diff --git a/assets b/assets
index 927c2c3..d97c718 160000
--- a/assets
+++ b/assets
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 927c2c389e8fbe0780b101365127ea781c155ffe
+Subproject commit d97c718fcbac86d7c8f63c8dceedae78e7bc5425
diff --git a/config/assets.yml b/config/assets.yml
index e4faa80..c201084 100644
--- a/config/assets.yml
+++ b/config/assets.yml
@@ -57,21 +57,23 @@ env_test_app:
   path: "assets/sinatra/env_test_app"
   command: "bundle exec ruby env_test.rb -p $VCAP_APP_PORT"
 
-broken_app:
+# Ruby apps:
+ruby18:
   memory: 512
-  path: "assets/sinatra/broken_app"
-  command: "bundle exec ruby broken.rb -p $VCAP_APP_PORT"
+  path: "assets/ruby/ruby18"
+  command: "bundle exec ruby main.rb -p $VCAP_APP_PORT"
 
-git_gems_app_ruby18:
+ruby19:
   memory: 512
-  path: "assets/sinatra/git_gems_app"
-  command: "bundle exec ruby app.rb -p $VCAP_APP_PORT"
+  path: "assets/ruby/ruby19"
+  command: "bundle exec ruby main.rb -p $VCAP_APP_PORT"
 
-git_gems_app_ruby19:
+rails3:
   memory: 512
-  path: "assets/sinatra/git_gems_app"
-  command: "bundle exec ruby app.rb -p $VCAP_APP_PORT"
+  path: "assets/ruby/rails3"
+  command: "bundle exec rake db:migrate --trace && bundle exec rails server thin -p $PORT"
 
+#-
 sinatra_gem_groups:
   memory: 512
   path: "assets/sinatra/gem_groups"
@@ -87,11 +89,6 @@ broken_gem_app:
   path: "assets/sinatra/broken_gem_app"
   command: "bundle exec ruby main.rb -p $VCAP_APP_PORT"
 
-rails3_app:
-  memory: 512
-  path: "assets/rails3/rails3_app"
-  command: "bundle exec rake db:migrate && bundle exec rails server thin -p $PORT"
-
 jpa_app:
   memory: 512
   path: ".assets-binaries/jpa-guestbook.war"
diff --git a/lib/harness/app.rb b/lib/harness/app.rb
index 0ce3d79..6122192 100644
--- a/lib/harness/app.rb
+++ b/lib/harness/app.rb
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ def start(need_check = true, async = false, &blk)
       unless @app.running?
         @log.info "Start App: #{@app.name}"
         begin
-          @app.start!(true, &blk)
+          @app.start!(true) do |url|
+            puts "Pushing #{@app.name} - #{url}"
+            blk.call(url) if blk
+          end
         rescue Exception => e
           @log.error "Start App: #{@app.name} failed.\n#{e.to_s}"
           raise RuntimeError, "Start App: #{@app.name} failed.\n#{e.to_s}\n#{@session.print_client_logs}"
diff --git a/lib/harness/scripts_helper.rb b/lib/harness/scripts_helper.rb
index 9b0daeb..711e5e2 100644
--- a/lib/harness/scripts_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/harness/scripts_helper.rb
@@ -7,45 +7,72 @@ module ScriptsHelper
     # Service
     def create_service(service_manifest, name=nil)
       service_name = name || service_manifest[:vendor]
-      require_namespace = name.nil?
-      service = @session.service(service_name, require_namespace)
-      unless service.available?(service_manifest)
-        @session.log.debug("Service: (#{service_manifest[:vendor]} #{service_manifest[:version]}) " +
-                           "is not available on target: #{@session.TARGET}")
-        pending("Service: (#{service_manifest[:vendor]} #{service_manifest[:version]}) " +
-                    "is not available on target: #{@session.TARGET}")
+
+      time_block "create_service '#{service_name}'" do
+        require_namespace = name.nil?
+        service = @session.service(service_name, require_namespace)
+
+        unless service.available?(service_manifest)
+          msg = <<-MSG
+            Service:
+              #{service_manifest[:vendor]}
+              #{service_manifest[:version]}
+            is not available on target: #{@session.TARGET}
+          MSG
+
+          @session.log.debug(msg)
+          pending(msg)
+        end
+
+        service.create(service_manifest)
+        service
       end
-      service.create(service_manifest)
-      service
     end
 
     def bind_service(service_manifest, app, name=nil)
-      service = create_service(service_manifest, name)
-      app.bind(service)
-      service
+      time_block "bind_service '#{app.name}'" do
+        service = create_service(service_manifest, name)
+        app.bind(service)
+        service
+      end
     end
 
     # Application
     def create_app(app_name, prefix = '', domain=nil)
-      app = @session.app(app_name, prefix, domain)
-      app.load_manifest
-      if app.manifest['path'].end_with?('.jar') || app.manifest['path'].end_with?('.war')
-        pending "Package not found, please run update.sh" unless File.exist? app.manifest['path']
+      time_block "create_app '#{app_name}'" do
+        app = @session.app(app_name, prefix, domain)
+        app.load_manifest
+        if app.manifest['path'].end_with?('.jar') || app.manifest['path'].end_with?('.war')
+          pending "Package not found, please run update.sh" unless File.exist? app.manifest['path']
+        end
+        @current_app = app
+        app
       end
-      @current_app = app
-      app
     end
 
     def create_push_app(app_name, prefix = '', domain=nil, services=[])
-      app = create_app(app_name, prefix, domain)
-      service_instances = services.map do |service|
-        create_service(service)
-      end
-      app.push(service_instances)
-      unless @session.v2?
-        app.healthy?.should be_true, "Application #{app.name} is not running"
+      time_block "create_push_app '#{app_name}'" do
+        app = create_app(app_name, prefix, domain)
+
+        service_instances = services.map do |service|
+          create_service(service)
+        end
+
+        app.push(service_instances)
+
+        unless @session.v2?
+          app.healthy?.should be_true, "Application #{app.name} is not running"
+        end
+
+        app
       end
-      app
+    end
+
+    def time_block(name)
+      t = Time.new
+      result = yield
+      puts "Took %.5fs for #{name} to finish" % (Time.now - t)
+      result
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/apps/info_spec.rb b/spec/apps/info_spec.rb
index b42647f..7fadd7d 100644
--- a/spec/apps/info_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/apps/info_spec.rb
@@ -90,15 +90,6 @@ def get_app_info(apps, appname)
     crash.files("/app").should_not == nil
   end
 
-  it "get crash information for a broken application" do
-    app = create_app("broken_app")
-    app.push(nil, nil, false)
-
-    crash = get_crashes(app.name).first
-    crash.files("/").should_not == nil
-    crash.files("/app").should_not == nil
-  end
-
   def get_crashes(name)
     app = @client.app_by_name(name)
     secs = VCAP_BVT_APP_ASSETS["timeout_secs"]
diff --git a/spec/apps/lifecycle_spec.rb b/spec/apps/lifecycle_spec.rb
index c4c5a5f..3ee4f6a 100644
--- a/spec/apps/lifecycle_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/apps/lifecycle_spec.rb
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@
 include BVT::Spec
 
 describe "Simple::Lifecycle" do
-
-  before(:all) do
-    @session = BVT::Harness::CFSession.new
-  end
+  before(:all) { @session = BVT::Harness::CFSession.new }
 
   after(:each) do
     show_crashlogs
@@ -33,5 +30,15 @@
     @session.apps.length.should == len - 1
   end
 
+  #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+  # reconsider how to tes
+  #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+  #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+  #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+  #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+  #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+  it "is able to run an app that does not bind to ports" do
+    app = create_push_app("standalone_simple_ruby_app")
+    app.logs =~ /running version/
+  end
 end
-
diff --git a/spec/apps/ruby_gems_spec.rb b/spec/apps/ruby_gems_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 0da27cf..0000000
--- a/spec/apps/ruby_gems_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-require "harness"
-require "spec_helper"
-include BVT::Spec
-
-describe "Simple::RubyGems" do
-  before(:all) { @session = BVT::Harness::CFSession.new }
-
-  after do
-    show_crashlogs
-    @session.cleanup!
-  end
-
-  def verify_service(service_manifest, app, key)
-    data = "#{service_manifest[:vendor]}#{key}"
-    url = SERVICE_URL_MAPPING[service_manifest[:vendor]]
-    app.get_response(:post, "/service/#{url}/#{key}", data)
-    app.get_response(:get, "/service/#{url}/#{key}").to_str.should == data
-  end
-
-  it "access my application root and see hello from sinatra" do
-    app = create_push_app("broken_gem_app")
-    app.stats.should_not == nil
-    app.get_response(:get).should_not == nil
-    app.get_response(:get).to_str.should_not == nil
-    app.get_response(:get).to_str.should == "hello from sinatra"
-  end
-
-  it "sinatra test deploy app with git gems using ruby19" do
-    app = create_push_app("git_gems_app_ruby19")
-    app.stats.should_not == nil
-    response = app.get_response(:get,"/")
-    response.code.should == 200
-    response.to_str.should == "hello from git"
-  end
-
-  it "sinatra test deploy app with git gems using ruby18" do
-    app = create_push_app("git_gems_app_ruby18")
-    app.stats.should_not == nil
-    response = app.get_response(:get,"/")
-    response.code.should == 200
-    response.to_str.should == "hello from git"
-  end
-
-  it "sinatra test deploy app with Gemfile.lock containing Windows versions" do
-    app = create_push_app("sinatra_windows_gemfile", nil, nil, [MYSQL_MANIFEST, POSTGRESQL_MANIFEST])
-    staging_log = app.file("logs/staging_task.log")
-    staging_log.should_not match "Installing yajl-ruby"
-    staging_log.should include "Installing mysql2"
-    staging_log.should include "Installing pg"
-
-    verify_service(MYSQL_MANIFEST, app, "abc")
-    verify_service(POSTGRESQL_MANIFEST, app, "abc")
-  end
-
-  it "sinatra test deploy app containing gems specifying a ruby platform" do
-    app = create_push_app("sinatra_gem_groups")
-    staging_log = app.file("logs/staging_task.log")
-    staging_log.should include "Installing uglifier (1.2.6)"
-    staging_log.should_not include "Installing yajl-ruby (0.8.3)"
-
-    response = app.get_response(:get, "/")
-    response.code.should == 200
-    response.to_str.should == "hello from sinatra"
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/apps/ruby_rails3_spec.rb b/spec/apps/ruby_rails3_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e777050..0000000
--- a/spec/apps/ruby_rails3_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-require "harness"
-require "spec_helper"
-include BVT::Spec
-
-describe "Simple::RubyRails3" do
-
-  before(:all) do
-    @session = BVT::Harness::CFSession.new
-  end
-
-  after(:each) do
-    show_crashlogs
-    @session.cleanup!
-  end
-
-  it "access my application root and see it's running version" do
-    @app = create_push_app("app_rails_version", nil, nil, [MYSQL_MANIFEST])
-    @app.stats.should_not == nil
-
-    @app.get_response(:get).should_not == nil
-    @app.get_response(:get).to_str.should_not == nil
-    @app.get_response(:get).to_str.should == "running version 1.9.2"
-  end
-
-  it "precompiles assets" do
-    @app = create_push_app("rails_3_2_app")
-    @app.stats.should_not == nil
-    res = @app.get_response(:get, "/assets/manifest.yml")
-    res.should_not == nil
-    res.to_str.should match /application.js: application-\w/
-    res = @app.get_response(:get, "/assets/application.js")
-    res.to_str.should match /alert\(\"Hello from CoffeeScript!\"\)/
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/spec/apps/ruby_spec.rb b/spec/apps/ruby_spec.rb
index 6e3606d..d323157 100644
--- a/spec/apps/ruby_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/apps/ruby_spec.rb
@@ -2,24 +2,71 @@
 require "spec_helper"
 include BVT::Spec
 
-describe "Simple::Ruby" do
+describe "Ruby" do
+  before(:all) { @session = BVT::Harness::CFSession.new }
 
-  before(:all) do
-    @session = BVT::Harness::CFSession.new
+  def self.with_app(app_asset_name)
+    before(:all) { @app = create_push_app(app_asset_name) }
+    after(:all) { @session.cleanup! }
+    define_method(:app) { @app }
   end
 
-  after(:each) do
-    show_crashlogs
-    @session.cleanup!
+  describe "ruby 1.8" do
+    with_app "ruby18"
+
+    it "starts the app successfully" do
+      res = app.get_response(:get, "/ruby_version")
+      res.to_str.should == "1.8.7"
+    end
+
+    it "supports git gems" do
+      app.file("logs/staging_task.log").tap do |log|
+        log.should match %r{Using cf .* git://github.com/cloudfoundry/cf.git}
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "installs 1.8 native extensions" do
+      app.file("logs/staging_task.log").tap do |log|
+        log.should include "Installing ffi"
+      end
+    end
   end
 
-  it "Simple ruby app" do
-    app = create_push_app("standalone_ruby_app")
-    app.get_response(:get).to_str.should == "running version 1.9.2"
+  describe "ruby 1.9" do
+    with_app "ruby19"
+
+    it "starts the app successfully" do
+      res = app.get_response(:get, "/ruby_version")
+      res.to_str.should start_with("1.9")
+    end
+
+    it "supports git gems" do
+      app.file("logs/staging_task.log").tap do |log|
+        log.should match %r{Using cf .* git://github.com/cloudfoundry/cf.git}
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "installs 1.9 native extensions" do
+      app.file("logs/staging_task.log").tap do |log|
+        log.should include "Installing ffi"
+      end
+    end
   end
 
-  it "Simple ruby app and no URL" do
-    app = create_push_app("standalone_simple_ruby_app")
-    app.logs =~ /running version 1.9.2/
+  describe "rails" do
+    with_app "rails3"
+
+    it "starts the app successfully" do
+      res = app.get_response(:get, "/health")
+      res.to_str.should == "ok"
+    end
   end
+
+  #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+  # crashlogs
+  #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+  #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+  #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+  #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+  #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=
 end