diff --git a/lib/couch_rest.rb b/lib/couch_rest.rb
index ec0a988..5450225 100644
--- a/lib/couch_rest.rb
+++ b/lib/couch_rest.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../deps/rest-client/lib/rest_client'
 require "rubygems"
-gem "json"
-begin
-  require "json/ext"
-rescue LoadError
-  $stderr.puts "C version of json (fjson) could not be loaded, using pure ruby one"
-  require "json/pure"
-end
+require 'json'
+# gem "json"
+# begin
+#   require "json/ext"
+# rescue LoadError
+#   $stderr.puts "C version of json (fjson) could not be loaded, using pure ruby one"
+#   require "json/pure"
+# end
+
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/database'
 
 class CouchRest
diff --git a/spec/spec.opts b/spec/spec.opts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4254ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/spec.opts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+--colour
+--format
+progress
+--loadby
+mtime
+--reverse
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