diff --git a/lib/couchrest/core/design.rb b/lib/couchrest/core/design.rb
index e9d1146..ed5fa48 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/core/design.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/core/design.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ JAVASCRIPT
     def has_view?(view)
       view = view.to_s
       self['views'][view] &&
-        (self['views'][view]["couchrest-defaults"]||{})
+        (self['views'][view]["couchrest-defaults"] || {})
     end
 
     def fetch_view view_name, opts, &block
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ JAVASCRIPT
 
   end
   
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/lib/couchrest/mixins/design_doc.rb b/lib/couchrest/mixins/design_doc.rb
index d7e98a7..d999684 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/mixins/design_doc.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/mixins/design_doc.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ module CouchRest
 
         def default_design_doc
           {
+            "_id" => design_doc_id,
             "language" => "javascript",
             "views" => {
               'all' => {
@@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ module CouchRest
         def refresh_design_doc(db = database)
           raise "Database missing for design document refresh" if db.nil?
           unless design_doc_fresh(db)
-            #reset_design_doc(db)
             save_design_doc(db)
             design_doc_fresh(db, true)
           end
@@ -91,32 +91,22 @@ module CouchRest
           end
         end
 
-        # Depricated (not very useful)
-        def reset_design_doc(db = database)
-          current = stored_design_doc(db)
-          design_doc['_id'] = design_doc_id
-          if current.nil?
-            design_doc.delete('_rev')
-          else
-            design_doc['_rev'] = current['_rev']
-          end
-        end
-
         # Writes out a design_doc to a given database, returning the
         # updated design doc
         def update_design_doc(design_doc, db, force = false)
           saved = stored_design_doc(db)
           if saved
-            # Perform Hash comparison on views, only part that interests us
-            if force || design_doc['views'] != saved['views']
-              design_doc['views'].each do |name, view|
+            changes = force
+            design_doc['views'].each do |name, view|
+              if saved['views'][name] != view
+                changes = true
                 saved['views'][name] = view
               end
-              db.save_doc(saved)
-              saved
-            else
-              design_doc 
             end
+            if changes
+              db.save_doc(saved)
+            end
+            design_doc
           else
             design_doc.database = db
             design_doc.save
diff --git a/lib/couchrest/mixins/views.rb b/lib/couchrest/mixins/views.rb
index bbaa949..f6297cc 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/mixins/views.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/mixins/views.rb
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ module CouchRest
           req_design_doc_refresh
         end
 
-        # returns stored defaults if the there is a view named this in the design doc
+        # returns stored defaults if there is a view named this in the design doc
         def has_view?(view)
           view = view.to_s
           design_doc && design_doc['views'] && design_doc['views'][view]
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ module CouchRest
         
       end # module ClassMethods
       
-      
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/more/casted_model_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/more/casted_model_spec.rb
index 287ad88..4fcd2dd 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/more/casted_model_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/more/casted_model_spec.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 
 require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require File.join(FIXTURE_PATH, 'more', 'person')
 require File.join(FIXTURE_PATH, 'more', 'card')
 require File.join(FIXTURE_PATH, 'more', 'cat')
-require File.join(FIXTURE_PATH, 'more', 'person')
 require File.join(FIXTURE_PATH, 'more', 'question')
 require File.join(FIXTURE_PATH, 'more', 'course')
 
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_subclass_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_subclass_spec.rb
index a516f76..178bf1a 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_subclass_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/more/extended_doc_subclass_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require File.expand_path("../../../spec_helper", __FILE__)
+require File.join(FIXTURE_PATH, 'more', 'person')
 require File.join(FIXTURE_PATH, 'more', 'card')
 require File.join(FIXTURE_PATH, 'more', 'course')
 
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/more/cat.rb b/spec/fixtures/more/cat.rb
index 68fcb43..ea01ef4 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/more/cat.rb
+++ b/spec/fixtures/more/cat.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+
+class CatToy < Hash
+  include ::CouchRest::CastedModel
+  include ::CouchRest::Validation
+
+  property :name
+
+  validates_presence_of :name
+end
+
 class Cat < CouchRest::ExtendedDocument
   include ::CouchRest::Validation
 
@@ -10,11 +20,3 @@ class Cat < CouchRest::ExtendedDocument
   property :number
 end
 
-class CatToy < Hash
-  include ::CouchRest::CastedModel
-  include ::CouchRest::Validation
-
-  property :name
-
-  validates_presence_of :name
-end
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diff --git a/spec/spec.opts b/spec/spec.opts
index d4254ee..1984b21 100644
--- a/spec/spec.opts
+++ b/spec/spec.opts
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@
 progress
 --loadby
 mtime
---reverse
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