diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a542c38..932858e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 .idea
-pkg
-doc
\ No newline at end of file
+doc
+*.gem
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Manifest.txt b/Manifest.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c1366d..0000000
--- a/Manifest.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-History.txt
-Manifest.txt
-README.rdoc
-Rakefile
-lib/rhino.rb
-lib/rhino/context.rb
-lib/rhino/java.rb
-lib/rhino/native_function.rb
-lib/rhino/native_object.rb
-lib/rhino/object.rb
-lib/rhino/rhino-1.7R2.jar
-lib/rhino/ruby_function.rb
-lib/rhino/ruby_object.rb
-lib/rhino/wormhole.rb
-script/console
-script/destroy
-script/generate
-spec/redjs/README.txt
-spec/redjs/jsapi_spec.rb
-spec/redjs_helper.rb
-spec/rhino/context_spec.rb
-spec/rhino/wormhole_spec.rb
-spec/spec.opts
-spec/spec_helper.rb
-tasks/jruby.rake
-tasks/rspec.rake
-therubyrhino.gemspec
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 7b8cfd8..b0bdc48 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,21 +1,36 @@
 require 'rubygems'
-gem 'hoe', '>= 2.1.0'
-require 'hoe'
-require 'fileutils'
 require './lib/rhino'
-
-Hoe.plugin :newgem
-
-# Generate all the Rake tasks
-# Run 'rake -T' to see list of generated tasks (from gem root directory)
-$hoe = Hoe.spec 'therubyrhino' do
-  self.developer 'Charles Lowell', 'cowboyd@thefrontside.net'
-  self.rubyforge_name   = self.name 
-  self.summary          = "Embed the Rhino Javascript engine into JRuby"
-
-  self.spec_extras['platform'] = 'jruby' # JRuby gem created, e.g. therubyrhino-X.Y.Z-jruby.gem
+Gem::Specification.new do |gemspec|
+  $gemspec = gemspec
+  gemspec.name = gemspec.rubyforge_project = "therubyrhino"
+  gemspec.version = Rhino::VERSION
+  gemspec.summary = "Embed the Rhino JavaScript interpreter into JRuby"
+  gemspec.description = "Call javascript code and manipulate javascript objects from ruby. Call ruby code and manipulate ruby objects from javascript."
+  gemspec.email = "cowboyd@thefrontside.net"
+  gemspec.homepage = "http://github.com/cowboyd/therubyrhino"
+  gemspec.authors = ["Charles Lowell"]
+  gemspec.extra_rdoc_files = ["README.rdoc"]
+  gemspec.files = Rake::FileList.new("**/*").tap do |manifest|
+    manifest.exclude "*.gem"
+  end
 end
 
-require 'newgem/tasks'
-Dir['tasks/**/*.rake'].each { |t| load t }
+desc "Build gem"
+task :gem => :gemspec do
+  Gem::Builder.new($gemspec).build
+end
 
+desc "build the gemspec"
+task :gemspec => :clean do
+  File.open("#{$gemspec.name}.gemspec", "w") do |f|
+    f.write($gemspec.to_ruby)
+  end
+end
+
+task :clean do
+  sh "rm -rf *.gem"
+end
+
+for file in Dir['tasks/*.rake']
+  load file
+end
diff --git a/lib/rhino.rb b/lib/rhino.rb
index 21f272d..966be10 100644
--- a/lib/rhino.rb
+++ b/lib/rhino.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__)) unless
 
 
 module Rhino
-  VERSION = '1.72.6'
+  VERSION = '1.72.7.pre'
   require 'rhino/java'
   require 'rhino/object'
   require 'rhino/context'
diff --git a/script/console b/script/console
deleted file mode 100755
index 6480595..0000000
--- a/script/console
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env jruby
-# File: script/console
-irb = RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /(:?mswin|mingw)/ ? 'irb.bat' : 'irb'
-
-libs =  " -r irb/completion"
-# Perhaps use a console_lib to store any extra methods I may want available in the cosole
-# libs << " -r #{File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib/console_lib/console_logger.rb'}"
-libs <<  " -r #{File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib/rhino.rb'}"
-puts "Loading therubyrhino gem"
-exec "#{irb} #{libs} --simple-prompt"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/script/destroy b/script/destroy
deleted file mode 100755
index e48464d..0000000
--- a/script/destroy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-APP_ROOT = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..'))
-
-begin
-  require 'rubigen'
-rescue LoadError
-  require 'rubygems'
-  require 'rubigen'
-end
-require 'rubigen/scripts/destroy'
-
-ARGV.shift if ['--help', '-h'].include?(ARGV[0])
-RubiGen::Base.use_component_sources! [:rubygems, :newgem, :newgem_theme, :test_unit]
-RubiGen::Scripts::Destroy.new.run(ARGV)
diff --git a/script/generate b/script/generate
deleted file mode 100755
index c27f655..0000000
--- a/script/generate
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-APP_ROOT = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..'))
-
-begin
-  require 'rubigen'
-rescue LoadError
-  require 'rubygems'
-  require 'rubigen'
-end
-require 'rubigen/scripts/generate'
-
-ARGV.shift if ['--help', '-h'].include?(ARGV[0])
-RubiGen::Base.use_component_sources! [:rubygems, :newgem, :newgem_theme, :test_unit]
-RubiGen::Scripts::Generate.new.run(ARGV)
diff --git a/therubyrhino.gemspec b/therubyrhino.gemspec
index 2f58248..22649ec 100644
--- a/therubyrhino.gemspec
+++ b/therubyrhino.gemspec
@@ -2,36 +2,28 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{therubyrhino}
-  s.version = "1.72.6"
-  s.platform = %q{jruby}
+  s.version = "1.72.7.pre"
 
-  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new("> 1.3.1") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Charles Lowell"]
   s.date = %q{2010-08-10}
-  s.description = %q{Embed the Mozilla Rhino Javascript interpreter into Ruby}
-  s.email = ["cowboyd@thefrontside.net"]
-  s.extra_rdoc_files = ["History.txt", "Manifest.txt"]
-  s.files = ["History.txt", "Manifest.txt", "README.rdoc", "Rakefile", "lib/rhino.rb", "lib/rhino/context.rb", "lib/rhino/java.rb", "lib/rhino/native_function.rb", "lib/rhino/native_object.rb", "lib/rhino/object.rb", "lib/rhino/rhino-1.7R2.jar", "lib/rhino/ruby_function.rb", "lib/rhino/ruby_object.rb", "lib/rhino/wormhole.rb", "script/console", "script/destroy", "script/generate", "spec/redjs/README.txt", "spec/redjs/jsapi_spec.rb", "spec/redjs_helper.rb", "spec/rhino/context_spec.rb", "spec/rhino/wormhole_spec.rb", "spec/spec.opts", "spec/spec_helper.rb", "tasks/jruby.rake", "tasks/rspec.rake", "therubyrhino.gemspec"]
+  s.description = %q{Call javascript code and manipulate javascript objects from ruby. Call ruby code and manipulate ruby objects from javascript.}
+  s.email = %q{cowboyd@thefrontside.net}
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = ["README.rdoc"]
+  s.files = ["History.txt", "lib", "Rakefile", "README.rdoc", "spec", "tasks", "therubyrhino.gemspec", "lib/rhino", "lib/rhino.rb", "lib/rhino/context.rb", "lib/rhino/java.rb", "lib/rhino/native_function.rb", "lib/rhino/native_object.rb", "lib/rhino/object.rb", "lib/rhino/rhino-1.7R2.jar", "lib/rhino/ruby_function.rb", "lib/rhino/ruby_object.rb", "lib/rhino/wormhole.rb", "spec/redjs", "spec/redjs_helper.rb", "spec/rhino", "spec/spec.opts", "spec/spec_helper.rb", "spec/redjs/jsapi_spec.rb", "spec/redjs/README.txt", "spec/rhino/context_spec.rb", "spec/rhino/wormhole_spec.rb", "tasks/jruby.rake", "tasks/rspec.rake"]
   s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/cowboyd/therubyrhino}
-  s.rdoc_options = ["--main", "README.rdoc"]
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
   s.rubyforge_project = %q{therubyrhino}
   s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.6}
-  s.summary = %q{Embed the Rhino Javascript engine into JRuby}
+  s.summary = %q{Embed the Rhino JavaScript interpreter into JRuby}
 
   if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
     current_version = Gem::Specification::CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
     s.specification_version = 3
 
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
-      s.add_development_dependency(%q<rubyforge>, [">= 2.0.4"])
-      s.add_development_dependency(%q<hoe>, [">= 2.6.1"])
     else
-      s.add_dependency(%q<rubyforge>, [">= 2.0.4"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<hoe>, [">= 2.6.1"])
     end
   else
-    s.add_dependency(%q<rubyforge>, [">= 2.0.4"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<hoe>, [">= 2.6.1"])
   end
 end