diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 6026a792..018af256 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -214,9 +214,10 @@ end
 #### Custom testing tasks
 
 require 'rubygems' 
-require 'spec/rake/spectask' 
-Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new do |t|
-  t.spec_opts = ["--color", "--diff=u"] 
+require 'spec/rake/spectask'
+Rake::Task[:default].prerequisites.clear
+Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:default) do |t|
+  t.spec_opts = ["--color", "--require=spec/differs/inline.rb", "--diff=RedClothDiffers::Inline"] 
   t.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb'] 
 end 
 
diff --git a/spec/differs/inline.rb b/spec/differs/inline.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..deefafbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/differs/inline.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+require "spec/runner/differs/load-diff-lcs"
+require 'pp'
+
+module RedClothDiffers
+  unless defined?(Inline)
+    class Inline
+      def initialize(options)
+        @options = options
+      end
+      
+      DIFF_ASCII_COLORS = {
+        "=" => "\e[0m",
+        "+" => "\e[42m",
+        "-" => "\e[41m",
+        "!" => "\e[43m"
+      }
+
+      def diff_as_string(data_new, data_old)
+        output = ""
+        last_action = nil
+        sdiff = Diff::LCS.sdiff(data_old, data_new)
+        sdiff.each do |change|
+          unless change.action == last_action
+            output << DIFF_ASCII_COLORS[change.action]
+            last_action = change.action
+          end
+          output << case change.action
+          when "+"
+            change.new_element
+          when "-"
+            change.old_element
+          when "="
+            change.old_element
+          when "!"
+            change.old_element
+          end
+        end
+        
+        output
+      end  
+
+      def diff_as_object(target,expected)
+        diff_as_string(PP.pp(target,""), PP.pp(expected,""))
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/filter_html.yml b/spec/fixtures/filter_html.yml
index 4e6d5bff..573152d0 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/filter_html.yml
+++ b/spec/fixtures/filter_html.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ filtered_html: <p>Just a little harmless xss &lt;script src=http://ha.ckers.org/
 name: escapes partial inline script tag
 desc: The end tag is malformed, but it must be escaped since a browser would recognize it
 in:  Just a little harmless xss <script src=http://ha.ckers.org/xss.js></script
-filtered_html: <p>Just a little harmlesoos xss &lt;script src=http://ha.ckers.org/xss.js&gt;&lt;/script</p>
+filtered_html: <p>Just a little harmless xss &lt;script src=http://ha.ckers.org/xss.js&gt;&lt;/script</p>
 valid_html: false
 ---
 name: escapes partial scanner-level script tag
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 8b5754af..0f24bd5a 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 class FormatterExampleGroup < Spec::Example::ExampleGroup
   
-  
   def self.examples_from_yaml(&block)
     formatter = description.downcase
     define_method("format_as_#{formatter}", &block)
@@ -40,4 +39,4 @@ def self.fixtures
   
 end
 
-Spec::Example::ExampleGroupFactory.register(:formatter, FormatterExampleGroup)
\ No newline at end of file
+Spec::Example::ExampleGroupFactory.register(:formatter, FormatterExampleGroup)
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 97140f30..00000000
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-require 'test/unit'
-$:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../lib"
-require 'redcloth'
-
-
-# Colorize differences in assert_equal failure messages.
-begin  
-  require 'rubygems'
-  require 'diff/lcs'
-  require 'test/unit'
-  
-  DIFF_COLOR    = "\e[7m" unless defined?(DIFF_COLOR)
-  DEFAULT_COLOR = "\e[0m" unless defined?(DEFAULT_COLOR)
-  
-  def highlight_differences(a, b)
-    sdiff = Diff::LCS.sdiff(a, b, Diff::LCS::ContextDiffCallbacks)
-    return highlight_string(sdiff, :old, a), highlight_string(sdiff, :new, b)
-  end
-  
-  def highlight_string(sdiff, pos, s)
-    s = s.dup
-    offset = 0
-    sdiff.each do |hunk|
-      if hunk.first.send("#{pos}_element")
-        s.insert(hunk.first.send("#{pos}_position") + offset, DIFF_COLOR)
-        offset += DIFF_COLOR.length
-      end
-      if hunk.last.send("#{pos}_element")
-        s.insert(hunk.last.send("#{pos}_position") + 1 + offset, DEFAULT_COLOR)
-        offset += DEFAULT_COLOR.length
-      end
-    end
-    s = DEFAULT_COLOR + s + DEFAULT_COLOR
-  end
-  
-  module Test::Unit::Assertions
-    # Show differences in expected and actual
-    def assert_equal(expected, actual, message=nil)
-      full_message = build_message(message, <<EOT, *highlight_differences(expected, actual))
-expected: ?
- but was: ?
-EOT
-      assert_block(full_message) { expected == actual }
-    end
-  end
-  
-  
-  module ShowColorCodes
-     def self.included(base)
-       base.class_eval do
-         alias_method :result_without_color_codes, :result unless method_defined?(:result_without_color_codes)
-         alias_method :result, :result_with_color_codes
-       end
-     end
-     def result_with_color_codes(parameters)
-       result_without_color_codes(parameters.collect {|p| p.gsub(/\\e\[(\d+)m/) {"\e[#{$1}m"} })
-     end
-   end
-   Test::Unit::Assertions::AssertionMessage::Template.send(:include, ShowColorCodes)
-rescue LoadError
-end