diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 248513af..3bec8332 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ Gemfile.lock
 *.swp
 dump.rdb
 .rbx
+coverage/
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index abd93750..38bf32fe 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-$TESTING = true
-if false
+if ENV.has_key?("SIMPLECOV")
   require 'simplecov'
   SimpleCov.start
 end