diff --git a/spec/awesome_print_spec.rb b/spec/awesome_print_spec.rb
index 30ad903..6b54503 100644
--- a/spec/awesome_print_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/awesome_print_spec.rb
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ EOS
     it "inherited from File should be displayed as File" do
       class My < File; end
 
-      my = File.new('nul')
+      my = File.new('/dev/null') rescue File.new('nul')
       my.ai(:plain => true).should == "#{my.inspect}\n" << `ls -alF #{my.path}`.chop
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/logger_spec.rb b/spec/logger_spec.rb
index c1f5159..79b8341 100644
--- a/spec/logger_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/logger_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require 'ap/core_ext/logger'
 
 describe "AwesomePrint logging extensions" do
   before(:all) do
-    @logger = Logger.new('nul')
+    @logger = Logger.new('/dev/null') #rescue Logger.new('nul')
   end
 
   describe "ap method" do