diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 44535f1..5aa7501 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-gem "bronto-gem", git: "https://github.com/hale/bronto.git"
-
 # Specify your gem's dependencies in rails_nlp.gemspec
 gemspec
diff --git a/lib/rails_nlp/keyword.rb b/lib/rails_nlp/keyword.rb
index 9e89a5d..ade8de4 100644
--- a/lib/rails_nlp/keyword.rb
+++ b/lib/rails_nlp/keyword.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'active_record'
 require 'text'
-require 'bronto-gem'
+require 'bronto'
 
 module RailsNlp
   class Keyword < ActiveRecord::Base
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ def set_stem
     end
 
     def set_synonyms
-      self.synonyms = BrontoGem.lookup(name)
+      @thesaurus ||= Bronto::Thesaurus.new
+      self.synonyms = @thesaurus.lookup(name)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/rails_nlp.gemspec b/rails_nlp.gemspec
index 120131a..9adccf0 100644
--- a/rails_nlp.gemspec
+++ b/rails_nlp.gemspec
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "activerecord", "~> 4.0"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "ffi-hunspell", "~> 0.3.0"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "text", "~> 1.2.3"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "bronto-gem", "~> 0.1.0"
 end
diff --git a/spec/rails_nlp/keyword_spec.rb b/spec/rails_nlp/keyword_spec.rb
index e66bde4..0799ff2 100644
--- a/spec/rails_nlp/keyword_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_nlp/keyword_spec.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 module RailsNlp
   describe Keyword do
+    #before(:each) do
+      #@model = flexmock("analysable model")
+      #@model.should_receive(:id).and_return(1)
+      #@model.should_receive(:title).and_return("Title").by_default
+      #@model.should_receive(:content).and_return("Content").by_default
+      #@thesaurus = Bronto::Thesaurus.new
+      #end
+    
     it { should validate_presence_of(:name)}
     it { should validate_uniqueness_of(:name)}
     it { should have_many(:wordcounts) }
@@ -34,7 +42,8 @@ module RailsNlp
         end
 
         it "sets the #synonyms to be an array of synonyms" do
-          flexmock(BrontoGem).should_receive(:lookup).with("cat").and_return({
+          thesaurus = Bronto::Thesaurus.new
+          flexmock(thesaurus).should_receive(:lookup).with("cat").and_return({
             noun: { syn: ["adult female", "adult male"]},
             verb: { syn: ["barf", "cast", "chuck"]}
           })
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index b22779b..97f0800 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 require_relative 'factories.rb'
 require 'shoulda/matchers'
 
+require 'bronto'
+
+
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.order = "random"
   config.tty = true
@@ -19,9 +22,9 @@
       raise ActiveRecord::Rollback
     end
   end
-  config.before(:all) do
-    flexmock(BrontoGem).should_receive(:lookup).and_return({}).by_default
-  end
+  #config.before(:all) do
+  #  flexmock(BrontoGem).should_receive(:lookup).and_return({}).by_default
+  #end
 end
 
 ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(