diff --git a/bin/puma b/bin/puma
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/puma.gemspec b/puma.gemspec
index 21d68d5c..99caa9fe 100644
--- a/puma.gemspec
+++ b/puma.gemspec
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Evan Phoenix"]
-  s.date = "2011-11-22"
+  s.date = "2011-11-28"
   s.description = "Puma is a small library that provides a very fast and concurrent HTTP 1.1 server for Ruby web applications.  It is designed for running rack apps only.\n\nWhat makes Puma so fast is the careful use of an Ragel extension to provide fast, accurate HTTP 1.1 protocol parsing. This makes the server scream without too many portability issues."
   s.email = ["evan@phx.io"]
   s.executables = ["puma"]
   s.extensions = ["ext/puma_http11/extconf.rb"]
   s.extra_rdoc_files = ["History.txt", "Manifest.txt"]
-  s.files = ["COPYING", "Gemfile", "History.txt", "LICENSE", "Manifest.txt", "README.md", "Rakefile", "TODO", "bin/puma", "examples/builder.rb", "examples/camping/README", "examples/camping/blog.rb", "examples/camping/tepee.rb", "examples/httpd.conf", "examples/mime.yaml", "examples/mongrel.conf", "examples/monitrc", "examples/random_thrash.rb", "examples/simpletest.rb", "examples/webrick_compare.rb", "ext/puma_http11/PumaHttp11Service.java", "ext/puma_http11/ext_help.h", "ext/puma_http11/extconf.rb", "ext/puma_http11/http11_parser.c", "ext/puma_http11/http11_parser.h", "ext/puma_http11/http11_parser.java.rl", "ext/puma_http11/http11_parser.rl", "ext/puma_http11/http11_parser_common.rl", "ext/puma_http11/org/jruby/puma/Http11.java", "ext/puma_http11/org/jruby/puma/Http11Parser.java", "ext/puma_http11/puma_http11.c", "lib/puma.rb", "lib/puma/cli.rb", "lib/puma/const.rb", "lib/puma/events.rb", "lib/puma/gems.rb", "lib/puma/mime_types.yml", "lib/puma/rack_patch.rb", "lib/puma/server.rb", "lib/puma/thread_pool.rb", "lib/puma/utils.rb", "lib/rack/handler/puma.rb", "puma.gemspec", "tasks/gem.rake", "tasks/java.rake", "tasks/native.rake", "tasks/ragel.rake", "test/lobster.ru", "test/mime.yaml", "test/test_cli.rb", "test/test_http10.rb", "test/test_http11.rb", "test/test_persistent.rb", "test/test_rack_handler.rb", "test/test_rack_server.rb", "test/test_thread_pool.rb", "test/test_unix_socket.rb", "test/test_ws.rb", "test/testhelp.rb", "tools/trickletest.rb", ".gemtest"]
+  s.files = ["COPYING", "Gemfile", "History.txt", "LICENSE", "Manifest.txt", "README.md", "Rakefile", "TODO", "bin/puma", "examples/builder.rb", "examples/camping/README", "examples/camping/blog.rb", "examples/camping/tepee.rb", "examples/httpd.conf", "examples/mime.yaml", "examples/mongrel.conf", "examples/monitrc", "examples/random_thrash.rb", "examples/simpletest.rb", "examples/webrick_compare.rb", "ext/puma_http11/PumaHttp11Service.java", "ext/puma_http11/ext_help.h", "ext/puma_http11/extconf.rb", "ext/puma_http11/http11_parser.c", "ext/puma_http11/http11_parser.h", "ext/puma_http11/http11_parser.java.rl", "ext/puma_http11/http11_parser.rl", "ext/puma_http11/http11_parser_common.rl", "ext/puma_http11/org/jruby/puma/Http11.java", "ext/puma_http11/org/jruby/puma/Http11Parser.java", "ext/puma_http11/puma_http11.c", "lib/puma.rb", "lib/puma/cli.rb", "lib/puma/const.rb", "lib/puma/events.rb", "lib/puma/gems.rb", "lib/puma/mime_types.yml", "lib/puma/rack_patch.rb", "lib/puma/server.rb", "lib/puma/thread_pool.rb", "lib/puma/utils.rb", "lib/rack/handler/puma.rb", "puma.gemspec", "tasks/gem.rake", "tasks/java.rake", "tasks/native.rake", "tasks/ragel.rake", "test/lobster.ru", "test/mime.yaml", "test/test_cli.rb", "test/test_http10.rb", "test/test_http11.rb", "test/test_persistent.rb", "test/test_rack_handler.rb", "test/test_rack_server.rb", "test/test_thread_pool.rb", "test/test_unix_socket.rb", "test/test_ws.rb", "test/testhelp.rb", "tools/trickletest.rb"]
   s.rdoc_options = ["--main", "README.md"]
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
   s.rubyforge_project = "puma"
diff --git a/tasks/gem.rake b/tasks/gem.rake
index fe0f6760..4fa50e0d 100644
--- a/tasks/gem.rake
+++ b/tasks/gem.rake
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ HOE = Hoe.spec 'puma' do
   clean_globs.push('test_*.log', 'log')
 end
 
+# hoe/test and rake-compiler don't seem to play well together, so disable
+# hoe/test's .gemtest touch file thingy for now
+HOE.spec.files -= [".gemtest"]
+
 file "#{HOE.spec.name}.gemspec" => ['Rakefile', 'tasks/gem.rake'] do |t|
   puts "Generating #{t.name}"
   File.open(t.name, 'w') { |f| f.puts HOE.spec.to_ruby }