diff --git a/lib/couchrest/core/database.rb b/lib/couchrest/core/database.rb
index 90c4828..8b81db7 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/core/database.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/core/database.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ module CouchRest
     def get_bulk(ids)
       documents(:keys => ids, :include_docs => true)
     end
+    alias :bulk_load :get_bulk
   
     # POST a temporary view function to CouchDB for querying. This is not
     # recommended, as you don't get any performance benefit from CouchDB's
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/core/database_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/core/database_spec.rb
index 985ebf9..57dc2a4 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/core/database_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/core/database_spec.rb
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ describe CouchRest::Database do
     it "should have the bulk_load macro" do
       rs = @db.bulk_load ["doc0", "doc7"]
       rs['rows'].length.should == 2
-      ds['rows'][0]['doc']['another'].should == "doc"
+      rs['rows'][0]['doc']['another'].should == "doc"
     end
   end
   
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/more/casted_model_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/more/casted_model_spec.rb
index 0a4428f..4396317 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/more/casted_model_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/more/casted_model_spec.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'spec_helper')
 require File.join(FIXTURE_PATH, 'more', 'card')
 require File.join(FIXTURE_PATH, 'more', 'cat')
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ describe CouchRest::CastedModel do
   
   describe "casted as an array of a different type" do
     before(:each) do
-      @obj = DummyModel.new(:keywords => ['couch', 'sofa', 'relax', 'canape'])
+      @obj = DummyModel.new(:keywords => ['couch', 'sofa', 'relax', 'canapé'])
     end
     
     it "should cast the array propery" do