diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4040c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.gem
+.bundle
+Gemfile.lock
+pkg/*
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f28ea28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+source "http://rubygems.org"
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in sanitize_attributes.gemspec
+gemspec
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 60c38ba..4fe65ba 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'rake'
 require 'rake/testtask'
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
+require 'bundler/gem_tasks'
 
 desc 'Default: run unit tests.'
 task :default => :test
@@ -31,4 +32,4 @@ rescue LoadError
   task :rcov do
     abort "RCov is not available. In order to run rcov, you must: sudo gem install spicycode-rcov"
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/init.rb b/init.rb
index ff0e67d..a4460fd 100644
--- a/init.rb
+++ b/init.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 require 'sanitize_attributes'
-ActiveRecord::Base.class_eval { extend SanitizeAttributes }
\ No newline at end of file
+SanitizeAttributes.hook!
diff --git a/lib/sanitize_attributes.rb b/lib/sanitize_attributes.rb
index ac4d59d..f906edd 100644
--- a/lib/sanitize_attributes.rb
+++ b/lib/sanitize_attributes.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,18 @@ module SanitizeAttributes
   
   class << self
     attr_accessor :default_sanitization_method    
+    
+    def hook!
+      ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_record) { extend SanitizeAttributes }
+    end
   end
   
   # Thrown when sanitize! is called without a defined sanitization method at the class or global level
   class NoSanitizationMethodDefined < StandardError ; end  
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  if defined?(Rails)
+    class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
+      initializer("sanitize_attirbutes") { SanitizeAttributes.hook! }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/sanitize_attributes/version.rb b/lib/sanitize_attributes/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f09c75f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sanitize_attributes/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module SanitizeAttributes
+  VERSION = "0.0.1"
+end
diff --git a/sanitize_attributes.gemspec b/sanitize_attributes.gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45bf0b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sanitize_attributes.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+$:.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
+require "sanitize_attributes/version"
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = "sanitize_attributes"
+  s.version     = SanitizeAttributes::VERSION
+  s.authors     = ["Dev Purkayastha", "Paul McMahon"]
+  s.email       = ["dev@forgreatjustice.net"]
+  s.homepage    = "https://github.com/devp/sanitize_attributes"
+  s.summary     = %q{This is a simple plugin for ActiveRecord models to define sanitizable attributes.}
+  s.description = %q{This is a simple plugin for ActiveRecord models to define sanitizable attributes. When an object is saved, those attributes will be run through whatever filter you’ve defined. You can define a default filter for all sanitizations.}
+
+  s.rubyforge_project = "sanitize_attributes"
+
+  s.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+  s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- {test,spec,features}/*`.split("\n")
+  s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  s.add_dependency 'rails', '>= 3.0.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rake'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'sqlite3'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'thoughtbot-shoulda'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'mocha'
+end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index deea706..0a35bf7 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require 'set'
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'active_record'
-ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(:adapter => "sqlite3", :dbfile => ":memory:")
+ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(:adapter => "sqlite3", :database => ":memory:")
 gem 'thoughtbot-shoulda'
 require 'shoulda'
 gem 'mocha'
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 
 $:.unshift "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../lib"
 
-require "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../init"
\ No newline at end of file
+require "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../init"