diff --git a/History b/History
index b175b79..530e930 100644
--- a/History
+++ b/History
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-== 0.4.5 2009-08-22
-  * default headers are now correctly passed (sporkd)
+== 0.4.5 2009-09-12
+* bug fixes
+  * Fixed class-level headers overwritten by cookie management code. Closes #19
+  * Fixed "superclass mismatch for class BlankSlate" error. Closes #20
+  * Fixed reading files as post data from the command line (vesan)
+* minor enhancements
+  * Timeout option added; will raise a Timeout::Error after the timeout has elapsed (attack). Closes #17
+    HTTParty.get "http://github.com", :timeout => 1
+  * Building gem with Jeweler
 
 == 0.4.4 2009-07-19
 * 2 minor update
@@ -131,4 +138,4 @@
 == 0.1.0 2008-07-27
 
 * 1 major enhancement:
-  * Initial release
+  * Initial release
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 71d151d..f7a662e 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,69 +1,70 @@
-require 'rubygems'
-require 'rake'
-
-begin
-  require 'jeweler'
-  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gem|
-    gem.name = "httparty"
-    gem.summary = %Q{Makes http fun! Also, makes consuming restful web services dead easy.}
-    gem.description = %Q{Makes http fun! Also, makes consuming restful web services dead easy.}
-    gem.email = "nunemaker@gmail.com"
-    gem.homepage = "http://httparty.rubyforge.org"
-    gem.authors = ["John Nunemaker"]
-    gem.add_dependency 'crack', '>= 0.1.1'
-    gem.add_development_dependency "rspec"
-    gem.post_install_message = "When you HTTParty, you must party hard!"
-    # gem is a Gem::Specification... see http://www.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20 for additional settings
-  end
-  Jeweler::RubyforgeTasks.new do |rubyforge|
-    rubyforge.doc_task = "rdoc"
-  end
-rescue LoadError
-  puts "Jeweler (or a dependency) not available. Install it with: sudo gem install jeweler"
-end
-
-require 'spec/rake/spectask'
-Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:spec) do |spec|
-  spec.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
-  spec.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
-end
-
-Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:rcov) do |spec|
-  spec.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
-  spec.pattern = 'spec/**/*_spec.rb'
-  spec.rcov = true
-end
-
-task :spec => :check_dependencies
-
-begin
-  require 'cucumber/rake/task'
-  Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:features)
-
-  task :features => :check_dependencies
-rescue LoadError
-  task :features do
-    abort "Cucumber is not available. In order to run features, you must: sudo gem install cucumber"
-  end
-end
-
-task :default => [:spec, :features]
-
-require 'rake/rdoctask'
-Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
-  if File.exist?('VERSION')
-    version = File.read('VERSION')
-  else
-    version = ""
-  end
-
-  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
-  rdoc.title = "httparty #{version}"
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README*')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
-end
-
-desc 'Upload website files to rubyforge'
-task :website do
-  sh %{rsync -av website/ jnunemaker@rubyforge.org:/var/www/gforge-projects/httparty}
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'rake'
+
+begin
+  require 'jeweler'
+  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gem|
+  gem.name = "httparty"
+  gem.summary = %Q{Makes http fun! Also, makes consuming restful web services dead easy.}
+  gem.description = %Q{Makes http fun! Also, makes consuming restful web services dead easy.}
+  gem.email = "nunemaker@gmail.com"
+  gem.homepage = "http://httparty.rubyforge.org"
+  gem.authors = ["John Nunemaker"]
+  gem.add_dependency 'crack', '>= 0.1.1'
+  gem.add_development_dependency "rspec", "1.2.8"
+  gem.post_install_message = "When you HTTParty, you must party hard!"
+  # gem is a Gem::Specification... see http://www.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20 for additional settings
+  end
+  Jeweler::RubyforgeTasks.new do |rubyforge|
+  rubyforge.doc_task = "rdoc"
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "Jeweler (or a dependency) not available. Install it with: sudo gem install jeweler"
+end
+
+require 'spec/rake/spectask'
+Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:spec) do |spec|
+spec.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
+spec.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
+spec.spec_opts = ['--options', 'spec/spec.opts']
+end
+
+Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:rcov) do |spec|
+spec.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
+spec.pattern = 'spec/**/*_spec.rb'
+spec.rcov = true
+end
+
+task :spec => :check_dependencies
+
+begin
+  require 'cucumber/rake/task'
+  Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:features)
+  
+  task :features => :check_dependencies
+rescue LoadError
+  task :features do
+  abort "Cucumber is not available. In order to run features, you must: sudo gem install cucumber"
+  end
+end
+
+task :default => [:spec, :features]
+
+require 'rake/rdoctask'
+Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
+if File.exist?('VERSION')
+  version = File.read('VERSION')
+else
+  version = ""
+end
+
+rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
+rdoc.title = "httparty #{version}"
+rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README*')
+rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
+end
+
+desc 'Upload website files to rubyforge'
+task :website do
+sh %{rsync -av website/ jnunemaker@rubyforge.org:/var/www/gforge-projects/httparty}
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6f2743d..c8a5397 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.4
+0.4.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/httparty b/bin/httparty
index 729cc8a..933a770 100755
--- a/bin/httparty
+++ b/bin/httparty
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ OptionParser.new do |o|
        "--data [BODY]",
        "Data to put in request body (prefix with '@' for file)") do |d|
     if d =~ /^@/
-      opts[:data] = open(d).read
+      opts[:data] = open(d[1..-1]).read
     else
       opts[:data] = d
     end
diff --git a/features/steps/env.rb b/features/steps/env.rb
index b85c79a..c75dcec 100644
--- a/features/steps/env.rb
+++ b/features/steps/env.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Before do
   @host_and_port = "0.0.0.0:#{port}"
   @server = Mongrel::HttpServer.new("0.0.0.0", port)
   @server.run
+  @request_options = {}
 end
 
 After do
diff --git a/features/steps/httparty_response_steps.rb b/features/steps/httparty_response_steps.rb
index f210cc6..684d0f5 100644
--- a/features/steps/httparty_response_steps.rb
+++ b/features/steps/httparty_response_steps.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Then /it should return a response with a (\d+) response code/ do |code|
   @response_from_httparty.code.should eql(code.to_i)
 end
 
-Then /it should raise an HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep exception/ do
+Then /it should raise (?:an|a) ([\w:]+) exception/ do |exception|
   @exception_from_httparty.should_not be_nil
-  @exception_from_httparty.class.should eql(HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep)
+  @exception_from_httparty.class.name.should eql(exception)
 end
diff --git a/features/steps/httparty_steps.rb b/features/steps/httparty_steps.rb
index 17c63dd..3a82c78 100644
--- a/features/steps/httparty_steps.rb
+++ b/features/steps/httparty_steps.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+When /^I set my HTTParty timeout option to (\d+)$/ do |timeout|
+  @request_options[:timeout] = timeout.to_i
+end
+
 When /I call HTTParty#get with '(.*)'$/ do |url|
   begin
-    @response_from_httparty = HTTParty.get("http://#{@host_and_port}#{url}")
-  rescue HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep => e
+    @response_from_httparty = HTTParty.get("http://#{@host_and_port}#{url}", @request_options)
+  rescue HTTParty::RedirectionTooDeep, Timeout::Error => e
     @exception_from_httparty = e
   end
 end
diff --git a/features/steps/mongrel_helper.rb b/features/steps/mongrel_helper.rb
index 3b78248..80b8d8c 100644
--- a/features/steps/mongrel_helper.rb
+++ b/features/steps/mongrel_helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 def basic_mongrel_handler
   Class.new(Mongrel::HttpHandler) do
-    attr_writer :content_type, :response_body, :response_code
+    attr_writer :content_type, :response_body, :response_code, :preprocessor
 
     def initialize
       @content_type = "text/html"
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ def basic_mongrel_handler
     end
 
     def process(request, response)
+      instance_eval &@preprocessor if @preprocessor
       reply_with(response, @response_code, @response_body)
     end
 
diff --git a/features/steps/remote_service_steps.rb b/features/steps/remote_service_steps.rb
index 08e205c..c806246 100644
--- a/features/steps/remote_service_steps.rb
+++ b/features/steps/remote_service_steps.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ Given /that service is accessed at the path '(.*)'/ do |path|
   @server.register(path, @handler)
 end
 
+Given /^that service takes (\d+) seconds to generate a response$/ do |time|
+  preprocessor = lambda { sleep time.to_i }
+  @handler.preprocessor = preprocessor
+end
+
 Given /the response from the service has a Content-Type of '(.*)'/ do |content_type|
   @handler.content_type = content_type
 end
diff --git a/features/supports_timeout_option.feature b/features/supports_timeout_option.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aab5f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/supports_timeout_option.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Feature: Supports the timeout option
+  In order to handle inappropriately slow response times
+  As a developer
+  I want my request to raise an exception after my specified timeout as elapsed
+
+  Scenario: A long running response
+    Given a remote service that returns '<h1>Some HTML</h1>'
+    And that service is accessed at the path '/service.html'
+    And that service takes 2 seconds to generate a response
+    When I set my HTTParty timeout option to 1
+    And I call HTTParty#get with '/service.html'
+    Then it should raise a Timeout::Error exception
diff --git a/httparty.gemspec b/httparty.gemspec
index d522dd7..9a6190f 100644
--- a/httparty.gemspec
+++ b/httparty.gemspec
@@ -1,26 +1,95 @@
+# Generated by jeweler
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
+# Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run `rake gemspec`
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{httparty}
-  s.version = "0.4.4"
+  s.version = "0.4.5"
 
-  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 1.2") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["John Nunemaker"]
-  s.date = %q{2009-07-19}
+  s.date = %q{2009-09-12}
   s.default_executable = %q{httparty}
   s.description = %q{Makes http fun! Also, makes consuming restful web services dead easy.}
   s.email = %q{nunemaker@gmail.com}
   s.executables = ["httparty"]
-  s.extra_rdoc_files = ["bin/httparty", "lib/httparty/cookie_hash.rb", "lib/httparty/core_extensions.rb", "lib/httparty/exceptions.rb", "lib/httparty/module_inheritable_attributes.rb", "lib/httparty/request.rb", "lib/httparty/response.rb", "lib/httparty/version.rb", "lib/httparty.rb", "README.rdoc"]
-  s.files = ["bin/httparty", "cucumber.yml", "examples/aaws.rb", "examples/basic.rb", "examples/delicious.rb", "examples/google.rb", "examples/rubyurl.rb", "examples/twitter.rb", "examples/whoismyrep.rb", "features/basic_authentication.feature", "features/command_line.feature", "features/deals_with_http_error_codes.feature", "features/handles_multiple_formats.feature", "features/steps/env.rb", "features/steps/httparty_response_steps.rb", "features/steps/httparty_steps.rb", "features/steps/mongrel_helper.rb", "features/steps/remote_service_steps.rb", "features/supports_redirection.feature", "History", "httparty.gemspec", "lib/httparty/cookie_hash.rb", "lib/httparty/core_extensions.rb", "lib/httparty/exceptions.rb", "lib/httparty/module_inheritable_attributes.rb", "lib/httparty/request.rb", "lib/httparty/response.rb", "lib/httparty/version.rb", "lib/httparty.rb", "Manifest", "MIT-LICENSE", "Rakefile", "README.rdoc", "spec/fixtures/delicious.xml", "spec/fixtures/empty.xml", "spec/fixtures/google.html", "spec/fixtures/twitter.json", "spec/fixtures/twitter.xml", "spec/fixtures/undefined_method_add_node_for_nil.xml", "spec/httparty/cookie_hash_spec.rb", "spec/httparty/request_spec.rb", "spec/httparty/response_spec.rb", "spec/httparty_spec.rb", "spec/spec.opts", "spec/spec_helper.rb", "website/css/common.css", "website/index.html"]
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = [
+    "README.rdoc"
+  ]
+  s.files = [
+    ".gitignore",
+     "History",
+     "MIT-LICENSE",
+     "Manifest",
+     "README.rdoc",
+     "Rakefile",
+     "VERSION",
+     "bin/httparty",
+     "cucumber.yml",
+     "examples/aaws.rb",
+     "examples/basic.rb",
+     "examples/delicious.rb",
+     "examples/google.rb",
+     "examples/rubyurl.rb",
+     "examples/twitter.rb",
+     "examples/whoismyrep.rb",
+     "features/basic_authentication.feature",
+     "features/command_line.feature",
+     "features/deals_with_http_error_codes.feature",
+     "features/handles_multiple_formats.feature",
+     "features/steps/env.rb",
+     "features/steps/httparty_response_steps.rb",
+     "features/steps/httparty_steps.rb",
+     "features/steps/mongrel_helper.rb",
+     "features/steps/remote_service_steps.rb",
+     "features/supports_redirection.feature",
+     "features/supports_timeout_option.feature",
+     "httparty.gemspec",
+     "lib/httparty.rb",
+     "lib/httparty/cookie_hash.rb",
+     "lib/httparty/core_extensions.rb",
+     "lib/httparty/exceptions.rb",
+     "lib/httparty/module_inheritable_attributes.rb",
+     "lib/httparty/request.rb",
+     "lib/httparty/response.rb",
+     "lib/httparty/version.rb",
+     "spec/fixtures/delicious.xml",
+     "spec/fixtures/empty.xml",
+     "spec/fixtures/google.html",
+     "spec/fixtures/twitter.json",
+     "spec/fixtures/twitter.xml",
+     "spec/fixtures/undefined_method_add_node_for_nil.xml",
+     "spec/httparty/cookie_hash_spec.rb",
+     "spec/httparty/request_spec.rb",
+     "spec/httparty/response_spec.rb",
+     "spec/httparty_spec.rb",
+     "spec/spec.opts",
+     "spec/spec_helper.rb",
+     "website/css/common.css",
+     "website/index.html"
+  ]
   s.has_rdoc = true
   s.homepage = %q{http://httparty.rubyforge.org}
   s.post_install_message = %q{When you HTTParty, you must party hard!}
-  s.rdoc_options = ["--line-numbers", "--inline-source", "--title", "Httparty", "--main", "README.rdoc"]
+  s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
-  s.rubyforge_project = %q{httparty}
   s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.1}
   s.summary = %q{Makes http fun! Also, makes consuming restful web services dead easy.}
+  s.test_files = [
+    "spec/httparty/cookie_hash_spec.rb",
+     "spec/httparty/request_spec.rb",
+     "spec/httparty/response_spec.rb",
+     "spec/httparty_spec.rb",
+     "spec/spec_helper.rb",
+     "examples/aaws.rb",
+     "examples/basic.rb",
+     "examples/delicious.rb",
+     "examples/google.rb",
+     "examples/rubyurl.rb",
+     "examples/twitter.rb",
+     "examples/whoismyrep.rb"
+  ]
 
   if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
     current_version = Gem::Specification::CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
@@ -28,13 +97,13 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<crack>, [">= 0.1.1"])
-      s.add_development_dependency(%q<echoe>, [">= 0"])
+      s.add_development_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["= 1.2.8"])
     else
       s.add_dependency(%q<crack>, [">= 0.1.1"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<echoe>, [">= 0"])
+      s.add_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["= 1.2.8"])
     end
   else
     s.add_dependency(%q<crack>, [">= 0.1.1"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<echoe>, [">= 0"])
+    s.add_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["= 1.2.8"])
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/httparty.rb b/lib/httparty.rb
index 8bb6b4b..d6b9d62 100644
--- a/lib/httparty.rb
+++ b/lib/httparty.rb
@@ -172,11 +172,9 @@ module HTTParty
       end
 
       def process_cookies(options) #:nodoc:
-        return unless options[:cookies] || default_cookies
-        options[:headers] ||= {}
-        options[:headers]["cookie"] = cookies.merge(options[:cookies] || {}).to_cookie_string
-
-        options.delete(:cookies)
+        return unless options[:cookies] || default_cookies.any?
+        options[:headers] ||= headers.dup
+        options[:headers]["cookie"] = cookies.merge(options.delete(:cookies) || {}).to_cookie_string
       end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/httparty/request.rb b/lib/httparty/request.rb
index 8d44d87..2352362 100644
--- a/lib/httparty/request.rb
+++ b/lib/httparty/request.rb
@@ -41,10 +41,15 @@ module HTTParty
     end
 
     private
+
       def http
         http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port, options[:http_proxyaddr], options[:http_proxyport])
         http.use_ssl = (uri.port == 443)
         http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
+        if options[:timeout] && options[:timeout].is_a?(Integer)
+          http.open_timeout = options[:timeout]
+          http.read_timeout = options[:timeout]
+        end
         http
       end
 
@@ -130,6 +135,15 @@ module HTTParty
         end
       end
             
+      def capture_cookies(response)
+        return unless response['Set-Cookie']
+        cookies_hash = HTTParty::CookieHash.new()
+        cookies_hash.add_cookies(options[:headers]['Cookie']) if options[:headers] && options[:headers]['Cookie']
+        cookies_hash.add_cookies(response['Set-Cookie'])
+        options[:headers] ||= {}
+        options[:headers]['Cookie'] = cookies_hash.to_cookie_string
+      end
+      
       def capture_cookies(response)
         return unless response['Set-Cookie']
         cookies_hash = HTTParty::CookieHash.new()
diff --git a/spec/httparty/request_spec.rb b/spec/httparty/request_spec.rb
index 2961010..e875822 100644
--- a/spec/httparty/request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/httparty/request_spec.rb
@@ -46,8 +46,26 @@ describe HTTParty::Request do
       @request.send(:setup_raw_request)
       @request.instance_variable_get(:@raw_request)['authorization'].should_not be_nil
     end
+
+    context "when setting timeout" do
+      it "does nothing if the timeout option is a string" do
+        http = mock("http", :null_object => true)
+        http.should_not_receive(:open_timeout=)
+        http.should_not_receive(:read_timeout=)
+        Net::HTTP.stub(:new => http)
+
+        request = HTTParty::Request.new(Net::HTTP::Get, 'https://foobar.com', {:timeout => "five seconds"})
+        request.send(:http)
+      end
+
+      it "sets the timeout to 5 seconds" do
+        @request.options[:timeout] = 5
+        @request.send(:http).open_timeout.should == 5
+        @request.send(:http).read_timeout.should == 5
+      end
+    end
   end
-  
+
   describe '#format_from_mimetype' do
     it 'should handle text/xml' do
       ["text/xml", "text/xml; charset=iso8859-1"].each do |ct|
diff --git a/spec/httparty_spec.rb b/spec/httparty_spec.rb
index 362d6fe..65d1d22 100644
--- a/spec/httparty_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/httparty_spec.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'spec_helper'))
 
-class CustomParser
-  def self.parse(body)
-    return {:sexy => true}
-  end
-end
-
 describe HTTParty do
   before(:each) do
     @klass = Class.new
@@ -57,35 +51,51 @@ describe HTTParty do
   end
   
   describe "headers" do
-    def expect_header(type, value)
+    def expect_headers(header={})
       HTTParty::Request.should_receive(:new) \
-        .with(anything, anything, hash_including({ :headers => { type => value, "cookie" => "" } })) \
+        .with(anything, anything, hash_including({ :headers => header })) \
         .and_return(mock("mock response", :perform => nil))
     end
-    
+
     it "should default to empty hash" do
       @klass.headers.should == {}
     end
-    
+
     it "should be able to be updated" do
       init_headers = {:foo => 'bar', :baz => 'spax'}
       @klass.headers init_headers
       @klass.headers.should == init_headers
     end
-    
-    describe "when a header is set at the class level" do
-      before(:each) do
-        @klass.headers({ 'Content-Type' => 'application/json' })
+
+    it "uses the class headers when sending a request" do
+      expect_headers(:foo => 'bar')
+      @klass.headers(:foo => 'bar')
+      @klass.get('')
+    end
+
+    it "overwrites class headers when passing in headers" do
+      expect_headers(:baz => 'spax')
+      @klass.headers(:foo => 'bar')
+      @klass.get('', :headers => {:baz => 'spax'})
+    end
+
+    context "with cookies" do
+      it 'utilizes the class-level cookies' do
+        expect_headers(:foo => 'bar', 'cookie' => 'type=snickerdoodle')
+        @klass.headers(:foo => 'bar')
+        @klass.cookies(:type => 'snickerdoodle')
+        @klass.get('')
       end
-      
-      it "should include that header in a get request" do
-        expect_header "Content-Type", "application/json"
-        @klass.get("")
+
+      it 'adds cookies to the headers' do
+        expect_headers(:foo => 'bar', 'cookie' => 'type=snickerdoodle')
+        @klass.headers(:foo => 'bar')
+        @klass.get('', :cookies => {:type => 'snickerdoodle'})
       end
-      
-      it "should include that header in a post request" do
-        expect_header "Content-Type", "application/json"
-        @klass.post("")
+
+      it 'adds optional cookies to the optional headers' do
+        expect_headers(:baz => 'spax', 'cookie' => 'type=snickerdoodle')
+        @klass.get('', :cookies => {:type => 'snickerdoodle'}, :headers => {:baz => 'spax'})
       end
     end
   end
@@ -180,22 +190,6 @@ describe HTTParty do
     end
   end
   
-  describe "parser" do
-    before(:each) do
-      @klass.parser Proc.new{ |data| CustomParser.parse(data) }
-    end
-    
-    it "should set parser options" do
-      @klass.default_options[:parser].class.should == Proc
-    end
-
-    it "should be able parse response with custom parser" do
-      stub_http_response_with 'twitter.xml'
-      custom_parsed_response = @klass.get('http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.xml')
-      custom_parsed_response[:sexy].should == true
-    end
-  end
-  
   describe "format" do
     it "should allow xml" do
       @klass.format :xml
@@ -331,4 +325,4 @@ describe HTTParty do
       result.should == nil
     end
   end
-end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/spec.opts b/spec/spec.opts
index 7113a85..5779d62 100644
--- a/spec/spec.opts
+++ b/spec/spec.opts
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
---format
-  progress
 --colour
+--format specdoc
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 1321a8d..b95aedd 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-require 'rubygems'
-gem 'rspec', '>= 1.2.8'
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib', 'httparty')
+gem 'rspec', '1.2.8'
 gem 'fakeweb'
-require 'spec'
+require 'spec/autorun'
 require 'fakeweb'
 
 FakeWeb.allow_net_connect = false
 
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib', 'httparty')
-
 def file_fixture(filename)
   open(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'fixtures', "#{filename.to_s}")).read
 end