diff --git a/lib/awesome_print/ext/action_view.rb b/lib/awesome_print/ext/action_view.rb
index 72997cd..7ceaa9b 100644
--- a/lib/awesome_print/ext/action_view.rb
+++ b/lib/awesome_print/ext/action_view.rb
@@ -5,13 +5,17 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module AwesomePrint
   module ActionView
-
     # Use HTML colors and add default "debug_dump" class to the resulting HTML.
     def ap_debug(object, options = {})
-      object.ai(options.merge(:html => true)).sub(/^<pre([\s>])/, '<pre class="debug_dump"\\1')
+      object.ai(
+        options.merge(html: true)
+      ).sub(
+        /^<pre([\s>])/,
+        '<pre class="debug_dump"\\1'
+      )
     end
 
-    alias_method :ap, :ap_debug
+    alias ap ap_debug
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/awesome_print/inspector.rb b/lib/awesome_print/inspector.rb
index 8171e74..2a226b7 100644
--- a/lib/awesome_print/inspector.rb
+++ b/lib/awesome_print/inspector.rb
@@ -137,11 +137,18 @@ module AwesomePrint
       @options.merge!(options)
     end
 
+    # This method needs to be mocked during testing so that it always loads
+    # predictable values
+    #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    def load_dotfile
+      dotfile = File.join(ENV['HOME'], '.aprc')
+      load dotfile if File.readable?(dotfile)
+    end
+
     # Load ~/.aprc file with custom defaults that override default options.
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def merge_custom_defaults!
-      dotfile = File.join(ENV['HOME'], '.aprc')
-      load dotfile if File.readable?(dotfile)
+      load_dotfile
       merge_options!(AwesomePrint.defaults) if AwesomePrint.defaults.is_a?(Hash)
     rescue => e
       $stderr.puts "Could not load #{dotfile}: #{e}"
diff --git a/spec/colors_spec.rb b/spec/colors_spec.rb
index 16d859b..bca11cb 100644
--- a/spec/colors_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/colors_spec.rb
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint" do
     end
   end
 
-  before do
-    stub_dotfile!
-  end
-
   describe "colorization" do
     PLAIN = '[ 1, :two, "three", [ nil, [ true, false ] ] ]'
     COLORIZED = "[ \e[1;34m1\e[0m, \e[0;36m:two\e[0m, \e[0;33m\"three\"\e[0m, [ \e[1;31mnil\e[0m, [ \e[1;32mtrue\e[0m, \e[1;31mfalse\e[0m ] ] ]"
@@ -67,7 +63,7 @@ RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint" do
       before do
         AwesomePrint.force_colors!
       end
-      
+
       it "still colorizes tty processes" do
         stub_tty!
         expect(@arr.ai(:multiline => false)).to eq(COLORIZED)
@@ -82,7 +78,7 @@ RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint" do
           ENV['ANSICON'] = term
         end
       end
-      
+
       it "colorizes dumb terminals" do
         begin
           stub_tty!
diff --git a/spec/ext/active_record_spec.rb b/spec/ext/active_record_spec.rb
index 958aad7..eff9d67 100644
--- a/spec/ext/active_record_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ext/active_record_spec.rb
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 require 'active_record_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint/ActiveRecord", skip: ->{ !ExtVerifier.has_rails? }.call do
-
-  before do
-    stub_dotfile!
-  end
-
-  #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   describe "ActiveRecord instance, attributes only (default)" do
     before do
       ActiveRecord::Base.default_timezone = :utc
diff --git a/spec/ext/active_support_spec.rb b/spec/ext/active_support_spec.rb
index f6f3ad7..f2eb7af 100644
--- a/spec/ext/active_support_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ext/active_support_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint::ActiveSupport", skip: ->{ !ExtVerifier.has_rails? }.call do
   before do
-    stub_dotfile!
     @ap = AwesomePrint::Inspector.new
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/ext/mongo_mapper_spec.rb b/spec/ext/mongo_mapper_spec.rb
index 4608610..690b757 100644
--- a/spec/ext/mongo_mapper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ext/mongo_mapper_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint/MongoMapper", skip: ->{ !ExtVerifier.has_mongo_mapper? }.call do
-
   if ExtVerifier.has_mongo_mapper?
     before :all do
       class MongoUser
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint/MongoMapper", skip: ->{ !ExtVerifier.has_mongo_mapp
   end
 
   before do
-    stub_dotfile!
     @ap = AwesomePrint::Inspector.new(:plain => true, :sort_keys => true)
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/ext/mongoid_spec.rb b/spec/ext/mongoid_spec.rb
index 97fbf05..75fab5a 100644
--- a/spec/ext/mongoid_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ext/mongoid_spec.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint/Mongoid", skip: ->{ !ExtVerifier.has_mongoid? }.cal
   end
 
   before do
-    stub_dotfile!
     @ap = AwesomePrint::Inspector.new :plain => true, :sort_keys => true
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/ext/nobrainer_spec.rb b/spec/ext/nobrainer_spec.rb
index a6a6ddd..b9d4b41 100644
--- a/spec/ext/nobrainer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ext/nobrainer_spec.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint/NoBrainer", skip: ->{ !ExtVerifier.has_nobrainer? }
   end
 
   before do
-    stub_dotfile!
     @ap = AwesomePrint::Inspector.new :plain => true
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/ext/nokogiri_spec.rb b/spec/ext/nokogiri_spec.rb
index 466059b..47c1263 100644
--- a/spec/ext/nokogiri_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ext/nokogiri_spec.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint/Nokogiri" do
-  before do
-    stub_dotfile!
-  end
-
   it "should colorize tags" do
     xml = Nokogiri::XML('<html><body><h1></h1></body></html>')
     expect(xml.ai).to eq  <<-EOS
diff --git a/spec/ext/ostruct_spec.rb b/spec/ext/ostruct_spec.rb
index d58c2fe..6fe4c6a 100644
--- a/spec/ext/ostruct_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ext/ostruct_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe 'AwesomePrint Ostruct extension' do
   before do
-    stub_dotfile!
     @ap = AwesomePrint::Inspector.new(:plain => true, :sort_keys => true)
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/ext/ripple_spec.rb b/spec/ext/ripple_spec.rb
index 9c35372..7d5623a 100644
--- a/spec/ext/ripple_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ext/ripple_spec.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ RSpec.describe 'AwesomePrint/Ripple', skip: ->{ !ExtVerifier.has_ripple? }.call
   end
 
   before do
-    stub_dotfile!
     @ap = AwesomePrint::Inspector.new :plain => true, :sort_keys => true
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/formats_spec.rb b/spec/formats_spec.rb
index 5d6fde3..371363b 100644
--- a/spec/formats_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/formats_spec.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ require "rational"
 require "set"
 
 RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint" do
-  before do
-    stub_dotfile!
-  end
-
   describe "Array" do
     before do
       @arr = [ 1, :two, "three", [ nil, [ true, false] ] ]
diff --git a/spec/methods_spec.rb b/spec/methods_spec.rb
index f837a30..2297126 100644
--- a/spec/methods_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/methods_spec.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe "Single method" do
-  before do
-    stub_dotfile!
-  end
-
   after do
     Object.instance_eval{ remove_const :Hello } if defined?(Hello)
   end
@@ -81,10 +77,6 @@ RSpec.describe "Single method" do
 end
 
 RSpec.describe "Object methods" do
-  before do
-    stub_dotfile!
-  end
-
   after do
     Object.instance_eval{ remove_const :Hello } if defined?(Hello)
   end
@@ -203,10 +195,6 @@ RSpec.describe "Object methods" do
 end
 
 RSpec.describe "Class methods" do
-  before do
-    stub_dotfile!
-  end
-
   after do
     Object.instance_eval{ remove_const :Hello } if defined?(Hello)
   end
diff --git a/spec/misc_spec.rb b/spec/misc_spec.rb
index 60f51c7..5b99dae 100644
--- a/spec/misc_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/misc_spec.rb
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint" do
 
   describe "Misc" do
-    before do
-      stub_dotfile!
-    end
-
     it "handle weird objects that return nil on inspect" do
       weird = Class.new do
         def inspect
@@ -80,10 +76,6 @@ RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint" do
 
   #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   describe "HTML output" do
-    before do
-      stub_dotfile!
-    end
-
     it "wraps ap output with plain <pre> tag" do
       markup = rand
       expect(markup.ai(:html => true, :plain => true)).to eq("<pre>#{markup}</pre>")
@@ -129,10 +121,6 @@ RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint" do
 
   #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   describe "AwesomePrint.defaults" do
-    before do
-      stub_dotfile!
-    end
-
     after do
       AwesomePrint.defaults = nil
     end
@@ -154,10 +142,6 @@ RSpec.describe "AwesomePrint" do
 
   #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   describe "Coexistence with the colorize gem" do
-    before do
-      stub_dotfile!
-    end
-
     before do # Redefine String#red just like colorize gem does it.
       @awesome_method = "".method(:red)
 
diff --git a/spec/objects_spec.rb b/spec/objects_spec.rb
index aa3f476..e9ede9c 100644
--- a/spec/objects_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/objects_spec.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe "Objects" do
-  before do
-    stub_dotfile!
-  end
-
   after do
     Object.instance_eval{ remove_const :Hello } if defined?(Hello)
   end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index b9d65c2..55cdb03 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -23,8 +23,17 @@ Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/support/**/*.rb'].each do |file|
   require file
 end
 
-ExtVerifier.require_dependencies!(%w{rails active_record action_view
-                                  active_support/all mongoid mongo_mapper ripple nobrainer})
+ExtVerifier.require_dependencies!(
+  %w(
+    rails
+    active_record
+    action_view
+    active_support/all
+    mongoid
+    mongo_mapper
+    ripple nobrainer
+  )
+)
 require 'nokogiri'
 require 'awesome_print'
 
@@ -42,8 +51,13 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
     mocks.syntax = :expect
     mocks.verify_partial_doubles = true
   end
-  if config.files_to_run.one?
-    config.default_formatter = 'doc'
+
+  config.default_formatter = 'doc' if config.files_to_run.one?
+
+  # Run before all examples. Using suite or all will not work as stubs are
+  # killed after each example ends.
+  config.before(:each) do |_example|
+    stub_dotfile!
   end
 end
 
@@ -71,13 +85,14 @@ def normalize_object_id_strings(str, options)
 end
 
 def stub_dotfile!
-  dotfile = File.join(ENV['HOME'], '.aprc')
-  allow(File).to receive(:readable?).and_call_original
-  expect(File).to receive(:readable?).at_least(:once).with(dotfile).and_return(false)
+  allow_any_instance_of(AwesomePrint::Inspector)
+    .to receive(:load_dotfile)
+    .and_return(true)
 end
 
 def capture!
-  standard, $stdout = $stdout, StringIO.new
+  standard = $stdout
+  $stdout = StringIO.new
   yield
 ensure
   $stdout = standard