diff --git a/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_helper.rb b/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_helper.rb
index 0fddcdc..54ed746 100755
--- a/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_helper.rb
@@ -32,14 +32,7 @@ class JasmineHelper
   def self.spec_helpers
     spec_helpers_files.collect {|f| f.sub(spec_dir, "/spec")}
   end
-
-  def self.dir_mappings
-    {
-      "/spec" => spec_dir,
-      "/lib" => lib_dir
-    }
-  end
-
+ 
   def self.meta_spec_path
     File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib', 'jasmine-ruby', 'jasmine_meta_spec.rb'))
   end
diff --git a/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_meta_spec.rb b/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_meta_spec.rb
index 79436d0..b2932d5 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_meta_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_meta_spec.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 require 'rubygems'
 require "selenium_rc"
 require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "jasmine_helper.rb"))
-require File.expand_path(File.join(JasmineHelper.root, "contrib/ruby/jasmine_spec_builder"))
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "jasmine_runner.rb"))
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "jasmine_spec_builder"))
 
 jasmine_runner = Jasmine::Runner.new(SeleniumRC::Server.new.jar_path,
+                                     Dir.pwd,
                                      JasmineHelper.specs,
-                                     JasmineHelper.dir_mappings,
                                      { :spec_helpers => JasmineHelper.files + JasmineHelper.spec_helpers,
                                        :stylesheets => JasmineHelper.stylesheets 
                                        })
diff --git a/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_runner.rb b/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_runner.rb
index 24b0a66..40df8c8 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_runner.rb
+++ b/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_runner.rb
@@ -148,20 +148,27 @@ module Jasmine
   end
 
   class SimpleServer
-    def self.start(port, spec_files_or_proc, mappings, options = {})
+    def self.start(port, root_path, spec_files_or_proc, options = {})
       require 'thin'
       config = {
         '/__suite__' => Jasmine::FocusedSuite.new(spec_files_or_proc, options),
         '/run.html' => Jasmine::Redirect.new('/'),
         '/' => Jasmine::RunAdapter.new(spec_files_or_proc, options)
       }
-      mappings.each do |from, to|
-        config[from] = Rack::File.new(to)
+      if (options[:mappings])
+        options[:mappings].each do |from, to|
+          config[from] = Rack::File.new(to)
+        end
       end
 
       config["/__JASMINE_ROOT__"] = Rack::File.new(Jasmine.root)
 
+      file_serve_config = {
+        '/' => Rack::File.new(root_path)
+      }
+
       app = Rack::Cascade.new([
+        Rack::URLMap.new(file_serve_config),
         Rack::URLMap.new(config),
         JsAlert.new
       ])
@@ -219,10 +226,10 @@ module Jasmine
   end
 
   class Runner
-    def initialize(selenium_jar_path, spec_files, dir_mappings, options={})
+    def initialize(selenium_jar_path, root_path, spec_files, options={})
+      @root_path = root_path
       @selenium_jar_path = selenium_jar_path
       @spec_files = spec_files
-      @dir_mappings = dir_mappings
       @options = options
 
       @browser = options[:browser] ? options[:browser].delete(:browser) : 'firefox'
@@ -253,7 +260,7 @@ module Jasmine
 
       @jasmine_server_pid = fork do
         Process.setpgrp
-        Jasmine::SimpleServer.start(@jasmine_server_port, @spec_files, @dir_mappings, @options)
+        Jasmine::SimpleServer.start(@jasmine_server_port, @root_path, @spec_files, @options)
         exit! 0
       end
       puts "jasmine server started.  pid is #{@jasmine_server_pid}"
diff --git a/templates/Rakefile b/templates/Rakefile
index b7e755f..ca87506 100644
--- a/templates/Rakefile
+++ b/templates/Rakefile
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ namespace :jasmine do
   require 'spec/rake/spectask'
   Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:ci) do |t|
     t.spec_opts = ["--color", "--format", "specdoc"]
+    t.ruby_opts = ["MY_ROOT=foo"]
+    t.verbose = true
     t.spec_files = [JasmineHelper.meta_spec_path]
   end
   task :server do
@@ -17,8 +19,8 @@ namespace :jasmine do
     puts "  http://localhost:8888/run.html"
 
     Jasmine::SimpleServer.start(8888,
+                                File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__))),
                                 lambda { JasmineHelper.specs },
-                                JasmineHelper.dir_mappings,
                                 { :spec_helpers => JasmineHelper.files + JasmineHelper.spec_helpers,
                                   :stylesheets => JasmineHelper.stylesheets
                                 })