diff --git a/bin/jasmine b/bin/jasmine
index 92815ee..f3a23a4 100755
--- a/bin/jasmine
+++ b/bin/jasmine
@@ -17,11 +17,24 @@ end
 if ARGV[0] == 'init'
   require 'ftools'
   File.makedirs('spec/javascripts')
-  dest_root = expand(Dir.pwd, 'spec')
-  dest_spec = expand(Dir.pwd, 'spec/javascripts')
-  File.copy(expand(cwd, 'templates/example_spec.js'), dest_spec)
-  if File.exist?(expand(Dir.pwd, 'Rakefile'))
-    existing_rakefile = expand(Dir.pwd, 'Rakefile')
+  File.makedirs('spec/helpers')
+
+  dest_root = File.expand_path(Dir.pwd)
+  dest_spec = expand(dest_root, 'spec')
+  dest_spec_javascripts = expand(dest_root, 'spec/javascripts')
+  dest_spec_helpers = expand(dest_root, 'spec/helpers')
+
+  unless File.exist?(expand(dest_spec_helpers, 'spec_helper.js'))
+    File.copy(expand(cwd, 'templates/spec_helper.js'), dest_spec_helpers)
+    end
+  unless File.exist?(expand(dest_spec_helpers, 'jasmine_helper.rb'))
+    File.copy(expand(cwd, 'templates/jasmine_helper.rb'), dest_spec_helpers)
+  end
+
+  File.copy(expand(cwd, 'templates/example_spec.js'), dest_spec_javascripts)
+
+  if File.exist?(expand(dest_root, 'Rakefile'))
+    existing_rakefile = expand(dest_root, 'Rakefile')
     load existing_rakefile
     unless Rake::Task.task_defined?('jasmine')
       open(existing_rakefile, 'a') do |f|
@@ -29,7 +42,7 @@ if ARGV[0] == 'init'
       end
     end
   else
-    File.copy(rakefile_path, Dir.pwd)
+    File.copy(rakefile_path, dest_root)
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/jasmine-ruby.gemspec b/jasmine-ruby.gemspec
index 9cdec64..f15ddc6 100644
--- a/jasmine-ruby.gemspec
+++ b/jasmine-ruby.gemspec
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
      "lib/jasmine-ruby.rb",
      "tasks/jasmine.rake",
      "templates/example_spec.js",
+     "templates/spec_helper.js",
+     "templates/jasmine_helper.rb",
      "templates/Rakefile"
   ]
   s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/ragaskar/jasmine-ruby}
diff --git a/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_helper.rb b/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_helper.rb
index cdaf6cc..0fddcdc 100755
--- a/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_helper.rb
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ class JasmineHelper
   end
 
   def self.spec_dir
-    File.expand_path('spec/javascripts')
+    File.expand_path('spec')
   end
 
   def self.spec_files
-    Dir.glob(File.join(spec_dir, "**/*[Ss]pec.js"))
+    Dir.glob(File.join(spec_dir, "javascripts/**/*[Ss]pec.js"))
   end
 
   def self.specs
@@ -41,7 +41,15 @@ class JasmineHelper
   end
 
   def self.meta_spec_path
-    File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib', 'jasmine-ruby', 'jasmine_meta_spec.rb'))    
+    File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'lib', 'jasmine-ruby', 'jasmine_meta_spec.rb'))
+  end
+
+  def self.files
+    []
+  end
+
+  def self.stylesheets
+    []
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_meta_spec.rb b/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_meta_spec.rb
index 6afa1b9..79436d0 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_meta_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/jasmine-ruby/jasmine_meta_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ require File.expand_path(File.join(JasmineHelper.root, "contrib/ruby/jasmine_spe
 
 jasmine_runner = Jasmine::Runner.new(SeleniumRC::Server.new.jar_path,
                                      JasmineHelper.specs,
-                                     JasmineHelper.dir_mappings)
+                                     JasmineHelper.dir_mappings,
+                                     { :spec_helpers => JasmineHelper.files + JasmineHelper.spec_helpers,
+                                       :stylesheets => JasmineHelper.stylesheets 
+                                       })
 
 spec_builder = Jasmine::SpecBuilder.new(JasmineHelper.spec_files, jasmine_runner)
 
diff --git a/templates/Rakefile b/templates/Rakefile
index 3fbc551..73608cc 100644
--- a/templates/Rakefile
+++ b/templates/Rakefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace :jasmine do
   require 'jasmine-ruby'
-  helper_overrides = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "spec/javascripts/jasmine_helper.rb"))
+  helper_overrides = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "spec/helpers/jasmine_helper.rb"))
   if File.exist?(helper_overrides)
     require helper_overrides
   end
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ namespace :jasmine do
 
     Jasmine::SimpleServer.start(8888,
                                 lambda { JasmineHelper.specs },
-                                JasmineHelper.dir_mappings)
+                                JasmineHelper.dir_mappings,
+                                { :spec_helpers => JasmineHelper.files + JasmineHelper.spec_helpers,
+                                  :stylesheets => JasmineHelper.stylesheets
+                                })
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/templates/jasmine_helper.rb b/templates/jasmine_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09c6ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/jasmine_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class JasmineHelper
+  def self.files
+    #return a list of files you want to load before your spec defintions load
+    []
+  end
+
+  def self.stylesheets
+    #return a list of stylesheets you want to load in the runner    
+    []
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/templates/spec_helper.js b/templates/spec_helper.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b6d023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/spec_helper.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+//You may load required files here, or create test-runner-wide environment settings.
\ No newline at end of file