diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index e69de29..70a846d 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
+
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
+
+task :default => :spec
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index e69de29..6a2f3ca 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+
+
+
+# Load all spec files
+Dir["./spec/support/**/*.rb"].each {|f| require f}
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+	# Allows using build(), create(), etc. without the "FactoryGirl." part.
+	config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
+
+	config.before(:each) do
+		$0 = "kook"                             # Pretend we're running as 'kook'
+		ARGV.clear                                 # Make sure no args are passed to the commands.
+		@directory = Dir.mktmpdir('kook-spec-') # Create a temp directory to work in.
+		@orig_directory = Dir.pwd                  # Save the original directory.
+		Dir.chdir(@directory)                      # Change to it. pwd() is the temp directory in the examples.
+	end
+
+	config.after(:each) do
+		Dir.chdir(@orig_directory)                 # Change back to the origin directory.
+		FileUtils.rmtree(@directory)               # Remove the temp directory.
+	end
+
+
+	# Captures the output for analysis later
+	#
+	# @example Capture `$stderr`
+	#
+	#     output = capture(:stderr) { $stderr.puts "this is captured" }
+	#
+	# @param [Symbol] stream `:stdout` or `:stderr`
+	# @yield The block to capture stdout/stderr for.
+	# @return [String] The contents of $stdout or $stderr
+	def capture(stream)
+		begin
+			stream = stream.to_s
+			eval "$#{stream} = StringIO.new"
+			yield
+			result = eval("$#{stream}").string
+		ensure
+			eval("$#{stream} = #{stream.upcase}")
+		end
+
+		result
+	end
+
+	# Silences the output stream
+	#
+	# @example Silence `$stdout`
+	#
+	#     silence(:stdout) { $stdout.puts "hi" }
+	#
+	# @param [IO] stream The stream to use such as $stderr or $stdout
+	# @return [nil]
+	alias :silence :capture
+
+
+end
+
+EXAMPLES_DIR = Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname + 'examples'
+