diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1e0daf..466c187 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,21 +1,5 @@
-## MAC OS
-.DS_Store
-
-## TEXTMATE
-*.tmproj
-tmtags
-
-## EMACS
-*~
-\#*
-.\#*
-
-## VIM
-*.swp
-
-## PROJECT::GENERAL
-coverage
-rdoc
-pkg
-
-## PROJECT::SPECIFIC
+*.gem
+.bundle
+Gemfile.lock
+pkg/*
+.rvmrc
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e54960b..5a6aa00 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ source "http://rubygems.org"
 # Specify your gem's dependencies in indefinite_article.gemspec
 gemspec
 
-gem 'activesupport', '3.0.10'
+#gem 'activesupport', '3.0.10'
+#gem 'i18n', '~>0.5.0'
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2550d5e..c702cfc 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,52 +1 @@
-require 'rubygems'
-require 'rake'
-
-begin
-  require 'jeweler'
-  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gem|
-    gem.name = "indefinite_article"
-    gem.summary = %Q{Indefinite articles for stringlike classes in Ruby}
-    gem.description = %Q{Adds indefinite article ('a' vs. 'an') methods to String and Symbol}
-    gem.email = "andy@rossmeissl.net"
-    gem.homepage = "http://github.com/rossmeissl/indefinite_article"
-    gem.authors = ["Andy Rossmeissl"]
-    # gem is a Gem::Specification... see http://www.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20 for additional settings
-  end
-  Jeweler::GemcutterTasks.new
-rescue LoadError
-  puts "Jeweler (or a dependency) not available. Install it with: gem install jeweler"
-end
-
-require 'rake/testtask'
-Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |test|
-  test.libs << 'lib' << 'test'
-  test.pattern = 'test/**/test_*.rb'
-  test.verbose = true
-end
-
-begin
-  require 'rcov/rcovtask'
-  Rcov::RcovTask.new do |test|
-    test.libs << 'test'
-    test.pattern = 'test/**/test_*.rb'
-    test.verbose = true
-  end
-rescue LoadError
-  task :rcov do
-    abort "RCov is not available. In order to run rcov, you must: sudo gem install spicycode-rcov"
-  end
-end
-
-task :test => :check_dependencies
-
-task :default => :test
-
-require 'rake/rdoctask'
-Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
-  version = File.exist?('VERSION') ? File.read('VERSION') : ""
-
-  rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'
-  rdoc.title = "indefinite_article #{version}"
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('README*')
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
-end
+require 'bundler/gem_tasks'
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6e8bf73..17e51c3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.0
+0.1.1
diff --git a/indefinite_article.gemspec b/indefinite_article.gemspec
index 1d8daca..48863ff 100644
--- a/indefinite_article.gemspec
+++ b/indefinite_article.gemspec
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.authors     = ["Kevin English"]
   s.email       = ["kenglish@gmail.com"]
   s.homepage    = ""
-  s.summary     = %q{TODO: Write a gem summary}
-  s.description = %q{TODO: Write a gem description}
+  s.summary     = %q{Adds indefinite article methods to String and Symbol}
+  s.description = %q{Adds indefinite article methods to String and Symbol}
 
   s.rubyforge_project = "indefinite_article"
 
@@ -17,4 +17,23 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   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"]
+if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
+    s.specification_version = 3
+
+    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<activesupport>, ['>= 3.0.1'])
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<i18n>, ['~>0.5.0'])
+
+      s.add_development_dependency(%q<activesupport>,['>= 3.0.1'])
+      s.add_development_dependency(%q<i18n>, ['~>0.5.0'])
+    else
+      s.add_dependency(%q<activesupport>, ['>= 3.0.1'])
+      s.add_dependency(%q<i18n>, ['~>0.5.0'])
+    end
+  else
+    s.add_dependency(%q<activesupport>, ['>= 3.0.1'])
+    s.add_dependency(%q<i18n>, ['~>0.5.0'])
+  end
+
+
 end
diff --git a/lib/indefinite_article.rb b/lib/indefinite_article.rb
index c33ddc9..c26a9e6 100644
--- a/lib/indefinite_article.rb
+++ b/lib/indefinite_article.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'indefinite_article/articulated'
-require 'activesupport'
+require 'active_support'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/string'
 
 module IndefiniteArticle
   WORDS_WITH_INITIAL_VOWELS_THAT_ACT_LIKE_WORDS_WITH_INITIAL_CONSONANTS = %w(one united)
diff --git a/lib/indefinite_article/articulated.rb b/lib/indefinite_article/articulated.rb
index aa07eb1..127102e 100644
--- a/lib/indefinite_article/articulated.rb
+++ b/lib/indefinite_article/articulated.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Articulated
     def indefinite_article
       if ::IndefiniteArticle::WORDS_WITH_INITIAL_VOWELS_THAT_ACT_LIKE_WORDS_WITH_INITIAL_CONSONANTS.include? to_s._first_word_for_indefinite_article._first_term_for_indefinite_article.downcase
         ::IndefiniteArticle::INDEFINITE_ARTICLES[:consonant]
-      elsif VOWELS.include? to_s.first.downcase
+      elsif VOWELS.include? self.to_s.first.downcase
         ::IndefiniteArticle::INDEFINITE_ARTICLES[:vowel]
       else
         ::IndefiniteArticle::INDEFINITE_ARTICLES[:consonant]
diff --git a/test/test_indefinite_article.rb b/test/test_indefinite_article.rb
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 706a459..fbbb036
--- a/test/test_indefinite_article.rb
+++ b/test/test_indefinite_article.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-require 'helper'
+require_relative 'helper'
 
 class TestIndefiniteArticle < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
   end
-  
+  def test_active_support
+    assert_equal 'banana'.first, 'b'
+  end 
   def test_indefinite_article_selection
     assert_equal 'a', 'banana'.indefinite_article
     assert_equal 'an', 'apple'.indefinite_article