diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 9076464..a97d4e5 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ Rake::RDocTask.new(:docs) do |rd|
   rd.options << "-t #{title}"
 end
 
-desc "Run all specs"
-task "spec2" do
-  require "lib/webrat/test/run_specs"
-  run_specs(Dir["#{Dir.pwd}/spec//**/*_spec.rb"])
+desc "Run specs using jruby"
+task "spec:jruby" do
+  system "jruby -S rake spec"
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/webrat/core/link.rb b/lib/webrat/core/link.rb
index 23da0f1..dceb91c 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/core/link.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/core/link.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module Webrat
     end
     
     def text
-      @element.text
+      @element.inner_text
     end
     
   protected
diff --git a/lib/webrat/test/run_specs.rb b/lib/webrat/test/run_specs.rb
index be4a3a6..bfd1603 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/test/run_specs.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/test/run_specs.rb
@@ -84,13 +84,7 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) / "run_spec"
 
 # Runs specs in all files matching the file pattern.
 #
-# ==== Parameters
-# globs<String, Array[String]>:: File patterns to look for.
-# spec_cmd<~to_s>:: The spec command. Defaults to "spec".
-# run_opts<String>:: Options to pass to spec commands, for instance,
-#                    if you want to use profiling formatter.
-# except<Array[String]>:: File paths to skip.
-def run_specs(globs, spec_cmd='spec', run_opts = "-c", except = [])
+def run_specs(globs)
   require "optparse"
   require "spec"
   globs = globs.is_a?(Array) ? globs : [globs]