diff --git a/lib/webrat/selenium.rb b/lib/webrat/selenium.rb
index c2cb039..28a9485 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/selenium.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/selenium.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module Webrat
   
   def self.start_app_server #:nodoc:
     pid_file = File.expand_path(RAILS_ROOT + "/tmp/pids/mongrel_selenium.pid")
-    system("mongrel_rails start -d --chdir=#{RAILS_ROOT} --port=#{Webrat.configuration.selenium_port.to_s} --environment=#{Webrat.configuration.selenium_environment.to_s} --pid #{pid_file} &")
+    system("mongrel_rails start -d --chdir=#{RAILS_ROOT} --port=#{Webrat.configuration.selenium_port} --environment=#{Webrat.configuration.selenium_environment} --pid #{pid_file} &")
     TCPSocket.wait_for_service :host => "0.0.0.0", :port => Webrat.configuration.selenium_port.to_i
   end
   
diff --git a/spec/webrat/core/configuration_spec.rb b/spec/webrat/core/configuration_spec.rb
index 00045af..b29d473 100755
--- a/spec/webrat/core/configuration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/webrat/core/configuration_spec.rb
@@ -25,23 +25,23 @@ describe Webrat::Configuration do
     config.should open_error_files
   end
   
-  it "should have selenium setting defaults" do
+  it "should use 'selenium' as the selenium environment by default" do
     config = Webrat::Configuration.new
     config.selenium_environment.should == :selenium
-    config.selenium_port.should == 3001
   end
   
+  it "should use 3001 as the selenium port by default" do
+    config = Webrat::Configuration.new
+    config.selenium_port.should == 3001
+  end
+    
   it "should be configurable with a block" do
     Webrat.configure do |config|
       config.open_error_files = false
-      config.selenium_environment = :test
-      config.selenium_port = 4000
     end
     
     config = Webrat.configuration
     config.should_not open_error_files
-    config.selenium_environment.should == :test
-    config.selenium_port.should == 4000
   end
   
   [:rails,