diff --git a/lib/couchrest/monkeypatches.rb b/lib/couchrest/monkeypatches.rb
index 99e1cff..56942be 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/monkeypatches.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/monkeypatches.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if RUBY_VERSION.to_f < 1.9
         if IO.select([@io], nil, nil, @read_timeout)
           @rbuf << @io.read_nonblock(65536)
         else
-          raise Timeout::TimeoutError
+          raise Timeout::Error
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/core/database_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/core/database_spec.rb
index 18711ef..dd8c3df 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/core/database_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/core/database_spec.rb
@@ -312,8 +312,9 @@ describe CouchRest::Database do
         }
       }
       @db.save_doc(doc)
+      doc['_rev'].should_not be_nil
       doc['field'] << 'another value'
-      @db.save_doc(doc).should be_true
+      @db.save_doc(doc)["ok"].should be_true
     end
     
     it 'should be there' do