diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index ac940261..4f080678 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ end
 
 task :release => :commit_revision
 
+task :gem => :build
+
 desc "Compile Examples into HTML and CSS"
 task :examples do
   linked_haml = "tests/haml"
diff --git a/lib/compass/app_integration/merb.rb b/lib/compass/app_integration/merb.rb
index b8ff84b0..26cedfe5 100644
--- a/lib/compass/app_integration/merb.rb
+++ b/lib/compass/app_integration/merb.rb
@@ -1,43 +1,58 @@
 # To configure Merb to use compass do the following:
-# Merb::BootLoader.after_app_loads do
-#   require 'merb-haml'
-#   require 'compass'
-# end
-#
+# 
+# Add dependencies to config/dependencies.rb
+# 
+# dependency "haml", ">=2.2.0" 
+# dependency "merb-haml", merb_gems_version
+# dependency "chriseppstein-compass", :require_as => 'compass'
+# 
+# 
 # To use a different sass stylesheets locations as is recommended by compass
 # add this configuration to your configuration block:
 #
-# Merb::Config.use do |c|
-#   c[:compass] = {
-#     :stylesheets => 'app/stylesheets',
-#     :compiled_stylesheets => 'public/stylesheets/compiled'
+# Merb::BootLoader.before_app_loads do
+#   Merb::Plugins.config[:compass] = {
+#     :stylesheets => "app/stylesheets",
+#     :compiled_stylesheets => "public/stylesheets/compiled"
 #   }
 # end
+# 
+
+module Compass
+  def self.setup_template_location
+    # default the compass configuration if they didn't set it up yet.
+    Merb::Plugins.config[:compass] ||= {}
+
+    # default sass stylesheet location unless configured to something else
+    Merb::Plugins.config[:compass][:stylesheets] ||= Merb.dir_for(:stylesheet) / "sass"
+
+    # default sass css location unless configured to something else
+    Merb::Plugins.config[:compass][:compiled_stylesheets] ||= Merb.dir_for(:stylesheet)
+
+    #define the template hash for the project stylesheets as well as the framework stylesheets.
+    template_location = {
+      Merb::Plugins.config[:compass][:stylesheets] => Merb::Plugins.config[:compass][:compiled_stylesheets]
+    }
+    Compass::Frameworks::ALL.each do |framework|
+      template_location[framework.stylesheets_directory] = Merb::Plugins.config[:compass][:compiled_stylesheets]
+    end
+
+    #configure Sass to know about all these sass locations.
+    Sass::Plugin.options[:template_location] = template_location
+  end
+end
 
 Merb::BootLoader.after_app_loads do
   #set up sass if haml load didn't do it -- this happens when using a non-default stylesheet location.
   unless defined?(Sass::Plugin)
     require "sass/plugin" 
-    Sass::Plugin.options = Merb::Config[:sass] if Merb::Config[:sass]
+    if Merb::Plugins.config[:sass]
+      Sass::Plugin.options = Merb::Plugins.config[:sass] 
+    # support old (deprecatd Merb::Config[:sass] option)
+    elsif Merb::Config[:sass] 
+      Sass::Plugin.options = Merb::Config[:sass] 
+    end
   end
 
-  # default the compass configuration if they didn't set it up yet.
-  Merb::Config[:compass] ||= {}
-  
-  # default sass stylesheet location unless configured to something else
-  Merb::Config[:compass][:stylesheets] ||= Merb.dir_for(:stylesheet) / "sass"
-  
-  # default sass css location unless configured to something else
-  Merb::Config[:compass][:compiled_stylesheets] ||= Merb.dir_for(:stylesheet)
-  
-  #define the template hash for the project stylesheets as well as the framework stylesheets.
-  template_location = {
-    Merb::Config[:compass][:stylesheets] => Merb::Config[:compass][:compiled_stylesheets]
-  }
-  Compass::Frameworks::ALL.each do |framework|
-    template_location[framework.stylesheets_directory] = Merb::Config[:compass][:compiled_stylesheets]
-  end
-  
-  #configure Sass to know about all these sass locations.
-  Sass::Plugin.options[:template_location] = template_location
+  Compass.setup_template_location
 end