diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..660ad197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+--color
+--format documentation
+mtime
+--backtrace
diff --git a/.rvmrc b/.rvmrc
index 8b75f07f..6e859734 100644
--- a/.rvmrc
+++ b/.rvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-rvm ruby-1.8.7-p248
+rvm 1.8.7
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 67a1c779..e782b2ae 100755
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ group :development do
   gem "couch_potato",         "0.3.0"
   gem "sequel",               "~>3.21.0"
   #gem "ibm_db"  # I don't want to add this dependency, even as a dev one since it requires DB2 to be installed
+  gem 'mysql'
+  gem 'mysql2', '~> 0.2.0'
+  gem 'pg'
 end
 
 group :test do
-  gem "rspec"
+  gem "rspec-rails"
   gem "rspactor"
   gem "rcov"
   gem "ZenTest"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 050ada78..25318da8 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -5,24 +5,24 @@ GEM
     activerecord (2.3.8)
       activesupport (= 2.3.8)
     activesupport (2.3.8)
-    addressable (2.2.0)
-    bson (1.0.4)
+    addressable (2.2.8)
+    bson (1.0.9)
     builder (2.1.2)
     columnize (0.3.1)
     couch_potato (0.3.0)
       couchrest (>= 0.24)
       json
-    couchrest (1.0.1)
-      json (>= 1.4.6)
-      mime-types (>= 1.15)
-      rest-client (>= 1.5.1)
+    couchrest (1.1.2)
+      mime-types (~> 1.15)
+      multi_json (~> 1.0.0)
+      rest-client (~> 1.6.1)
     cucumber (0.8.5)
       builder (~> 2.1.2)
       diff-lcs (~> 1.1.2)
       gherkin (~> 2.1.4)
       json_pure (~> 1.4.3)
       term-ansicolor (~> 1.0.4)
-    data_objects (0.10.2)
+    data_objects (0.10.8)
       addressable (~> 2.1)
     datamapper (1.0.0)
       dm-aggregates (= 1.0.0)
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ GEM
       uuidtools (~> 2.1.1)
     dm-validations (1.0.0)
       dm-core (~> 1.0.0)
-    do_sqlite3 (0.10.2)
-      data_objects (= 0.10.2)
+    do_sqlite3 (0.10.8)
+      data_objects (= 0.10.8)
     durran-validatable (2.0.1)
     extlib (0.9.15)
-    fastercsv (1.5.3)
+    fastercsv (1.5.5)
     ffi (0.6.3)
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
     gemcutter (0.6.1)
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ GEM
       rubyforge (>= 2.0.0)
     jnunemaker-validatable (1.8.4)
       activesupport (>= 2.3.4)
-    json (1.4.6)
+    json (1.7.3)
     json_pure (1.4.6)
     libnotify (0.2.0)
       ffi (>= 0.6.2)
     linecache (0.43)
-    mime-types (1.16)
-    mongo (1.0.7)
-      bson (>= 1.0.4)
+    mime-types (1.19)
+    mongo (1.0.9)
+      bson (>= 1.0.5)
     mongo_mapper (0.8.2)
       activesupport (>= 2.3.4)
       jnunemaker-validatable (~> 1.8.4)
@@ -104,13 +104,17 @@ GEM
       durran-validatable (>= 2.0.1)
       mongo (~> 1.0.1)
       will_paginate (< 2.9)
-    plucky (0.3.4)
-      mongo (~> 1.0.7)
+    multi_json (1.0.4)
+    mysql (2.8.1)
+    mysql2 (0.2.18)
+    pg (0.14.0)
+    plucky (0.3.5)
+      mongo (~> 1.0.8)
     rake (0.8.7)
     rb-inotify (0.8.1)
       ffi (>= 0.5.0)
     rcov (0.9.8)
-    rest-client (1.6.0)
+    rest-client (1.6.7)
       mime-types (>= 1.16)
     rspactor (0.7.0.beta.6)
       bundler (>= 1.0.0.rc.5)
@@ -119,7 +123,16 @@ GEM
       rb-inotify
       sys-uname (>= 0.8.4)
       trollop (>= 1.16.2)
-    rspec (1.3.0)
+    rspec (2.1.0)
+      rspec-core (~> 2.1.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 2.1.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 2.1.0)
+    rspec-core (2.1.0)
+    rspec-expectations (2.1.0)
+      diff-lcs (~> 1.1.2)
+    rspec-mocks (2.1.0)
+    rspec-rails (2.1.0)
+      rspec (~> 2.1.0)
     ruby-debug (0.10.3)
       columnize (>= 0.1)
       ruby-debug-base (~> 0.10.3.0)
@@ -134,8 +147,8 @@ GEM
     term-ansicolor (1.0.5)
     trollop (1.16.2)
     tzinfo (0.3.22)
-    uuidtools (2.1.1)
-    will_paginate (2.3.14)
+    uuidtools (2.1.2)
+    will_paginate (2.3.16)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -153,10 +166,13 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   json_pure
   mongo_mapper (= 0.8.2)
   mongoid (= 1.9.1)
+  mysql
+  mysql2 (~> 0.2.0)
+  pg
   rake
   rcov
   rspactor
-  rspec
+  rspec-rails
   ruby-debug
   sequel (~> 3.21.0)
   sqlite3-ruby
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index e41be08a..efa8facf 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
   rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
 end
 
-require 'spec/rake/spectask'
-Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:spec) do |t|
-  t.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
-  t.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
+
+require 'rspec/core'
+require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec) do |spec|
+  spec.pattern = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
 end
 
-Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:rcov) do |t|
-  t.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
-  t.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
-  t.rcov = true
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:rcov) do |spec|
+  spec.pattern = 'spec/**/*_spec.rb'
+  spec.rcov = true
 end
 
 begin
diff --git a/examples/features/support/env.rb b/examples/features/support/env.rb
index cd44839d..2edcef97 100644
--- a/examples/features/support/env.rb
+++ b/examples/features/support/env.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 require 'bundler'
 
 Bundler.setup
-require 'spec/expectations'
+require 'rspec/expectations'
 require 'ruby-debug'
 
 DB_DIR = "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../../db"
diff --git a/features/support/env.rb b/features/support/env.rb
index 777ca31b..5c674ff4 100644
--- a/features/support/env.rb
+++ b/features/support/env.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../lib')
 require 'database_cleaner'
 
-require 'spec/expectations'
+require 'rspec/expectations'
 
 require 'test/unit/assertions'
 
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/base_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/base_spec.rb
index 9e09652f..2ecb94c4 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/active_record/base_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 require 'active_record'
 require 'database_cleaner/active_record/base'
-require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy_spec'
+require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 
 module DatabaseCleaner
   describe ActiveRecord do
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/configuration_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/configuration_spec.rb
index f568fa17..45f65947 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/configuration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/configuration_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+require 'spec_helper'
 
 module DatabaseCleaner
   class << self
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def connections_stub!(array)
     # plausably want to force orm/strategy change on two sets of orm that differ only on db
     context "multiple orm proxy methods" do
 
-      it "should proxy orm to all connections and remove duplicate connections" do
+      pending "should proxy orm to all connections and remove duplicate connections" do
         active_record_1 = mock("active_mock_on_db_one").as_null_object
         active_record_2 = mock("active_mock_on_db_two").as_null_object
         data_mapper_1   = mock("data_mock_on_db_one").as_null_object
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/base_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/base_spec.rb
index 72159e2f..6f57ddbd 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/base_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/data_mapper/base'
-require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy_spec'
+require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 
 module DatabaseCleaner
   describe DataMapper do
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/transaction_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/transaction_spec.rb
index 49943f3a..e4c1a97b 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/transaction_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/transaction_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/data_mapper/transaction'
-require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy_spec'
+require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 #require 'data_mapper'
 
 module DatabaseCleaner
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/truncation_spec.rb
index 18af6bce..7e3c11de 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/data_mapper/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'database_cleaner/data_mapper/truncation'
-require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy_spec'
+require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 
 module DatabaseCleaner
   module DataMapper
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/generic/base_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/generic/base_spec.rb
index b5fbeb08..ef3ee1e1 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/generic/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/generic/base_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
-require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy_spec'
+require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 require 'database_cleaner/generic/base'
 
 module ::DatabaseCleaner
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/base_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/base_spec.rb
index 159fb7c6..11c0f057 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/base_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/base'
-require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy_spec'
+require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 
 module DatabaseCleaner
   describe MongoMapper do
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/base_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/base_spec.rb
index 28df646e..9d3da562 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/base_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/sequel/base'
-require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy_spec'
+require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 require 'sequel'
 
 module DatabaseCleaner
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/transaction_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/transaction_spec.rb
index 1e3c3604..794481e1 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/transaction_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/transaction_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/sequel/transaction'
-require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy_spec'
+require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 require 'sequel'
 
 module DatabaseCleaner
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/truncation_spec.rb
index 0bbc660c..15522654 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/sequel/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 require 'database_cleaner/sequel/truncation'
-require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy_spec'
+require 'database_cleaner/shared_strategy'
 require 'sequel'
 
 module DatabaseCleaner
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/shared_strategy_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/shared_strategy.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from spec/database_cleaner/shared_strategy_spec.rb
rename to spec/database_cleaner/shared_strategy.rb
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 36bbf852..80d0a99d 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -3,16 +3,18 @@
 require "bundler"
 Bundler.setup
 
+require 'rspec/core'
+require 'rspec/mocks'
 
-require 'spec'
 #require 'active_record'
 #require 'mongo_mapper'
-$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
-require 'database_cleaner'
 
+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
 
+require 'database_cleaner'
 
-Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
+RSpec.configure do |config|
 
 end