diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24d17e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.gemspec
+*.gem
+/target
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGES b/History.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from CHANGES
rename to History.txt
diff --git a/README b/README.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from README
rename to README.txt
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index d7bc6da..f468c0c 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 begin
   require 'rubygems'
   require 'rake/gempackagetask'
+  require 'hoe'
+  require './lib/runt.rb'
 rescue Exception
   nil
 end
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ require 'rake/contrib/sshpublisher'
 require 'rake/contrib/rubyforgepublisher'
 require 'fileutils'
 
+
 #####################################################################
 # Constants
 #####################################################################
@@ -41,6 +44,12 @@ end
 # build directory
 TARGET_DIR = "target"
 
+# Trying to auto-build with Hoe.
+Hoe.new('runt', PKG_VERSION) do |p|
+   p.rubyforge_name = 'Runt' # if different than lowercase project name
+   p.developer('Matthew Lipper', 'mlipper@gmail.com')
+end
+
 #####################################################################
 # Targets
 #####################################################################
diff --git a/lib/runt.rb b/lib/runt.rb
index 272703a..1113a24 100644
--- a/lib/runt.rb
+++ b/lib/runt.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 #
 module Runt
   
+  VERSION = "0.7.1"
+  
   class << self
     
     def day_name(number)
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ def ordinalize(number)
     end
 
   end
-
+  
   #Yes it's true, I'm a big idiot!
   Sunday = Date::DAYNAMES.index("Sunday")
   Monday = Date::DAYNAMES.index("Monday")
@@ -219,16 +221,16 @@ def date_precision
 # somewhere else. :-)
 #
 class Numeric #:nodoc:
-  def microseconds() Float(self  * (10 ** -6)) end
-  def milliseconds() Float(self  * (10 ** -3)) end
-  def seconds() self end
-  def minutes() 60 * seconds end
-  def hours() 60 * minutes end
-  def days() 24 * hours end
-  def weeks() 7 * days end
-  def months() 30 * days end
-  def years() 365 * days end
-  def decades() 10 * years end
+  def microseconds() Float(self  * (10 ** -6)) end unless self.instance_methods.include?('microseconds')
+  def milliseconds() Float(self  * (10 ** -3)) end unless self.instance_methods.include?('milliseconds')
+  def seconds() self end unless self.instance_methods.include?('seconds')
+  def minutes() 60 * seconds end unless self.instance_methods.include?('minutes')
+  def hours() 60 * minutes end unless self.instance_methods.include?('hours')
+  def days() 24 * hours end unless self.instance_methods.include?('days')
+  def weeks() 7 * days end unless self.instance_methods.include?('weeks')
+  def months() 30 * days end unless self.instance_methods.include?('months')
+  def years() 365 * days end unless self.instance_methods.include?('years')
+  def decades() 10 * years end unless self.instance_methods.include?('decades')
   # This causes RDoc to hurl:  
   %w[
   microseconds milliseconds seconds minutes hours days weeks months years decades