diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index bb52c98..6b4dbf1 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,4 +1,24 @@
 require 'rake'
+
+require 'jeweler'
+
+Jeweler::Tasks.new do |s|
+	s.name = "rest-client"
+	s.description = "A simple REST client for Ruby, inspired by the Sinatra microframework style of specifying actions: get, put, post, delete."
+	s.summary = "Simple REST client for Ruby, inspired by microframework syntax for specifying actions."
+	s.author = "Adam Wiggins"
+	s.email = "adam@heroku.com"
+	s.homepage = "http://rest-client.heroku.com/"
+	s.rubyforge_project = "rest-client"
+	s.has_rdoc = true
+	s.files = FileList["[A-Z]*", "{bin,lib,spec}/**/*"]
+	s.executables = %w(restclient)
+end
+
+Jeweler::RubyforgeTasks.new
+
+############################
+
 require 'spec/rake/spectask'
 
 desc "Run all specs"
@@ -22,54 +42,9 @@ end
 
 task :default => :spec
 
-######################################################
+############################
 
-require 'rake'
-require 'rake/testtask'
-require 'rake/clean'
-require 'rake/gempackagetask'
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
-require 'fileutils'
-
-version = "1.0.1"
-name = "rest-client"
-
-spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
-	s.name = name
-	s.version = version
-	s.summary = "Simple REST client for Ruby, inspired by microframework syntax for specifying actions."
-	s.description = "A simple REST client for Ruby, inspired by the Sinatra microframework style of specifying actions: get, put, post, delete."
-	s.author = "Adam Wiggins"
-	s.email = "adam@heroku.com"
-	s.homepage = "http://rest-client.heroku.com/"
-	s.rubyforge_project = "rest-client"
-
-	s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
-	s.has_rdoc = true
-	
-	s.files = %w(Rakefile README.rdoc) + Dir.glob("{lib,spec}/**/*")
-	s.executables = ['restclient']
-	
-	s.require_path = "lib"
-end
-
-Rake::GemPackageTask.new(spec) do |p|
-	p.need_tar = true if RUBY_PLATFORM !~ /mswin/
-end
-
-task :install => [ :package ] do
-	sh %{sudo gem install pkg/#{name}-#{version}.gem}
-end
-
-task :uninstall => [ :clean ] do
-	sh %{sudo gem uninstall #{name}}
-end
-
-Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
-	t.libs << "spec"
-	t.test_files = FileList['spec/*_spec.rb']
-	t.verbose = true
-end
 
 Rake::RDocTask.new do |t|
 	t.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
@@ -81,5 +56,3 @@ Rake::RDocTask.new do |t|
 	t.rdoc_files.include('lib/restclient/*.rb')
 end
 
-CLEAN.include [ 'pkg', '*.gem', '.config' ]
-
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d7de6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0.2
diff --git a/rest-client.gemspec b/rest-client.gemspec
index 41f8a05..6938046 100644
--- a/rest-client.gemspec
+++ b/rest-client.gemspec
@@ -1,22 +1,66 @@
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
-    s.name = "rest-client"
-    s.version = "1.0.1"
-    s.summary = "Simple REST client for Ruby, inspired by microframework syntax for specifying actions."
-    s.description = "A simple REST client for Ruby, inspired by the Sinatra microframework style of specifying actions: get, put, post, delete."
-    s.author = "Adam Wiggins"
-    s.email = "adam@heroku.com"
-    s.rubyforge_project = "rest-client"
-    s.homepage = "http://rest-client.heroku.com/"
-    s.has_rdoc = true
-    s.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
-    s.files = %w(Rakefile README.rdoc rest-client.gemspec
-                 lib/rest_client.rb lib/restclient.rb
-                 lib/restclient/request.rb lib/restclient/response.rb
-                 lib/restclient/exceptions.rb lib/restclient/resource.rb
-                 lib/restclient/mixin/response.rb
-                 spec/base.rb spec/request_spec.rb spec/response_spec.rb
-                 spec/exceptions_spec.rb spec/resource_spec.rb spec/restclient_spec.rb
-                 bin/restclient)
-    s.executables = ['restclient']
-    s.require_path = "lib"
+  s.name = %q{rest-client}
+  s.version = "1.0.2"
+
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.authors = ["Adam Wiggins"]
+  s.date = %q{2009-06-20}
+  s.default_executable = %q{restclient}
+  s.description = %q{A simple REST client for Ruby, inspired by the Sinatra microframework style of specifying actions: get, put, post, delete.}
+  s.email = %q{adam@heroku.com}
+  s.executables = ["restclient"]
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = [
+    "README.rdoc"
+  ]
+  s.files = [
+    "README.rdoc",
+     "Rakefile",
+     "VERSION",
+     "bin/restclient",
+     "lib/rest_client.rb",
+     "lib/restclient.rb",
+     "lib/restclient/exceptions.rb",
+     "lib/restclient/mixin/response.rb",
+     "lib/restclient/raw_response.rb",
+     "lib/restclient/request.rb",
+     "lib/restclient/resource.rb",
+     "lib/restclient/response.rb",
+     "spec/base.rb",
+     "spec/exceptions_spec.rb",
+     "spec/mixin/response_spec.rb",
+     "spec/raw_response_spec.rb",
+     "spec/request_spec.rb",
+     "spec/resource_spec.rb",
+     "spec/response_spec.rb",
+     "spec/restclient_spec.rb"
+  ]
+  s.has_rdoc = true
+  s.homepage = %q{http://rest-client.heroku.com/}
+  s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+  s.rubyforge_project = %q{rest-client}
+  s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.1}
+  s.summary = %q{Simple REST client for Ruby, inspired by microframework syntax for specifying actions.}
+  s.test_files = [
+    "spec/base.rb",
+     "spec/exceptions_spec.rb",
+     "spec/mixin/response_spec.rb",
+     "spec/raw_response_spec.rb",
+     "spec/request_spec.rb",
+     "spec/resource_spec.rb",
+     "spec/response_spec.rb",
+     "spec/restclient_spec.rb"
+  ]
+
+  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
+    current_version = Gem::Specification::CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
+    s.specification_version = 2
+
+    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+    else
+    end
+  else
+  end
 end