diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 6d1fa5c..5174f5f 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,26 +1,23 @@
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
 
-desc "Run all specs by default"
+TEST_CATEGORIES = [:remote, :interaction, :unit]
+
+desc "Run all unit specs by default"
 task :default => 'test:unit'
 
 namespace :test do
-  desc "Run all remote tests"
-  task :remote do
-    Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/test/remote/*_test.rb'].each do |file|
-      load file
-    end
-  end
-  
-  desc "Run all unit tests"
-  task :unit do
-    Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/test/unit/*_test.rb'].each do |file|
-      load file
+  TEST_CATEGORIES.each do |category|
+    desc "Run all #{category} tests"
+    task category do
+      Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/test/#{category}/*_test.rb"].each do |file|
+        load file
+      end
     end
   end
 end
 
 desc "Run all specs"
-task :test => ['test:unit', 'test:remote']
+task :test => TEST_CATEGORIES.map { |category| "test:#{category}" }
 
 namespace :gem do
   desc "Build the gem"
diff --git a/lib/broach/session.rb b/lib/broach/session.rb
index f7bf95d..4ed5dd2 100644
--- a/lib/broach/session.rb
+++ b/lib/broach/session.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def credentials
     def get(path)
       response = REST.get(url_for(path), headers_for(:get), credentials)
       if response.ok?
-        return JSON.parse(response.body)
+        JSON.parse(response.body)
       else
         handle_response(:get, path, response)
       end
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ def get(path)
     # Posts a resource to a certain path on the server. When the POST is successful
     # the parsed body is returned, otherwise an exception is raised.
     def post(path, payload)
-      response = REST.post(url_for(path), JSON.dump(payload), headers_for(:post), credentials)
+      response = REST.post(url_for(path), payload.to_json, headers_for(:post), credentials)
       if response.created?
-        return JSON.parse(response.body)
+        JSON.parse(response.body)
       else
         handle_response(:post, path, response)
       end
diff --git a/test/interaction/active_support_test.rb b/test/interaction/active_support_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d40796a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interaction/active_support_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+require File.expand_path('../../start', __FILE__)
+
+require 'open3'
+require 'rbconfig'
+module InteractionSpecHelpers
+  def ruby(script)
+    ruby_bin = File.join(Config::CONFIG['bindir'], Config::CONFIG['ruby_install_name'])
+    stdin, stdout, stderr = Open3.popen3("#{ruby_bin} #{script}")
+    stderr.read
+  end
+end
+
+describe "Broach, when ActiveSupport is loaded" do
+  extend InteractionSpecHelpers
+  
+  it "should say hi in a room" do
+    ruby(File.expand_path('../scripts/say_hi.rb', __FILE__)).should == ''
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/test/interaction/scripts/say_hi.rb b/test/interaction/scripts/say_hi.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..420070f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interaction/scripts/say_hi.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'rubygems' rescue nil
+require 'active_support'
+require 'rest'
+
+$:.unshift File.expand_path('../../../../lib', __FILE__)
+require 'broach'
+
+Broach.settings = YAML.load_file(File.expand_path('../../../../settings.yml', __FILE__))
+Broach.speak(Broach.session.room, "Hi!")
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