diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 886c130..06662f4 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require "rake/clean"
 require 'spec'
 require 'spec/rake/spectask'
 require 'spec/rake/verify_rcov'
-require './lib/webrat.rb'
+require File.expand_path('./lib/webrat.rb')
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Package && release
diff --git a/lib/webrat/rails.rb b/lib/webrat/rails.rb
index 89fccd3..f95d75c 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/rails.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/rails.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "webrat"
-
 module Webrat
   class RailsSession < Session #:nodoc:
     
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 88d8431..5af607e 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ require "spec"
 # gem install redgreen for colored test output
 begin require "redgreen" unless ENV['TM_CURRENT_LINE']; rescue LoadError; end
 
-require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../lib/webrat")
+webrat_path = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../lib/")
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(webrat_path) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(webrat_path)
+
+require "webrat"
 require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/fakes/test_session")
 
+require "merb-core"
+
 Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
   # Nothing to configure yet
 end
diff --git a/spec/webrat/merb/helper.rb b/spec/webrat/merb/helper.rb
index ca55fd2..4940bee 100644
--- a/spec/webrat/merb/helper.rb
+++ b/spec/webrat/merb/helper.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 require 'merb-core'
-require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../../../lib/webrat/merb")
\ No newline at end of file
+require "webrat/merb"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/webrat/merb/session_spec.rb b/spec/webrat/merb/session_spec.rb
index 641caa4..4553bc0 100644
--- a/spec/webrat/merb/session_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/webrat/merb/session_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../../spec_helper")
-require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/helper")
+
+require "webrat/merb"
 
 describe Webrat::Session do