diff --git a/lib/hydra/runner.rb b/lib/hydra/runner.rb
index c3c8b4f..5b19db6 100644
--- a/lib/hydra/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/hydra/runner.rb
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ module Hydra #:nodoc:
       begin
         result = RSpec::Core::Runner.run(config, @hydra_output, @hydra_output)
       rescue Exception => ex
-        return ex.to_s + "\n" + ex.backtrace.join("\n")
+        return ex.to_s + "\n" + ex.backtrace.reject { |line| RSpec.configuration.cleaned_from_backtrace?(line) }.join("\n")
       end
       @hydra_output.rewind