diff --git a/lib/motion/project/template/ios/spec-helpers/ui.rb b/lib/motion/project/template/ios/spec-helpers/ui.rb
index a301bb18..f00cd321 100644
--- a/lib/motion/project/template/ios/spec-helpers/ui.rb
+++ b/lib/motion/project/template/ios/spec-helpers/ui.rb
@@ -288,12 +288,12 @@ module Bacon
 
       def view(label)
         return label if label.is_a?(UIView)
-        window.viewByName(label) ||
+        UIApplication.sharedApplication.keyWindow.viewByName(label) ||
           raise(Bacon::Error.new(:error, "Unable to find a view with label `#{label}'"))
       end
 
       def views(view_class)
-        views = window.viewsByClass(view_class)
+        views = UIApplication.sharedApplication.keyWindow.viewsByClass(view_class)
         if views.empty?
           raise(Bacon::Error.new(:error, "Unable to find any view of class `#{view_class.name}'"))
         end
@@ -520,12 +520,6 @@ module Bacon
         [from, to]
       end
 
-      def _view(accessibilityLabel, error_message = nil)
-        return accessibilityLabel if accessibilityLabel.is_a?(UIView)
-        window.viewByName(accessibilityLabel) ||
-          raise(Bacon::Error.new(:error, error_message || "Unable to find a view with label `#{accessibilityLabel}'"))
-      end
-
       # This class wraps a block that will be executed on a GCD queue, but will
       # halt the main thread's call stack (while still handling the main thread's
       # runloop) until the block has completely finished its work.
diff --git a/test/bacon-ui/spec/view_spec.rb b/test/bacon-ui/spec/view_spec.rb
index 962cf8e7..40507fb9 100644
--- a/test/bacon-ui/spec/view_spec.rb
+++ b/test/bacon-ui/spec/view_spec.rb
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ describe "UIView extensions" do
   end
 end
 
-describe "Bacon::Functional::API, concerning device events" do
+describe "Bacon::Functional::API, concerning view helpers shortcuts" do
   tests SimpleViewController
 
   it "finds a view by its accessibility label" do
@@ -120,6 +120,27 @@ describe "Bacon::Functional::API, concerning device events" do
     view(view).should == view
   end
 
+  it "finds a view on the current key window" do
+    begin
+      alert = UIAlertView.alloc.initWithTitle(nil,
+                                      message:'Overlapping all views',
+                                     delegate:nil,
+                            cancelButtonTitle:'OK',
+                            otherButtonTitles:nil)
+      alert.show
+      proper_wait(1)
+
+      alertWindow = UIApplication.sharedApplication.keyWindow
+      alertWindow.should.not == @window
+
+      view('OK').window.should == alertWindow
+      views(UIView).first.window.should == alertWindow
+
+    ensure
+      alert.dismissWithClickedButtonIndex(0, animated:false)
+    end
+  end
+
   it "raises if no view by label could be found after the `timeout` passes" do
     start = Time.now.to_i
     e = catch_bacon_error { view('Does not exist') }