diff --git a/spec/couchapp_spec.rb b/spec/couchapp_spec.rb
index 4d7fbba..18f10bd 100644
--- a/spec/couchapp_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchapp_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
 
 describe "couchapp" do
   before(:all) do
-    @fixdir = FIXTURE_PATH + '/couchapp-test'
+    @fixdir = SCRATCH_PATH + '/couchapp-test'
     @couchapp = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) + '/../bin/couchapp'
     `rm -rf #{@fixdir}`
     `mkdir -p #{@fixdir}`
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/.gitignore b/spec/fixtures/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 590be3b..0000000
--- a/spec/fixtures/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-couchapp/*
-couchapp-test/*
-generated-app
\ No newline at end of file