 }
 
-const taskInfo: TaskInfo = {
+export const taskInfo: TaskInfo = {
   fullArg: '--copy',
   shortArg: '-y',
   envVar: 'IONIC_COPY',