diff --git a/bin/jasmine b/bin/jasmine
index 78f16c5..780a9d0 100755
--- a/bin/jasmine
+++ b/bin/jasmine
@@ -1,18 +1,26 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
-require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "lib", "jasmine-ruby", "jasmine_helper.rb"))
+require 'rubygems'
+cwd = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..'))
+p cwd
+require File.expand_path(File.join(cwd, "lib", "jasmine-ruby", "jasmine_helper.rb"))
 
+#to load JasmineHelper overrides
 if ARGV[1]
   require File.expand_path(File.join(Dir.pwd, ARGV[1]))
 end
 
 if ARGV[0] == 'server'
-  require 'rubygems'
-  require File.expand_path(File.join(__FILE__, "../../jasmine/contrib/ruby/jasmine_spec_builder"))
-
+  require File.expand_path(File.join(cwd, "jasmine/contrib/ruby/jasmine_spec_builder"))
   puts "your tests are here:"
   puts "  http://localhost:8888/run.html"
-  JASMINE_SPEC_DIR = ARGV[1] || File.join(Dir.pwd, "spec")
   Jasmine::SimpleServer.start(8888,
                               lambda { JasmineHelper.specs },
                               JasmineHelper.dir_mappings)
+end
+
+if ARGV[0] == 'init'
+  require 'ftools'
+  File.makedirs('spec')
+  dest_dir = File.expand_path(File.join(Dir.pwd, 'spec'))
+  File.copy(File.expand_path(File.join(cwd, 'templates/example_spec.js')), dest_dir)
 end
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diff --git a/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_helper.rb b/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_helper.rb
index e4609ec..a4eafc7 100755
--- a/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_helper.rb
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ class JasmineHelper
   end
 
   def self.jasmine_spec_dir
-    if defined? JASMINE_SPEC_DIR
-      File.expand_path(File.join(JASMINE_SPEC_DIR))   
-    else
+    if defined? rails_root
       File.expand_path(File.join(rails_root, "spec", "javascript"))
+    else
+      File.expand_path('spec')
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/templates/example_spec.js b/templates/example_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..494539e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/example_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+describe('ExampleSuite', function () {
+  it('should have a passing test', function() {
+      expect(true).toEqual(true);
+  });
+
+  describe('Nested Describe', function () {
+     it('should also have a passing test', function () {
+        expect(true).toEqual(true);
+     });
+  });
+});
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