diff --git a/hearth/.rspec b/hearth/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82b8369c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hearth/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--require spec_helper
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/test.rake b/tasks/test.rake
index 696919453..934e165b2 100644
--- a/tasks/test.rake
+++ b/tasks/test.rake
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 namespace :test do
   desc 'Run specs in hearth'
   task 'hearth' do
-    sh('bundle exec rspec hearth/spec -I hearth/lib')
+    sh('bundle exec rspec hearth/spec -I hearth/lib -r ./hearth/spec/spec_helper.rb')
   end
 
   desc 'Run generated and hand written specs for the white_label sdk'