diff --git a/joodo/project.clj b/joodo/project.clj
index b32aa9b..c1ca1b5 100644
--- a/joodo/project.clj
+++ b/joodo/project.clj
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
                  [digest "1.4.3"]
                  [hiccup "1.0.4"]
                  [org.clojure/clojure "1.5.1"]
-                 [ring/ring-core "1.1.8"]]
-  :profiles {:dev {:dependencies [[speclj "2.8.0"]]}}
-  :plugins [[speclj "2.8.0"]]
+                 [ring/ring-core "1.2.1"]]
+  :profiles {:dev {:dependencies [[speclj "2.8.1"]]}}
+  :plugins [[speclj "2.8.1"]]
   :test-paths ["spec/"]
   :java-source-paths ["src/"]
   )
diff --git a/template/src/leiningen/new/joodo.clj b/template/src/leiningen/new/joodo.clj
index e326144..a1ad9a7 100644
--- a/template/src/leiningen/new/joodo.clj
+++ b/template/src/leiningen/new/joodo.clj
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
               :year (year)}]
     (println "Generating a Joodo project called" name)
     (->files data
+      [".gitignore" (render "gitignore")]
       ["bin/specljs" (render "bin/specljs")]
       ["project.clj" (render "project.clj" data)]
       ["README.md" (render "README.md" data)]
diff --git a/template/src/leiningen/new/joodo/gitignore b/template/src/leiningen/new/joodo/gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d0fb7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/src/leiningen/new/joodo/gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/target
+/lib
+/classes
+/checkouts
+pom.xml
+*.jar
+*.class
+*.iml
+.idea
+.lein-deps-sum
+.lein-failures
+.lein-plugins
+.lein-repl-history
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/template/src/leiningen/new/joodo/project.clj b/template/src/leiningen/new/joodo/project.clj
index 691a465..f1f6f37 100644
--- a/template/src/leiningen/new/joodo/project.clj
+++ b/template/src/leiningen/new/joodo/project.clj
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@
                  [org.clojars.trptcolin/domina "1.0.2.1"] ; waiting on release including https://github.com/levand/domina/pull/65
                  [org.clojars.trptcolin/shoreleave-remote "0.3.0.1"] ; waiting on release including]
                  [org.clojure/clojure "1.5.1"]
-                 [shoreleave/shoreleave-remote-ring "0.3.0"]
+                 [shoreleave/shoreleave-remote-ring "0.3.0" :exclusions [[org.clojure/tools.reader]]]
                  ]
 
   :profiles {:dev {:dependencies [[speclj "2.8.0"]
                                   [specljs "2.8.0"]
-                                  [org.clojure/clojurescript "0.0-1978"]]}
+                                  [org.clojure/clojurescript "0.0-2014"]]}
              :cljs {:repl-options {:nrepl-middleware [cemerick.piggieback/wrap-cljs-repl]
                                    :init-ns {{name}}.main}
                     :dependencies [[specljs "2.8.0"]
                                    [com.cemerick/piggieback "0.0.4"]]}}
   :plugins [[speclj "2.8.0"]
-            [lein-cljsbuild "0.3.4"]
+            [lein-cljsbuild "1.0.0"]
             [lein-ring "0.8.8"]]
 
   :cljsbuild ~(let [run-specs ["bin/specljs"  "resources/public/javascript/{{name}}_dev.js"]]