diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index d622cdf..72cc285 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -60,3 +60,6 @@ You can also retrieve a book's full metadata details.
   # or an array of authors 
   book_view.authors
 
+== TO DO
+
+Write Tests
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2995527..ec37e30 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new('spec')
+
diff --git a/lib/openlibrary.rb b/lib/openlibrary.rb
index 57a36e2..bdde907 100644
--- a/lib/openlibrary.rb
+++ b/lib/openlibrary.rb
@@ -7,4 +7,9 @@ module Openlibrary
   autoload :Data, 'openlibrary/data'
   autoload :View, 'openlibrary/view'
 
+  def self.version_string
+    "Openlibrary version #{Openlibrary::VERSION}"
+  end
+
+
 end
diff --git a/spec/openlibrary_spec.rb b/spec/openlibrary_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28afe5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/openlibrary_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Openlibrary do
+  it 'should return correct version string' do
+    Openlibrary.version_string.should == "Openlibrary version #{Openlibrary::VERSION}"
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de5ed88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require 'rspec'
+require 'openlibrary'
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.color_enabled = true
+  config.formatter     = 'documentation'
+end
+